Object ID	XXXX.274
Object Name	Records
Abstract	Rabbi Leon Fram Papers: c. 1925-1941 collection contains correspondence, notes, clippings, articles, sermons, lectures, pamphlets, programs, reports, membership lists and cards, receipts, and booklets from Rabbi Fram's records in the inclusive years as rabbi and director of the Religious School of Congregation Beth El.
Admin/Biog History	Leon Fram was born December 12, 1895, in Rosienney, Russia. The youngest of five children born to Michael and Leah Fram, he was brought to the United States by his sister, Jennie. He grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, attended public school there and won a scholarship in chemistry to John Hopkins University. He was influenced to enter the Rabbinate by Rabbi William Rosenau, and enrolled in the Hebrew Union College in 1916, at the same time studying at the University of Cincinnati. He graduated both of these institutions with honors, and later obtained a master's degree from the University of Cincinnati. In 1954 he received a Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, from the Hebrew Union College. Rabbi Fram served Temple Judea, Chicago from 1920-25 and became a rabbi and Educational Director at Temple Beth El in 1925, staying until 1941 when he left to found Temple Israel. The High school at the Religious School of Temple Beth El became a model for all Temples in the country and most of the principles he started were adopted in large by the Reform congregations of America. He was the founder of the College of Jewish Studies, a pioneer in adult education, and a writer of numerous articles and stories printed locally and nationally. He died at the age of 91 in March of 1987.
Creator	Rabbi Leon Fram
Catalog date	02/14/2002
Collection	Fram (Rabbi Leon) Papers: 1925-1941
Container	4 MS boxes
Dates of Accumulation	2002
Finding Aids	A finding aid is available.
Language	English and Hebrew.
Level of description	Fonds
People	Fram, Leon/ Coughlin, Father/ Eliot, T. S./ Goldman, Louis/ Rosenwald, Julius/ Einstein, Albert/ Brandis, Leon/
Home location	Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Archives Stacks.
Related unit of descrip	For more biographical information on Rabbi Leon Fram, see the Temple Israel Collection (XXXX.57). For more information on the College of Jewish Studies, see the College of Jewish Studies Collection (XXXX.114).
Search Terms	Allied Jewish Campaign/ American Jewish Congress/ Ashlar Lodge No. 91/ Avukah/ Bloch Publishing company/ Boy Scouts/ Bureau of Jewish Education/ Commission of Jewish Education/ Council of Social Agencies of Metropolitan Detroit/ Detroit Civic Opera Society/ Detroit Community Fund Campaign/ Detroit Community Union/ Detroit Emergency Conference/ Detroit Emergency Relief Committee/ Detroit Service Group/ Women's City Club/ Goodwill Conference/ Hebrew Union College Summer School/ Hillel, Ann Arbor/ B'nai B'rith/ Jewish Book of the Month Club/ Jewish Radio Hour/ Jewish Centers Association/ Jewish Social Service Bureau/ Jewish Welfare Federation/ League of Nations/ National Citizens' Committee/ Marionette Fellowship of Detroit/ Masons/ Michigan Youth Congress/ National Council for Jewish Education/ North End Clinic/ Oriental Society/ Religious School/ Supplementary Service Committee/ radio/ Wayne County Training School/ Young Marrieds/ Y. M. C. A./ Zionism/
Title	Rabbi Leon Fram Papers: c. 1925-1941

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