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Lorence Rapoport Family Papers
M2001.6.1

Title Lorence Rapoport Family Papers
Creator Shirley and Rebecca Rapoport
Alt. Creator Sharon Fahrer
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/rapoport/default_rapoport.htm
Subject Keyword Asheville, NC ; Lorence Rapoport Family ; Temple Beth HaTephila ; Brotherhood of Beth HaTephila ; Hadassah ; Sisterhood ; Young Judea ;
Subject LCSH Asheville (N.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Architecture -- North Carolina -- Asheville
Historic buildings -- North Carolina -- Asheville
Description This collection contains Beth HaTephila Brotherhood, Temple Club, Sisterhood and youth publications, meeting minutes, correspondence, a speech and miscellaneous publications and papers from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Publisher D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville 28804
Contributor Rebecca Rapoport ; Shirley Rapoport
Date 2001-04-13
Type Collection ; Text
Format One 5" manuscript box
Source M2001.6.1
Language English
Relation Leo Finklestein Oral History in the Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNCA ; Beth HaTephila Congregation (Asheville, NC), D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNCA ; Beth HaTephila Brotherhood Papers, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNCA ; Sol Schulman Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNCA ; Choosing to Remember - From the Shoah to the Mountains, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNCA ; "Jewish Roots in the Carolinas: A Pattern of American Philo-Semitism,", Charlotte, N.C.: The Charlotte Israelite, 1955, in the D. Hiden Ramsey Collection printed material - various publications (M80.5.2.6) ; Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, UNC Chapel Hill ; American Jewish Historical Society ; "A Portion of the People: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life," Documenting the American South, UNC Chapel Hill ; The Family Store Project: A History of Jewish Businesses, 1880-1990, a 12-panel exhibit displayed in a variety of locations in downtown Asheville in the fall of 2006 by History @ Hand.
Coverage 1950's-1990's
Coverage Spatial Asheville, NC
Rights Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Donor Donor number 230
Acquisition 2001-04-13
Citation Lorence Rapoport Family Papers, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville 28804
Processed by Special Collections staff, 2007, 2013
Last update 2007-04-28, 2007-06-05 ; 2013-06-05
Biography Lorence Rapoport (October 8, 1919-August 13, 1999) was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Azar and Gussie Rapoport. He was raised in Hartford Connecticut and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with an A.B. degree in 1941 and a Ph.D. from Duke University in 1945. Dr. Rapoport pursued a 40 year career in various research and development positions in the chemical industry, primarily at American Cyanamid and Olin Corporation. After retiring in 1985 he kept busy as an adjunct professor in the chemistry department at UNCA. He also participated actively in the UNC Institute for Creative Retirement as well as the College for Seniors and the Senior Academy for Intergenerational Learning, the United Way and AARP’s Tax Counseling for the elderly.

Dr. Rapoport was an active member of the Asheville Jewish Community serving as president of the B’nai Brith Lodge, the Asheville Jewish Community Center, and the Temple Brotherhood. He served on the Board of Temple Beth Ha-Tephila. He, his wife Shirley and their three daughters lived at 175 Windsor Road in Asheville.
Item List
Box Folder Item Description  

