| Creator: | First Independent Hebrew Congregation of Jamaica (Queens, New York, N.Y.) | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | First Independent Hebrew Congregation of Jamaica (Queens, N.Y.) records | | | | Dates: | 1952-1988 | | | | Call No: | 2003.099 | | | | Abstract: | The First Independent Hebrew Congregation of Jamaica (Queens, N.Y.), also known as Congregation Ahavas Israel, was founded in 1900 and their synagogue building was built in 1905. The congregation fell into financial hardships in the mid-1970s, and sold their building in 1980 to the Bethany French Baptist Church. The collection consists of a minute book, cemetery records, legal documents, and financial records of the Congregation during the final years of its existence. | | | | Size: | 1.5 Linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York | Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs | Synagogues -- New York (State) -- New York | |
| Creator: | Fish-Rosenberg, Tova | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Tova Fish-Rosenberg
Names, Not Numbers Holocaust documentation project recordings and background materials | | | | Dates: | 2005-2015 | | | | Call No: | 2010.003 | | | | Abstract: | Names, Not Numbers is an educational oral history documentation project for teaching the Holocaust created by Tova Fish-Rosenberg in which students, advised by journalists, filmmakers and teachers, create taped interviews with either Holocaust survivors or World War II veterans that they subsequently edit and combine into a documentary film. Additionally, the filmmaker tapes the participants and produces a mini-documentary entitled
Names, Not Numbers: A Movie in the Making. The collection consists of the films produced by students at the various participant schools, as well as the filmmakers' mini-documentaries. There is also a file of background information and publicity about the project. | | | | Size: | 30 Items | | | | Subjects: | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States | Jews -- Education | |
| Creator: | Foster, Solomon, b. 1878 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Solomon Foster letter and article | | | | Dates: | 1904-1905 | | | | Call No: | 1992.009 | | | | Abstract: | Rabbi Solomon Foster was born in Americus, Georgia, in 1878. He became the rabbi of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in Newark, NJ, in 1902, where he served until 1941. The collection consists of a handwritten letter from Rabbi Solomon Foster to a Mr. Lipsky, concerning Foster's article "Kings and Queens" from the American Hebrew of March 19, 1904, a photocopy of which is attached to the letter. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Rabbis -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Correspondence | |
| Creator: | Fuchs, Moses | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Moses Fuchs synagogue songbook | | | | Dates: | undated | | | | Call No: | 1993.011 | | | | Abstract: | Moses Fuchs, a retired school teacher, lived in Morningside Heights in New York City. The bound book contains music and songs for Akdmaot-Shavuot, a wedding, Friday night services, and other Sabbath prayers. | | | | Size: | 1 bound book | | | | Subjects: | Synagogue music | |
|
