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Creator:  Brooklyn Jewish Center (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)Requires cookie*
 Title:  Jubilee Book of the Brooklyn Jewish Center  
 Dates:  1946 
 Call No:  2012.013 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of a volume published by the synagogue in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of its founding. 
 Size:  1 Item 
 Subjects:  Jews -- New York (State) -- New York | Rabbis -- New York (State) -- New York | Synagogues -- New York (State) -- New York 
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 Title:  Study of the occupational distribution of the Brownsville, N.Y. Jewish community  
 Dates:  undated 
 Call No:  2000.020 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of a report of a study entitled " The Occupational Description of Brownsville's Jewish Community, Based on the New York State Censuses 1905, 1925." It analyzes the census data based on a variety of factors, and also includes tables of the information. 
 Size:  1 folder 
 Subjects:  Brownsville (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- Sources | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York | Occupations -- New York (State) -- New York 
Creator:  Kisch, Bruno, 1890-1966Requires cookie*
 Title:  Bruno Kisch papers  
 Dates:  1919-1950 
 Call No:  1988.005 
 Abstract:  Bruno Zecharias Kisch (1890-1966) was a medical doctor, biochemist, and Jewish scholar. He was one of the founders of the Juedisches Lehrhaus in Cologne and taught at Yale and Yeshiva Universities in the United States after leaving Nazi Germany. The collection contains correspondence relating to Kisch's involvement in Kehillath Jawne Austrian Jewish Congregation, medical journals from Germany, medical correspondence, drafts of articles, and manuscripts on various scientific topics. 
 Size:  0.5 linear feet 
 Subjects:  Jewish physicians -- Germany -- Cologne | Jewish physicians -- New York (State) -- New York | Jewish scientists -- Germany -- Cologne | Jewish scientists -- New York (State) -- New York 
Creator:  Autonom Orthodox Izraelita Hitközség (Budapest)Requires cookie*
 Title:  Budapest, Hungary Orthodox Jewish Congregation Records  
 Dates:  1890-1944 
 Call No:  2014.044 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of a small amount of records of the Budapest Orthodox Jewish Congregation for a variety of communal functions and spanning from the 1890s through the 1940s. 
 Size:  0.25 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Budapest (Hungary) -- Ethnic relations | Ḥevra kaddisha -- Hungary -- Budapest | Jews -- Hungary -- Budapest -- Economic conditions | Jews -- Hungary -- Budapest -- History -- Sources | Jews -- Hungary -- Budapest -- Social conditions 
Creator:  Yeshiva University. Dept. of Public RelationsRequires cookie*
 Title:  Public Relations Records - Buildings Photograph Files  
 Dates:  1930-2001; Bulk Dates: 1940-2001 
 Call No:  YU.1994.075.BPh 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of photographs of buildings, plaques, and other physical aspects on the campuses of Yeshiva University and its affiliates. 
 Size:  10 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  College campuses -- New York (State) -- New York -- Photographs | Jerusalem -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs | Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs | New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 
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 Title:  Bulletin and Scots Pictorial article  
 Dates:  1944 
 Call No:  1986.008 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of a page of the Bulletin and Scots Pictorial, a Scottish newspaper, dated August 14, 1944, which contains a report by Roman Karmen, a well-known Soviet correspondent and documentary filmmaker, of his visit to the German concentration camp of Maidenek. In the report, Karmen describes the horrors that he encountered there after the camp was liberated by the Russian army. 
 Size:  1 folder 
 Subjects:  Concentration camps -- Poland | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland | Majdanek (Concentration camp) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Poland 
Creator:  Bunim, Irving M., 1901-1980Requires cookie*
 Title:  Irving Bunim family papers  
 Dates:  1920-1992; Bulk Dates: 1945-1980 
 Call No:  2007.004 
 Abstract:  Irving M. Bunim was a businessman, Jewish lay leader, and major figure in the Vaad Hatzala to help Jewish refugees. The collection contains photographs, telegrams, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other material chiefly related to the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School, Vaad Hatzala, Young Israel, and Bunim's book, Ethics From Sinai. 