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 001   Beth Ha Tephila Brotherhood correspondence 1958-1959  
    001 letter from Stanley Frumpkin, President of Beth Ha Tephila Brotherhood (1958-1959) to National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods, Av Bondarin, Oct. 1959  
    002 National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods, Av Bondarin, letter to Stanley Frumkin, President of Beth Ha Tephila Brotherhood about membership. Oct. 1959  
    003 letter from Stanley Frumkin, President of Beth Ha Tephila Brotherhood to National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods, Av Bondarin, Oct. 1959  
    004 letter from Stan Frumkin to Lee Bauer about Walter Glass. Oct. 1959  
    005 letter from Wade Hall, of the March of Dimes to Stanley Frumkin, August 1959  
    006 Final Report of Temple Brotherhood. May 1959  
    007 Final Report of Temple President, Stanley Frumkin. May 13, 1959  
    008 The Asheville Times, article: Wolfe Heads Men's Club at Temple. n.d.  
    009 postcard for Brotherhood annual father-child banquet, Nov. 1958  
Box Folder Item Description  
  002   Beth Ha Tephila Brotherhood (Temple Club) Miscellaneous Papers and minutes 1954-1958  
    130 Temple Club regular meeting minutes, April 6, 1954 ; note on back from Dr. Robinson about the 25th year of the organization.  
    130A minutes of the annual meeting May 4, 1954 signed Samuel Robinson  
    131 letter to Albert Kodack from Rabbi Unger, May 14, 1954 [2 pages]  
    132 executive board minutes May 31, 1954  
    134 board meeting minutes; July 1, 1954  
    135 letter to members from new officers, July 7, 1954  
    136 board meeting minutes; August 18, 1954  
    138 letter to N.F.T.B. (National Federation of Temple Brotherhood) from ?; August 28, 1954  
    140 letter about the meeting ; August 31, 1954  
    142 sign-in sheet for September 7, 1954 (newspaper clipping on back about a panel discussion  
    144 in memoriam to Joseph Breman ; September 7, 1954 (note from Mrs. Breman attached to the back  
    146 general meeting minutes ; September 7, 1954  
    148 letter to Leon Rocamora from Gene Ochsenreiter, Jr. to come to a Jaycees dinner September 13, 1954  
    150 letter from Brotherhood secretary to Gene Ochsenreiter, Jr. declining invite because it si on Yom Kippur ; September 23, 1954  
    152 board meeting minutes; September 22, 1954  
    154 letter from Wm. Breman from Breman Steel in Atlanta  ; September 14, 1954  
    156 letter requesting use of the meeting hall for Brotherhood Boy Scout Troop ; September 25, 1954  
    158  meeting notice for speaker Reuben J. Dailey ; September 29, 1954  
    160 sign-in sheet for October 5, 1954 meeting  
    162 general meeting minutes ;  October 5, 1954  
    164 Board of Directors  meeting minutes ;  October 20, 1954  
    166 memo to members from Board of Directors ; October 26, 1954 with articles from the Asheville Citizen Times on the back about the scout program  
    168 sign-in sheet for November 2, 1954 meeting  
    170 letter from Isabella Oalais, congregation secretary to Samuel Robinson approving Boy Scout sponsorship ; October 22, 1954  
    172 general meeting minutes ;  November 2, 1954 (newspaper article on the back about the Father-child banquet and postcard  
    174 sign-in sheet for Father-child banquet December 7, 1954  
    176 meeting notice, newsclipping on brotherhood program ; thank you from the Fligels  
    178 sign-in sheet for January 4, 1955 meeting  
    180 general meeting minutes ;  January 4, 1955  
    182 Board of Directors meeting minutes ;  January 18, 1955  
    184 & 186 invitation from St. Paul's Methodist Church for a meeting of brotherhoods ; one from Clifton Taylor and one from Charles Shannon ; January 12, 1955  
    188 response to Clifton Taylor to participate in celebration of Brotherhood Week ; January 19, 1955  
    190 meeting notice January 27, 1955. news clipping of meeting on the back  
    192 sign-in sheet for February 1, 1955 meeting  
    194 general meeting minutes ; February 1, 1955  
    196 Board of Directors meeting minutes ; February 15, 1955  
    198 sign-in sheet for March 1, 1955 meeting  
    199 meeting notice, Dr. Eric Rosenberg speaker February 21, 1955  
    200 meeting minutes, March 1, 1955  
    201 text of Dr. Rosenberg's speech, March 1, 1955 [8 pages]  
    202 board of directors meeting minutes, March 23, 1955  
