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ABOUT

Biography

Photograph 1: Louis Jacobs as a child (B,20b)

Photograph 2: Photograph of Louis Jacobs and his wife Shula on their wedding day, 1944 (B,21)

Photograph 3: Louis Jacobs' Graduation photograph after being awarded his doctorate, 1953 (B,22)

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THEMES

Revelation

Object 1: Pages from Baruch Spinoza’s Theologico Political Treatise, ed. 1955. Leopold Muller Memorial Library - Book Collection (199.1 Spi4S)

Object 2: Title page and introduction of Abraham Geiger’s Urschrift und Űbersetzungen der Bibel in ihrere Abhängigkeit von der innern Entwicklung des Judentums, Breslau 1857 (2 slides). Leopold Muller Memorial Library - Book Collection (221.18 Gei27U)

Object 3: Title page of Outlines of Liberal Judaism, for the use of parents and teachers by Claude G. Montefiore, London 1923. Leopold Muller Memorial Library - Book Collection (LJ 296.681.1 Mon74O)

Object 4: Title page of J. Wellhausen Hexateuchs und der Historischen Büchen des alten Testament, Berlin 1878. Leopold Muller Memorial Library - Book Collection (C 221.15 Wel45P)

Object 5: Cover and selected pages from Affirmations of Judaism by J.H.Hertz, London 1927 (2 slides). Leopold Muller Memorial Library - Book Collection (GRYN 296.02 Her44A)

Object 6: Cover and pages of James Lowe’s Essentials of Faith by “A Traditional Israelite’, London 1927 (3 slides). Leopold Muller Memorial Library - Book Collection (Raphael Loewe Pamphlets Collection, Off. VII,3)

Object 7: Cover page of H. Loewe’s Mosaic Revelation: Presidential address to the Society for Old Testament Study, London 1939. Leopold Muller Memorial Library - Book Collection (Raphael Loewe Archive Off VII,6)

Object 8: Pages from H. Loewe’s presidential speech Mosaic Revelation (3 slides) (Raphael Loewe Archive Off VII,6)

Object 9: A page from Louis Jacob’s handwritten manuscript of We Have Reason to Believe (S,50)

Object 10: Title page of Abraham Joshua Heschel’s God in Search of Man, London 1955. Leopold Muller Memorial Library - Book Collection (LJ 296.193 Hes42G)

Object 11: Pages from Louis Jacobs’ "The Distinction between Traditional Beliefs and Traditional Practises", Bulletin of the Society for the Study of Jewish Theology, September 1963 (4 slides) (S,39)

Object 12: Letter to H. Rosenfelder from Louis Jacobs, 30th January 1963 (2 slides) (F,130a-b)

Object 13: Draft of a letter addressed to a"Dear Friend", sent by Louis Jacobs, 10th February 1995 (H,38)

Object 14: First page of the introduction to David Weiss Halivni's Revelation Restored. Divine Writ and Critical Responses, this ed. London 2001. Reproduced by permission of the author. Leopold Muller Memorial Library - Book Collection (221.14 Hal14R)

Object 15: Cover page for Norman Solomon’s Torah from Heaven: The Reconstruction of Faith, Oxford 2012. Reproduced by permission of the author. Leopold Muller Memorial Library - Book Collection (LJ 296.12 Sol4T)

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Jewish Status

Object 1: Minutes of a meeting about conversion at the Sternberg Centre, 1991 (C,94)

Object 2: Section from a draft of the New London Synagogue Handbook, 1987 (F,6)

Object 3: Louis Jacobs' notes and transcription from Rabbi David Oppenheim's responsum on Marriage [undated] (F,62)

Object 4: First page of a typescript of the Jewish Approach to Racial Prejudice essay by Louis Jacobs [undated] (F,94)

Object 5: Newspaper cutting: "Louis Jacobs barred from Orthodox call up", Simon Rocker, 2003. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (G,179)

Object 6: Newspaper cutting: "What price communal peace?", Sidney Brichto, 2003. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (G,182a)

Object 7: Newspaper cutting: "Minister in Jacobs row receives hate mail", Leon Symons, 2003. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (G,185a)

Object 8: Copy of a letter sent by Louis Jacobs to the Chief Rabbi, 1994 (H,63)