 Size:  2.0 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Jewish authors -- United States | Jewish businesspeople -- New York (State) -- New York | Jewish refugees -- United States | Jews -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York | Jews -- United States -- Charities | Orthodox Judaism -- New York (State) -- New York | Pictorial review [of] Vaad Hatzala, Germany, 1948 | Rabbis -- United States | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue 
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 Title:  Jewish calendars collection  
 Dates:  1896-1986 
 Call No:  1990.006 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of fourteen miniature pocket calendars, a pocket omer counting calendar, a booklet-sized 24 year calendar, four picture calendars, and a handwritten calendar. The calendars were printed by various Jewish organizations, including the Jewish National Fund and Kollel Chabad, as well as commercial companies such as the H. J. Heinz company. 
 Size:  1 folder 
 Subjects:  Jewish businesspeople -- New York (State) -- New York | Jewish calendar -- Judaism | Judaism -- Prayers and devotions | Prayers -- Judaism 
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 Title:  Cardozo Insider  
 Dates:  2000-2002 with gaps 
 Call No:  YU.2007.098 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of issues of The Cardozo Insider, a student publication of Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, from 2000-2002, with gaps. 
 Size:  1.25 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Law schools -- New York (State) -- New York 
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 Title:  Cardozo Law Forum  
 Dates:  1979-1997, with gaps 
 Call No:  YU.2007.099 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of issues of Cardozo Law Forum, a student publication of Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, from 1979-1997, with gaps. 
 Size:  2.5 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Law schools -- New York (State) -- New York 
Creator:  Kenvin, Helene SchwartzRequires cookie*
 Title:  Helene Schwartz Kenvin collection on Jews in the Caucasus and Central Asian Republics of the Former Soviet Union  
 Dates:  1984-1999 
 Call No:  1999.099 
 Abstract:  The Caucasus Network (CN) is an organization founded by Helene Schwartz Kenvin in 1984 that provides aid to and advocates on behalf of Jews in the Caucasus and Central Asian Republics. Following the fall of the Soviet Union, the CN's main activity became to assist residents of the Caucasus and Central Asia republics in obtaining refugee-status admission to the United States. The collection consists of the CN's administrative records, individual case files, and reference resources from the period 1984-1999. 
 Size:  45.5 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Caucasus -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century | Caucasus -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Jews -- Caucasus -- History | Jews -- Caucasus -- Social life and customs | Jews -- Persecutions -- Soviet Union | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Migrations -- History | Jews -- United States -- Charities | Refugees, Jewish -- Soviet Union | Refugees, Jewish -- United States | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy | United States -- Emigration and immigration | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century 
Creator:  Central Orthodox CommitteeRequires cookie*
 Title:  Central Orthodox Committee Collection  
 Dates:  1942, 1945-1953; Bulk Dates: 1947-1950 
 Call No:  1963.098 
 Abstract:  Correspondence, financial records, reports, and other material concerning relief work with displaced persons following World War II. Includes correspondence and reports of European Directors Samuel L. Sar, Rabbi Solomon Shapiro, and Rabbi Manuel Laderman, and Treasurer A.M. Stavsky; and material concerning relations with Joint Distribution Committee, Vaad Hatzala, United Service for New Americans, and United States government agencies, as well as Jewish Central Orthodox Committee commission to Europe. 
 Size:  5.5 linear feet 
 Subjects:  International relief -- Europe | Jews -- Charities | Jews -- Europe | Orthodox Judaism | Refugees, Jewish -- Europe | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century 
Creator:  Notelevitz, Chaim Ben-ZionRequires cookie*
 Title:  Chaim Ben Zion Notelevitz collection  
 Dates:  undated, 1946 
 Call No:  1984.006 
 Abstract:  Chaim Ben Zion Notelevitz was a rabbi and Jewish communal leader. He served as chief Orthodox rabbi in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1932 to 1941, and held leadership positions in a number of Jewish organizations. Rabbi Notelevitz wrote several books and articles on topics related to Jewish law. The collection contains novellae on Maimonides and Passover sacrifices, as well as a letter to Rabbi Aaron Zlotavitz, secretary of the Council of Rabbis in Brooklyn, N.Y. (1946). 
 Size:  1 Folder 
 Subjects:  Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York | Passover -- Customs and practices | Rabbis -- New York (State) -- New York | Religious institutions -- New York (State) -- New York 
Creator:  Epstein, Haim F. (Haim Fishel), Rabbi, 1874-1942Requires cookie*
 Title:  Chaim F. Epstein power of attorney  
 Dates:  1934 
 Call No:  1986.020 
 Abstract:  Power of attorney signed by Jewish residents of St. Louis, Missouri to Rabbi Hayim Fischel Epstein authorizing him to sell their leavened bread to a gentile named Caleb Poe before Passover. 