    204 meeting notice, March 31, 1955, newsclippings on back: Judge Hart to Speak at Jewish meeting, Hart to address Beth HaTephila Brotherhood  
    206 sign-in sheet for April 5, 1955 meeting, clippings from Asheville Citizen and Asheville Times on the back  
    208 meeting minutes, April 5, 1955  
    210 Secretary's Final Statement, April 5, 1955  
    212 sign-in sheet for May 3, 1955 meeting, clipping from Asheville Citizen - Times on the back and postcard of meeting notice  
    214 annual meeting minutes, May 3, 1955  
    216, 218, 220 President's Report [3 pages]  
    230 The Temple Brotherhood - It's Opportunity for Adult Jewish Education by S. Robinson [5 pages]  
    232 board of directors meeting minutes, September, 1955  
    234 dinner meeting of brotherhood October 6, 1955  
    236 board of directors meeting minutes, October 25, 1955  
    238 treasurer's report November 1, 1955  
    240 meeting announcement and directions for installation night May 1, 1956  
    242 annual temple meeting, Vanderbilt Hotel May 22, 1956 [4 pages]  
    244 Congregation Beth HaTephila Men's Club Officers and Chairmen  
    246 minutes of the installation dinner May 1, 1956  
    248 minutes -special meeting June 18, 1956 [2 pages]  
    250 letter to Jewish Chatauqua Society in NY from Fred Hoffman, September 30, 1956  
    252 programs 1956-1957  
    254, 256  meeting notice, Socrates Schackles October 9, 1956  
    258 sign-in sheet for October 10, 1956 meeting,  
    260 minutes of the October 10, 1956 meeting,  
    262  sign-in sheet for November 6, 1956 meeting,  
    264  minutes for November 6, 1956 meeting,  
    266, 268, 270 meeting notice, sign-in sheet, minutes for Father-Child Night, Tuesday December 4, 1956  
    272 minutes for February 5, 1957 meeting,  
    274, 276, 278 meeting  March 5th, 1957, notice, sign-in sheet, minutes  
    280, 282, 284 meeting April 2, 1957, notice, sign-in, minutes  
    285 membership drive letter, June 14, 1957 [2 pages]  
    286 minutes of the installation of officers at the Sky Club, May 12, 1957  
    288a, 288b, 288c board meeting minutes, May 22, 1957, July 30, 1957, August 27, 1957  
    290 letter from Gustav Lichtenfels, June 26, 1957  
    292 letter to Charles Parmet from Ben Shulimson, July 13, 1957  
    294, 296, 298 letters from NFTB to Rabbi Unger, May 31, 1957 Ben Shulimson, June 12, 1957 and reply  
    300 letter to Charles Grand from Ann Ozol, July 23, 1957  
    302a - d contract with the American Federation of Musicians, notes on costs, meeting minutes, September 7, 1957, meeting notice [4 pages]  
    304, 306, 308, 310 meeting notice, Dr. Arthur Bannerman, Integration vs. Segregation, sign-in sheet, press clipping, minutes  
    312 board of directors meeting minutes, October 23, 1957  
    314 meeting notice Joseph Lavin, November 5, 1957  
    316 letter from Asheville lodge of B'nai B'rith, Edward Goldsmith  
    318 letter from Jewish Community Center, Sumner Greenberg, November 4, 1957  
    320 meeting sign-in November 5, 1957  
    322 resignation letter from Ed Goldsmith  
    324 letter from Gustav Lichtenfels, November 1, 1957  
    326 meeting minutes November 5, 1957  
    328 letter to Junior League from Fred Hoffman, December 7, 1957  
    330, 332 minutes from December 4, Father-Child dinner, thank you  
    334 letter to Sylvan Lebow from Fred Hoffman, December 5, 1957  
    336 letter from the Jewish Chautauqua Society to Fred Hoffman, December 9, 1957  
    338 sign-in sheet for January 7, 1958 meeting  
    340 minutes for January 8, 1958 meeting  
    342 notice for February 4 meeting  
    344 sign-in sheet for February 4, 1958 meeting  
    346 minutes for February 4, 1958 meeting  
    348, 350, 352, 354 correspondence re order of bibles  
    356 minutes for March 16, 1958 and April 8, 1958 meetings  
    358 sign-in sheet for April 8, 1958 meeting  
    360 notice for May 11, 1958 meeting  
Box Folder Item Description  
  003   Miscellaneous Youth Publications 1957-1994  
    001 The Asheville Lamplighter, Ahava BBG, Volume 206 #1, November 1973, Becky Rapoport, Editor. B'nai B'rith Girls (BBG) was under the auspices of B'nai B'rith, a men's service organization. The local chapter, AHAVA, met at the Jewish Community Center (2 copies)  
    002 The Asheville Lamplighter, vol. 206, no.1 paper in the Eastern Region and District Five (BBG), Pam Dave, editor, June 1973  
    003 Young Judean, Volume 59, Number 3, January 1971