Object 9: Newspaper cutting: "Marriage Guidance, Handbook advocated", a letter to the editor from Louis Jacobs, 1948. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (J,127)

Object 10: Louis Jacobs’ notes on Is there a Jewish Theology?, [undated] (S,48a-b)

Object 11: Two pages from Louis Jacob’s notebook about Reform marriage and Responsa about Marriage [undated] (2 slides) (S,48a-b)

Object 12: Four pages from Jacobs handwritten notes for wedding sermons [undated] (two slides) (S,51)

Object 13: One page from Jacobs' original manuscript of the book Theology in the Responsa, [undated] (S,58 - see also 296.57 Jac 15T)

Object 14: Newspaper cutting: "Minister Attacks Liberal Marriages", I. Levy’s sermon, 1949. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (S,67)

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Networks

Object 1: Letter from Ada Rapoport-Albert to Louis Jacobs, 1995. Reproduced by permission of the copyright holder (H,1)

Object 2: Letter from Louis Jacobs to the Council of Christians and Jews, 1964 (F,72)

Object 3: Letter from Raphael Loewe to Louis Jacobs [undated]. Reproduced by permission of the copyright holder (F,160)

Object 4: Louis Jacobs’ eulogy for Lilian Helen Montagu, 1873-1963 (E,12)

Object 5: Letter from Edward Ullendorf to Louis Jacobs, 1970. Reproduced by permission of the copyright holder (D,6)

Object 6: Letter from Rev. Felix F. Carebach to Louis Jacobs, 1966. Reproduced by permission of the copyright holder (D,49)

Object 7: Letter from Louis Jacobs to Alexander Altmann, 1964 (D,45)

Object 8: Letter from Louis Jacobs to Jakob Petuchowski, 1964 (F,144)

Object 9:  Letter from Abraham J. Heschel to Louis Jacobs, 1966. Reproduced by permission of the copyright holder (D,67)

Object 10: Letter from Salo W. Baron to Louis Jacobs, 1963. Reproduced by permission of the copyright holders (D,30)

Object 11: Louis Jacobs’ nomination form to the House of Lords, 2000 (G,82)

Object 12: Louis Jacobs' supporting statement for the House of the Lord’s application, 2000 (G,82) 

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TIMELINES

Timeline: LIFE

Objects 1& 2: Photographs of Louis Jacobs as a child (B,20)

Object 3: Louis Jacobs and his parents, 1928 (B,14)

Object 4: Manchester Central High School, Louis Jacobs and his class - group photograph (B,20)

Objects 5 & 6 (inset): Louis Jacobs and Shula on their wedding day, 1944 (B,21)

Object 7: Photograph of Louis Jacobs and his son at his son’s Bar Mitzvah

Object 8: Photograph of Dayan Abramsky speaking at the opening of the Golders Green yeshiva, Jacobs is seated to the speakers’ right (B,19)

Objects 9 & 10: PhD certificate and graduation photograph. Louis Jacobs in 1952 (B,22)

Objects 11 & 12:  Newspaper cuttings: A review and an advert for We Have Reason to Believe, 1957 (review "The Art of Believing" by Robert Stone- published in Jewish Observer - Middle East Review, copyright [*]; advert - permission to display granted by Vallentine Mitchell Publishers) (S,66a)

Object 13: Review of We Have Reason to Believe entitled "Jewish Theology", by H.F.R [Rabbi Harold Frederick Reinhart] in the Synagogue Review, 1957; Reproduced by permission of Movement for Reform Judaism (S,66c)

Object 14: Original book cover of We Have Reason to Believe published by Vallentine, Mitchell, 1957; Reproduced by permission of Vallentine Mitchell Publishers (S,66c)

Object 15: Review of We Have Reason to Believe by A. Meher [?] in Journal of Semitic Studies, 1958 (author copyright [*]); Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press on behalf of the Journal of Semitic Studies (S,66a)

Object 16: Review of We Have Reason to Believe alongside other faith books. Reproduced with permission of Herald & Times Group', 1957 (S,66b)

Object 17: Review of We Have Reason to Believe, source unclear from the cutting [**] (S,66c)

Object 18: Photograph of Louis Jacobs, April 1962 (B,24)

Object 19: Cartoon produced during the ‘Jacobs-Affair’, source unclear from the cutting [**] (B,32)

