| Creator: | Levine, Louis | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Louis Levine papers | | | Dates: | 1932-1953 | | | Call No: | 1978.099 | | | Abstract: | Louis Levine, and American businessman and Jewish communal leader, worked tirelessly for a variety of Jewish causes. Levine's papers relate to his activities in the Jewish Council for Russian War Relief, the Independent Order B'rith Shalom, Yeshiva University, and the American Jewish Congress. Other material includes correspondence, legal and financial documents, leases, and building plans concerning his real estate and contracting business (1932-1953). | | | Size: | 53 linear feet | | | Subjects: | Friendly societies -- Ukraine | Friendly societies -- United States | Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York | Holocaust survivors -- Soviet Union | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | International relief -- Soviet Union | Jews -- Soviet Union | Jews -- United States -- Charities | Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc. | Real estate business -- United States | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Soviet Union | Refugees, Jewish -- Soviet Union | |
| Creator: | Lifshitz, David, 1907- | Requires cookie* | | Title: | David R. Lifshitz papers | | | Dates: | 1924, 1930, 1936-1991; Bulk Dates: 1941-1988 | | | Call No: | 2001.099 | | | Abstract: | Rabbi David Lifshitz (1907-1993) was chief rabbi of Suwalk, Poland before World War II and, following the Holocaust, taught at The Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) for nearly fifty years. The collection documents his involvement with Suwalki Holocaust survivors, his career at RIETS, his leadership position in organizations such as Agudath Harabanim and Ezras Torah and in numerous other issues in the Jewish and Israeli political, rabbinic and communal world. It contains correspondence, some writings and speeches, copies of various publications he collected, and a small amount of personal and family materials. | | | Size: | 11.5 Linear feet | | | Subjects: | Chief Rabbinate -- Israel | Elections -- Israel | Eulogies | Fraternal organizations -- New York (State) -- New York | Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York | Holocaust survivors | Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century | Israel -- Politics and government | Jewish law | Jewish refugees -- France | Jews -- Charities | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York | Jews, Algerian -- Israel | Judaism and state -- Israel | Orthodox Judaism -- Israel | Political parties -- Israel | Rabbis -- Correspondence | Rabbis -- New York (State) -- New York | Rabbis -- Poland -- Suwalki | Sabbath | Sefer Minḥat Yosef | Suwalki (Poland) | Talmud -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish | Washington Heights (New York, N.Y.) | |
| Creator: | Loeb, Isidore, 1839-1892 | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Isidor Loeb letter to Joseph Jacobs | | | Dates: | 1889 | | | Call No: | 1987.002 | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of a manuscript letter from Isidore Loeb, a French rabbi and scholar, to Joseph Jacobs, an Australian-born folklore scholar who was also a historian of Jewish culture. In the letter, Loeb deciphers an Arabic seal. He acknowledges the assistance of Joseph Derenbourg, a French orientalist and educator. | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | Subjects: | Jewish scholars -- Correspondence | Orientalism | |
| Creator: | Loewenthal, Siegfried Fritz | Requires cookie* | | Title: | Siegfried Fritz Loewenthal papers | | | Dates: | 1940-1941 | | | Call No: | 1987.010 | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of correspondence, affadadvits, and receipts of Siegfried Fritz Loewenthal, concerning his attempts to bring his relatives out of Nazi-occupied countries to the United States, Ecuador, Brazil, and Uruguay. One noted correspondent is Jacob Rosenheim, president of Agudas Israel World Organization. | | | Size: | 3 folders | | | Subjects: | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue | |
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