| Creator: | Harris, Hyman H. (Hyman Hirsch), b. 1882 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Hyman H. Harris business card | | | | Dates: | undated | | | | Call No: | 1992.006 | | | | Abstract: | Hyman Hirsch Harris was born in Granov, Russia in 1882, and he moved to the United States in 1913. He was a pharmacist and also a lecturer and author on Jewish music and other Jewish topics. The collection consists of a business card of Hyman Hirsch Harris, P.D., with a note handwritten on it in Hebrew to Dr. Azriel concerning the former's book "Toldot ha-neginah veha-chazanuth be-Yisrael". | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Music | Toldot ha-neginah ṿeha-ḥazanut be-Yiśraʻel | |
| Creator: | Higger, Michael | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Michael Higger typescript on the agunah issue in Jewish law | | | | Dates: | undated | | | | Call No: | 2000.032 | | | | Abstract: | Michael Higger was born in Regovo, Lithuania in 1898, where he received a traditional Jewish education before emigrating to the United States in 1915. He received rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and published many books and articles on the Talmud and Jewish law. The collection consists of a typescript with manuscript notes entitled "A Prolegomena to a Bibliography of the Aguna in Responsa" which he wrote, as well as a photocopy of the same document. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Agunahs | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Jewish law) | |
| Creator: | Hirschler, Gertrude | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Gertrude Hirschler papers | | | | Dates: | 1929-1994 | | | | Call No: | 1994.007 | | | | Abstract: | Gertrude Hirschler was a translator and editor of literary works, and was the leading translator of the works of the nineteenth century German rabbi, Samson Raphael Hirsch. The collection primarily consists of materials relating to Hirschler's publishing career, containing her publishing correspondence, as well as manuscripts, articles and miscellaneous writings by other authors that were sent to Hirschler for editing or translating. There is also a small amount of personal materials and original writings by Hirschler. | | | | Size: | 8 linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Jewish authors -- Manuscripts | Jewish religious literature -- Germany | Translators -- United States -- Correspondence | |
| Creator: | Hochstein, Joshua | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Joshua Hochstein papers | | | | Dates: | 1932-1980 | | | | Call No: | 1999.008 | | | | Abstract: | The collection contains the correspondence, research materials, and publications of Joshua Hochstein, an independent scholar and educator, who collected an abundance of material on the Jewish communities in Latin America, Spain and Portugal, Jewish life and practices, branches of Christianity, Latin American affairs, and Jewish-Christian relations. Hochstein's correspondence with leaders of various faiths about religious issues is also included in the collection. | | | | Size: | 17.0 Linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Antisemitism | Arab-Israeli conflict | Christianity | Conversion -- Judaism | Fasts and feasts -- Judaism | Hebrew language | Jewish diaspora | Jewish educators -- United States | Jewish sects | Jews -- Israel | Jews -- Italy | Jews -- Japan | Jews -- Latin America | Jews -- Portugal | Jews -- Spain | Jews -- United States | Judaism -- Customs and practices | Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity | Ladino language -- History | Ladino literature | Latin America -- Ethnic relations | Latin America -- Relations -- United States | Sephardim -- History | Spain -- Ethnic relations | United States -- Relations -- Latin America | Women in Judaism | Yiddish language | |
| Creator: | Hyamson, Moses, 1863-1949 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Moses Hyamson collection | | | | Dates: | 1931-1937 | | | | Call No: | 1994.037 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of a pamphlet submitted by Rabbi Moses Hyamson (1862-1949) to the League of Nations on the issue of the world calendar reform, as well as a journal from a testimonial dinner given at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on the occasion of Hyamson's 75th birthday. A long-time dayan (judge) for the London Beth Din and rabbi in New York, Rabbi Hyamson spoke out against the calendar reform which would have resulted in the Jewish Sabbath no longer being on the seventh day of each week. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Calendar reform | Jewish calendar | Perpetual calendars | Rabbis -- New York (State) -- New York | |
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