Object 20: Newspaper cuttings: "Dr Jacobs wins Israeli prize" and "Jacobs award in October", The Jewish Chronicle, 1963. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (S,39)

Object 21: Portrait of Louis Jacobs in his study

Object 22: Cartoon sketch of Louis Jacobs, author unidentified [**] (B,15)

Object 23: Photograph taken during Jacobs interview by Ram Evron, BBC, in 1964 (B,17)

Object 24: Jacobs' draft reply to Rabbi Jakobovits later published in its edited format in The Jewish Chronicle [1967] (according to a note in the Louis Jacobs Archive the letter was really written by William Frankel) (G,4)

Object 25: Ivor Jacobs and Michael Rose write about the establishment of the New North London Synagogue in 1974; reproduced by permission of the authors (J,131e-i)

Object 26: Two pages of Jacobs’ manuscript version of Theology in the Responsa (published in 1975) (S,58)

Object 27: Selection from Jacobs' manuscript for A Tree of Life (S,60)

Object 28: A letter Jacobs sent to his congregation from Harvard, whilst working as a visiting professor, 1985-86 (S,4)

Object 29:  Newspaper cutting: Jacobs’ visiting lectureship at Lancaster University, Lancaster University Newsletter, 1987; Reproduced by permission of Lancaster University (S,6)

Object 30: Jacobs' Jewish Studies course details; source unknown [**] (S,6)

Object 31: Newspaper article: ‘For the Sake of Heaven’, The Jewish Chronicle, Dec. 19, 1986. Jacobs’ personal reflection on the 25th anniversary of the 'Affair'. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (G,130)

Object 32: Portrait of Louis Jacobs, author unidentified [**] (B,10)

Object 33: Pages from Jacobs’ handwritten version of Helping with Inquiries, published 1989 (S,57)

Object 34: Honorary Doctorate award (Hebrew Union College), 1989 (S,9 and A,3)

Object 35: Newspaper article: "Within Reason" by Simon Rocker, The Jewish Chronicle, Mar. 10, 2006. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (G,175)

Object 36: Newspaper cutting: Sidney Harris' photograph of Louis Jacobs and Harry Freedman, at Freedman’s retirement in 2001, July 6, 2001, The Jewish Chronicle; Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (G,136)

Object 37: Newspaper cutting: "Minister in Jacobs Row Receives Hate mail" by Leon Symons, Aug. 15, 2003; Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (G,185a)

Object 38: Newspaper cutting: "Beliefs and Values", The Jewish Chronicle, Aug. 8, 2003. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (G,184b)

Object 39: Newspaper cutting: "An Experiment that Failed" by Paul Shrank, The Jewish Chronicle, Aug. 15, 2003. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (G,185D)

Object 40: Newspaper cutting: "Branching Out", photograph of a wall hanging made to mark Jacobs’ retirement, 2000, source unclear from the cutting [**] (G,104)

Objects 41 & 42: Two newspaper cuttings of opinion pieces: "’Greatest’, too great for the top job" by Geoffrey Alderman, and "Knight errant and too often in error" by Ned Temko, both in The Jewish Chronicle, Jan. 6, 2006; reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (G,177)

Object 43: Newspaper cutting: "Great Expectations" by Rabbi Jonathan Romain, The Jewish Chronicle, Dec. 9, 2006. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (J,73)

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Timeline: Works

Object 1: The cover of We Have Reason to Believe; reproduced by permission of Vallentine Mitchell Publishers (S,66)

Objects 2 & 3: Two newspaper cuttings: "Traditional Faith in the Light of Modern Thought" (source and author unidentified [**]); "A Reasoned Faith", The Jewish Chronicle, May 31, 1957, reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (S,66)

Objects 4 & 5: Two newspaper cuttings: "A Reasoned Faith. Religious Beliefs", Professor Raphael Powell (source and location of the author unknown**); right - "We have Reason to Believe", by I. L.  (full name of the source unknown [**]) (S,66)

Object 6: Excerpts from a letter sent to Louis Jacobs in 1958; entire letter available in the Louis Jacobs Archive (ref: F100a-c)

Object 7. Selection of four handwritten pages of Louis Jacobs' additions to the 2nd edition of his book We Have Reason to Believe (S,50)

Object 8: Article 'Spotlight on the Anglo-Jewish press: The Old Lady of Furnival Street', The Jewish Quarterly, summer 1963, pp. 4-6. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Quarterly (S,39)

