Erwin Hirsch Collection.

Collection

Identifier: AR 11478

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains a three page document from a 2004 memorial for Cantor Erwin Hirsch, including biographical information for him. The collection also contains a CD, available online, with favorites from the liturgy of Congregation Habonim sung by Cantor Erwin Hirsch, assisted by the choir under the direction of Martha Hirsch. Song titles include: Jomim Noroim (High Holidays): 1. Kol Nidre (Lewandowski); 2. Vehogen Baadenu (Lewandowski); 3. Bor’chu - S’hema (Lewandowski); 4. Ovos (Kirschner) 5. Kev Akoras-Berosh Hashonoh; 6. En Kizvoh (Kirschner); 7. Al Tashlichenu (Lewandowski); 8. Tovo Lefonecho (Lewandowski); 9. Birchas Kohanim (Alman) 10. Ha Yom Teamtzenu (Kirschner); 11. Final Kaddish (Southern German). Shabbat and festivals: 12. Tov Lehodos (Lewandowski); 13. Hashkevenu (Birnbaum); 14. Shabbat Kiddush (Lewandowski); 15. Lo Omus (Birnbaum); 16. Torah Service (Kirschner); 17. Ez Chaim Hi (Kirschner) 18. Torass Adonoi (Lewandowski)

Dates

Creation: 2004

Creator

Hirsch, Erwin, 1914-2001 (Person)
Congregation Habonim (New York, N.Y.) (Organization)

Language of Materials

This collection is in English and German and Hebrew.

Access Restrictions

Open to researchers.

This material has been digitized to expand access while protecting the materials from degradation through physical handling. Access to the original materials in the reading room of the Center for Jewish History in New York City will only be granted to users who can demonstrate a legitimate research need to do so. Please submit requests to view original materials via email to lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org and include a description of your research project and an explanation of why access to the physical materials is necessary.

Access Information

Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.

Use Restrictions

There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:

Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org

Biographical Note

Erwin Hirsch was born in Strasbourg in 1914 to Milly and Sally Hirsch. The family lived in Mannheim. He studied at the Jüdische Lehrerbildungsanstalt in Würzburg under Cantor Ruben Eschwege. In 1937, he became Hazzan Scheni under Cantor Hug Adler at the Hauptsynagoge in Mannheim. He was interned in Dachau from November 10, 1938 to January 1939, when he left for the US. In 1940, Erwin Hirsch was hired as the first full time Cantor of Congregation Habonim in New York. He retired in 1983 and died in 2001.