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Jews in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Albert G. Minda
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| Description | BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Albert G. Minda was born July 30, 1895, in Holton, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1918, did postgraduate work at the Universities of Chicago, Columbia and Minnesota, and was ordained rabbi at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in 1919. He served as rabbi at Temple Beth El in South Bend, Indiana, from 1919 to 1922, when he became rabbi at Temple Israel in Minneapolis. He was granted an honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1947 by the Hebrew Union College. In 1963 he was appointed Rabbi Emeritus at Temple Israel. He died in 1977. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Personal history, including his education, early rabbinical duties in Indiana, marriage and writing; history and development of Temple Israel; the Jewish community in Minneapolis, Talmud Torah, Jewish charity and community services; anti-Semitism and the status of Jews in Minneapolis; duties of a rabbi; and his travels, lectures and participation in Jewish and inter-faith organizations. COMENTS ON INTERVIEW: MHS received the interview material in 1972 from Mrs. Nathan Berman of the Minneapolis Federation for Jewish Service. |
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| Quantity | 10 hours sound cassette 56 pages transcript |
| Format | Content Category: sound recordings Content Category: text |
| Measurements | 07:47:19 running time |
| Creation | Narrator: Minda, Albert Greenberg Interviewer: Stern, June Made in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States |
| Subjects |
Jews Made in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States |
| Dates | Creation: 07/1967 - 11/1967 |
| Holding Type | Oral History - Interview |
| ID Number | OH 131 |
| Accession Number | AV2011.25.3 |
| Related Collections | Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Jews in Minnesota Oral History Project' |