 Size:  1 folder 
 Subjects:  Gentiles -- Missouri -- Saint Louis | Jews -- Missouri -- Saint Louis | Passover -- Customs and practices | Rabbis -- Missouri -- Saint Louis | Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Religious life and customs 
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 Title:  Letter to Chaim Zimmerman  
 Dates:  circa 1942 
 Call No:  1994.043 
 Abstract:  Rabbi Aharon Chaim Zimmerman (1915-1995) was the Rosh Yeshiva (Dean) of Hebrew Theological College until 1964, and then was a Rosh Yeshiva in New York City until he moved to Jerusalem, Israel in 1975. He wrote several books on Jewish law, philosophy and Israel. The collection contains an unsigned letter to him, commenting on his book Binyan Halakhah on Maimonides' Mishneh Torah. 
 Size:  1 folder 
 Subjects:  Binyan halakhah | Jewish scholars -- Correspondence | Maimonides, Moses, -- 1135-1204 -- Mishneh Torah | Rabbis -- United States 
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 Title:  Charles M. Young papers  
 Dates:  1894-1958; Bulk Dates: 1903-1906 
 Call No:  1970.099 
 Abstract:  Rabbi Charles M. Young (1884-1948) was a rabbi and businessman. He received his ordination at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, and was a qualified shochet (ritual slaughterer). The collection contains a photograph (circa 1905), some of Young's letters of credentials as rabbi and schochet, and a brief biographical sketch written by his son. 
 Size:  1 slim manuscript box 
 Subjects:  Jews -- Dietary laws | Judaism -- Customs and practices | Judaism -- Functionaries | Rabbis -- United States | Shehitah -- United States | Slaughtering and slaughter-houses | Zionists -- United States 
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 Title:  Charles Rubinstein papers  
 Dates:  Bulk Dates:1938-1943; Bulk Dates: 1938-1943; 1938-1959 
 Call No:  1985.013 
 Abstract:  Charles Rubinstein was a Jewish businessman and an active participant in Jewish communal life. During World War II he worked to obtain immigration rights for Jewish refugees. The collection contains Charles Rubinstein's correspondence to important officials concerning immigrants and refugees, including Representative James M. Fitzpatrick, John K. Davis, the American Consul General in Warsaw, and Senator Robert F. Wagner. 
 Size:  1 folder 
 Subjects:  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe | Jews -- Europe -- Migrations | Refugees, Jewish -- Europe 
Creator:  Zeldis, Chayym, 1927-Requires cookie*
 Title:  Chayym Zeldis short story typescripts  
 Dates:  1958-1972 
 Call No:  1991.007 
 Abstract:  Chayym Zeldis is an American-born writer and lecturer. He has written poetry, short stories and novels on Jewish and general subjects. The collection contains typescripts of a novel "Like unto Dreamers" and a collection of short stories entitled "Far from Where?" (1972). Also included are photocopies of various short stories by Zeldis, published in various periodicals between 1958-1971. 
 Size:  0.5 linear feet 
 Subjects:  Jewish literature 
Creator:  Chevrah Poel Zedek Anschei IlliaRequires cookie*
 Title:  Chevrah Poel Zedek Anschei Illia Collection  
 Dates:  1893-1961 
 Call No:  1977.098 
 Abstract:  Records of a landsmanschaft synagogue founded by immigrants from the village of Illia (Lithuania) in the 1880s on the Lower East Side. 
 Size:  10 linear feet 
 Subjects:  Friendly societies | Ilʹi︠a︡ (Byelorussian S.S.R.) | Jews -- Charities | Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- History | Synagogues -- New York (State) -- New York 
Creator:  Chevre Tifaras Israel Bensonhurst (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)Requires cookie*
 Title:  Chevre Tifaras Israel Bensonhurst (Brooklyn, N.Y.) certificate of incorporation and blueprints  
 Dates:  1923-1927 
 Call No:  2004.097 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of the Certificate of Incorporation for Chevre Tifaras Israel Bensonhurst (Brooklyn, N.Y.), issued on September 20, 1923 or 1924. There are also blueprints for a basement renovation dated June, 1927. 
 Size:  1 linear foot 
 Subjects:  Fraternal organizations -- New York (State) -- New York | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Charities | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Societies, etc. | Synagogues -- New York (State) -- New York 
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