Papers of Chief Rabbi Sir Israel Brodie

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: University of Southampton Special Collections

Postal address:: Hartley Library, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ

Scope and content:: This collection comprises: Newspaper cuttings, 1948-62; together with journals of pastoral tours of Australia and New Zealand kept by Fanny Brodie, 1951-2 and 1961-2, and material relating to visits to Israel, Ireland, South Africa and the United States of America. Photographs, including portraits, 1950s-70s. Personal papers, 1918-68; papers of the Conference of European Rabbis and Associated Religious Organisations, 1967-8; drafts and typescripts of sermons, addresses and articles, 1924-63.

Administrative/biographical history:: Sir Israel Brodie (1895-1975), the son of Aaron Brodie of Newcastle upon Tyne, was educated at Rutherford College, Newcastle upon Tyne; Jews' College, London; University College, London; and Balliol College, Oxford. Between 1917 and 1919 Brodie served as Jewish Chaplain to the Forces. He worked for social services in the East End, London, 1921-3; as rabbi in Melbourne, Australia, 1923-37; and as a Lecturer and Tutor at Jews' College London, 1939-48. Brodie was Jewish Chaplain to the Army and RAF, 1940-4, and Senior Jewish Chaplain, 1944-8. From 1948 until his retirements in 1965, Brodie was Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth of Nations. In 1969, he was created at KBE. He married Fanny Levine, a native of Warsaw.

Access points: locations:: Australia; Ireland; Israel; New Zealand; South Africa; United States of America

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