Young Judea was a youth group for 6th-9th grade children, focal branch of nahon organization, fous: primarily religious and Israel under the auspices of Hadassah and the Zionist Organization of America. It met at the Jewish Community Center

  
    004 Eiit Tiferet, Southern Region Senior Judea, Literary Magazine, February 1971  
    005 The Joint Convention Hashachar -Tsofim, Southern Region Young Judea February 4, 1971  
    006 The Council Literary Magazine, edited by Jodi Colchamiro, appears to be for BBG n.d.  
    007 The BBG Lamplighter, Maxine Evelyn Michalove Chapter 206, Asheville B'nai B'rith Girls May, 1968. (Maxine Michalove died in a bus accident at St. Genevieve of the Pines when she was 5 years old, in the 1930s.).  
    008 Detour to a Dead End, the Changes in United States Mideast Policy, Hashachar, Hamagshimim, Senior Judea, 1968?  
    009 Young Judean, December 1966 with cover art by Maurice Sendak  
    010 Ner Tamid News Bulletin, the National Jewish Committee on Boy Scouting, 1966  
    011 Ritual in Jewish Life,  Judaism Pamphlet Series, published by B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, 1960  
    012 The 12 Torah Thoughts, Mitzvah Campaign Headquarters, Lubavitch Youth Organization, n.d.  
Box Folder Item Description  
  004   Miscellaneous Publications 1957-1994  
    001-004 American Jewry and the Christian Right by Rafael Medoff 1994?  
    005  Beth Ha-Tephila Directory 1992  
    006 Bar Mitzvah of Aaron Seth Cohen, Grace and Blessings, May 23, 1987  
    007 Plans for the new Jewish Community Center building, 1986  
    008 Heritage Edition, A 46 Year history of the Asheville Jewish Community Center, 1938-1984  
    009 Keeping Posted, a publication of the UAHC, vol. XVI, No.2, November 1970  
    010 Why Israel? observations on a trip to the Middle East, by Edward Fike, October 25-November 10, 1969  
    011 Synagogue and Temple Directory for  North Carolina, 1966-1967  
    012 75th Anniversary  Beth Ha-Tephila, 1891-1966  
    013 Judaism and the Contemporary Crisis in Religion and Society by Rabbi Edward E. Klein and Rabbi Roland B. Girrelsohn, JCS Pamphlet Series No. 1, 1965

The JCS, Jewish Chautauqua Society was founded in 1893 by Rabbi Henry Berkowitz.

  
    014 The Efficacy of Prayer by Rabbi Dudley Weinberg, JCS Pamphlet Series No. 2, 1965  
    015 This is B'nai B'rith, edited by Maurice Bisgyer, fourteenth Edition (revised), 1957?  
    016 The Megillah, the Book of Esther n.d.  
Box Folder Item Description  
  005   Hadassah  
    001-003 Event flyers, National Jewish Music Council and Hadassah Education Guide, Hadassah Education Department, February 1966  
    004-006 Minutes of Board meeting May 12, 1988, June 21, 1988  
    007 Hadassah bulletin August, 1988  
    008-011 Executive Board Meeting Minutes August 2, 1988, opening meeting August 29, 1988  
    012 Hadassah bulletin  October, 1988  
    013-014 Executive Board Meeting Minutes October 11, 1988  
    015 Hadassah bulletin  November, 1988  
    016-017 Hadassah Executive Board meeting November 8, 1988  
    018-019 Hadassah General meeting November 21, 1988  
    020 Hadassah Bulletin February 1989  
    021-024 Hadassah Executive Board Meeting, February 16, 1989  
    025-029 Hadassah General meeting March 12, 1989  
    030 Hadassah Executive Board Meeting, March 16, 1989  
    031 Hadassah Bulletin April 1989  
    032 Hadassah Board meeting April 13, 1989  
    033 Hadassah Board meeting May 11, 1989  
    034-035 Education Day May 18, 1989  
    036-037 Thank you notes from L. Dunn and the Robbi Pearlson Family  
    038 Hadassah general meeting May 18,  1989  
    039 Hadassah Bulletin June-July, 1989  
    040-043 Hadassah Board meeting July 24, 1989  
    044-045 Hadassah Board meeting August 21, 1989  
    046 Hadassah Bulletin August 1989  
    047 Thank you note from Pauline Moser  
    048-052 Hadassah opening meeting August 27, 1989  
    053 Hadassah Bulletin September 1989  
    054-056 Hadassah Board meeting September 14, 1989  
    057-060 Hadassah Board meeting October 4, 1989  
    061-063 Hadassah Board meeting November 6, 1989  
    064 Hadassah Bulletin December 1989  
    065-068 Hadassah Board meeting December 18, 1989  
    069-071 Hadassah general meeting February 15, 1989  
    072-076 Hadassah Membership List  
    077 Karen Venezky, Hadassah Biographical material  
    078-084 Speech n.d.  
Box Folder Item Description  
  006   Congregation Beth Ha Tephila Sisterhood  
    001-003 Congregation Beth Ha Tephila Sisterhood Sabbath service booklet (3 copies)  
    004-020 Congregation Beth Ha Tephila Sisterhood stationary  
Box Folder Item Description  
  007   Membership Lists, Miscellaneous Papers and Correspondence 1953-1967  

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