WALDMAN, MORRIS DAVID (1879-1963).
Papers, 1912-1963. 2.9 linear ft.
Papers describe the career activities of Morris David Waldman, a rabbi, social worker, and organization executive. A lifelong worker for the needy, Waldman was an innovative fund raiser and fighter for the civil rights of minorities. He proposed the adoption of an international Bill of Rights which the United Nations incorporated into its charter. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, reprots, notes, printed matter, and miscellaneous items. Some organizations represented in the collection include the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, American Jewish Committee, American Council for Judaism, and the American Red Cross. Among the important correspondents included in the collection are Cyrus Adler, Jacob Billikopf, Jacob Blaustein, David A. Brown, Herbert Lehman, Louis Marshall, Joseph M. Proskauer, John Slawson, Cyrus L. Sulzberger, Maurice Wertheim, and Stephen S. Wise. Some topics included in the collection are anti-Semitism, facism, fund raising, Latin America, Palestine, international relief, Poland, refugees, and Zionism. Inventory available

WEILER, MOSES CYRUS (1907- ).
Papers, 1933-1996. 0.4 linear ft.
Correspondence and newsclippings concerning Rabbi Weiler's numerous activities, including his ministry in South Africa, 1933-1956; the South African Union for Progressive Judaism, 1950-1951; his mission to the United States, 1971-1973; and M'vakshe Devek, 1969-1972. Also included is material pertaining to the ordination in South Africa of Richard Gordon Lampert, 1971 and other material relating to Adam Weiler, 1967-1972. 

WEITZ, MARTIN M. (1907-1992 ).
Papers, 1925-1978. 1.4 linear ft.
The papers of Martin M. Weitz reflect the career and interests of a Jewish scholar, teacher, rabbi, editor, and writer. The collection consists of correspondence, both personal and of the many organizations for which Dr. Weitz worked. Among the many important individuals who have corresponded with Rabbi Weitz are Senator Clifford P. Case, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Erich Fromm, Arthur J. Goldberg, Harry Golden, John F. and Robert F. Kenndy, Jacob K. Javits, and Harry S. Truman. Inventory available

WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900).
Papers and Writings, 1847-1900. 1.2 linear ft and 15 reels microfilm.
Correspondence of the rabbi and pioneer of the Reform Jewish movement in America. Correspondence with many individuals concerning the founding of the Hebrew Union College, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and the Central Conference of American Rabbis. Wise's opinions on Judaism, the Reform movement, revelation, the Bible, the Talmud, synods, and proselytes are reflected in the collection. In addition, there are also family letters, lectures, addresses, and newsclippings regarding Dr. Wise's activities. The 15 reels of microfilm include, along with copies of all the materials in the manuscript collection, a very complete collection of Dr. Wise's voluminous published writings, both monographs, articles in serials, and newpaper editorials in The American Israelite and Die Deborah. Inventory available for manuscript collection and microfilm edition.

WISE, JONAH BONDI (1881-1959).
Papers, 1919-1923. 0.4 linear ft.
Reform rabbi, communal worker, editor from Cincinnati. Collection consists of correspondence on congregational, educational, religious, rabbinical, and scientific matters, B'nai B'rith affairs, Jewish journalism, administration of the Hebrew Union College, political problems, and religious freedom. Correspondents include Edward N. Calisch, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Gotthard Deutsch, Ismar Elbogen, Hyman G. Enelow, Henry Englander, Abraham J. Feldman, Solomon B. Freehof, Samuel Gompers, Henry Hurwitz, the Jewish Chautauqua Society, Jewish Publication Society, Jewish Welfare Board, Ferdinand M. Isserman, Isaac Landman, Louis L. Mann, Julian Morgenstern, Adolpf S. Oko, Leo Wise, and Stephen S. Wise. 

WISE, STEPHEN S. (1874-1949).
Papers, 1893-1969. 12.9 linear ft.
Papers reflect the career of Rabbi Wise, Zionist leader, founder and president of the Jewish Institute of Religion (J.I.R.), and founder and senior rabbi of the Free Synagogue in New York City. The Collection consists of correspondence, newsclippings, nearprint, audio recordings of  speeches and addresses, and press releases dealing with Wise's participation in Zionist activities and organizations as well as the publication of Jewish Studies in Memory of Israel Abrahams, the founding of the JI.R., and the founding of the Free Synagogue. Among the notable correspondents are Israel Abrahams, Ismar Elbogen, Nelson Glueck, Richard J. H. Gottheil, Horace M. Kallen, Lily Montagu, and Chaim Weizmann. Inventory available

WITT, LOUIS (1878-1950).
Papers, 1915-1950. 3.3 linear ft.
Rabbi, civic leader, author of Dayton, Ohio. Papers consist of correspondence, articles, newsclippings, and miscellaneous items pertaining to the professional activities of Rabbi Witt. Also, sermons and lectures delivered by him. Inventory available

WOHL, SAMUEL (1895-1972).
Papers, 1915-1973. 0.8 linear ft.
Papers contain correspondence, sermons, and writings of Rabbi Wohl who served Cincinnati's Congregation Bene Yeshurun from 1931 until his retirement in 1966. Wohl corresponded with many prominent figures in world politics as well as national and international Jewish organizations. Of special note is the correspondence with David Ben Gurion, Golda Meir, Moshe Sharett , and Zalman Shazar, all of which is in Hebrew. There is also correspondence with Louis Dembitz Brandeis and Stephen S. Wise. Wohl's work with Jewish organizations is well represented in the files concerning the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Labor Zionist Organization of America, World Union for Progressive Judaism, and the League for Labor Palestine. Inventory available

WOLF, HORACE J. (1885-1926).
Papers, 1914-1926. 0.4 linear ft.
Sermons and a report to the Central Conference of American Rabbis on Jewish Ethics and Social Justice based upon current questions, 1920. Wolf was a rabbi, communal, and civic leader from Rochester, New York. 

WOLSEY, LOUIS (1877-1953).
Papers, 1866-1948. 2.9 linear ft.
Papers of Rabbi Wolsey, Reform Jewish leader and one of the founders of the American Council for Judaism (ACJ), an anti-Zionist organization created in 1942. The collection consists of correspondence, ACJ records and nearprint which reflect Wolsey's career at Philadelphia's Congregation Rodeph Shalom and his involvement with the founding and organization of the ACJ. Some of the noted correspondents included in the collection are Elmer Berger, James G. Heller, Morris S. Lazaron, Julian Morgenstern, Lessing Rosenwald, Hyman Jacob Schachtel, Abraham Shusterman, and Jonah B. Wise. Inventory available