Object 9: Extracts from letter of praise for We Have Reason to Believe from a previously non-observant Jew (1963) (F,105)

Object 10: Newspaper cuttings: "Dr Jacobs wins Israeli prize" and "Jacobs award in October", The Jewish Chronicle, 1963. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (S,39)

Object 11: Letter from Louis Jacobs asking Judge Nahmani to collect the prize on his behalf (Sept. 30, 1963) (F,116)

Object 12: Article “Within Reason” by Louis Jacobs [article is an extract from the preface to the new edition of We Have Reason to Believe]. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (S,21)

Object 13: Review of the fourth edition of We Have Reason to Believe, by Richard Coggins in Feed the Minds [undated]. Copyright [*] (S,21)

Object 14: “The Impact of We Have Reason to Believe” by William Frankel in Masorti Matters, summer 1998, pages 8-9. Reproduced by permission of the Masorti Movement (J,134zzm-zzn)

Object 15: Cover of Jacobs' Beyond Reasonable Doubt; Littman Library of Jewish Civilisation, 1999. Leopold Muller Memorial Library - Book Collection (LJ 296.193 Jac12B)

Object 16: Poster inviting to "a conversation about Judaism and the Quest for Truth", event organised by the Masorti Academy and New London Synagogue, 20th June 1999. Reproduced by permission of the New London Synagogue (J,99a)

Objects 17 - 18: Photographs of Louis Jacobs signing his book Beyond Reasonable Doubt (J,99c &j)

Object 19: Newspaper cutting of launch event at Balfour Diamond Jubilee Trust. Reproduced by permission of the Balfour Diamond Jubilee Trust (J,99e)

Object 20: Letter from Simon Reiss the Co-Chairman of the Balfour Diamond Jubilee Trust, 10th March 1999. Reproduced by permission of the Balfour Diamond Jubilee Trust (J,99l)

Object 21: Extract from Beyond Reasonable Doubt entitled "Man-Made versus divine precepts: Rabbi Louis Jacobs on fundamentalist and historical approaches to 'Torah from Heaven', printed in The Jewish Chronicle, 5th March 1999. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (G,126)

Object 22: Review of Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Roger S. Kohn, Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter, November-December 1999. Courtesy of Mr. Roger S. Kohn and the Association of Jewish Libraries. Roger S. Cohn, Ph. D., is a member of the Hebraica Cataloguing Team at the Library of Congress, Washington D.C., since 2003. From 1991 to 1998 he served as the Reinhard Family Curator of Judaica and Hebraica Collections in the Stanford University Libraries (J,80)

Object 23: Radio review of Beyond Reasonable Doubt  by Michael Milson, broadcast on Spectrum 558 Radio, 23rd March 1999. Reproduced by permission of Michael Milson and of Spectrum 558 Radio (J,114a-b)

Object 24: Review of Beyond Reasonable Doubt entitled "The Portrait of a Renegade British Rabbi Struggling to Maintain Faith and Intellect" by Allan Nadler in Forward, October 1999, p. 14. Reproduced by permission of Forward (J,121a-b)

Object 25: Review of Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Bernard Glassman, Conservative Judaism, Volume 52, Number 1, 1999, pp. 81-2. Used with permission from Conservative Judaism 52:1 (Fall 1999), ©Rabbinical Assembly (J,130)

Object 26: Interview for the launch of Beyond Reasonable Doubt entitled "Jacobs admits I've no regrets", The Jewish Chronicle, 5 March 1999. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (J,99m-n)

Object 27: Review of Beyond Reasonable Doubt in "Moving beyond Beyond Reasonable Doubt" by Alex Sinclair, Masorti Matters, winter 1999-2000, pp. 8-9. Reproduced by permission of the Masorti Movement (S,21)

Object 28: 'Reflections on a Controversy' by Louis Jacobs in New London News, 2000, page 2. Reproduced by permission of the New London News (the newsletter for the New London Synagogue) (J,134)

Object 29: William Frankel, "Traditional alternatives", The Jewish Chronicle, Sept. 26, 2003. Reproduced by permission of The Jewish Chronicle (G,159a-f)

Object 30: Louis Jacobs' notes written for a talk about We Have Reason to Believe in 2004 (J,23a-c)

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