| Creator: | Rabbinical Assembly of America | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Rabbinical Assembly of America membership list | | | | Dates: | October 15, 1945 | | | | Call No: | 1994.020 | | | | Abstract: | The Rabbinical Assembly (RA) was founded in 1901 to be an organization of Conservative rabbis who would make decisions regarding law and practice for the Movement. The collection consists of a 15-page typed list of the names and addresses of the members of the Rabbinical Assembly of America from October 15, 1945. The members were from all across the United States, as well as a few from Canada and Palestine. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Conservative Judaism | Rabbis -- Directories | |
| Creator: | Raskin, Saul, 1878-1966 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Saul Raskin collection | | | | Dates: | 1960-1966 | | | | Call No: | 1986.006 | | | | Abstract: | Saul Raskin was a Kiev-born painter who became was famous for his work on Jewish subjects. He painted biblical scenes, depictions of everyday life in Palestine, and surrealist cycles. His important work
Land of Palestine combined drawings, paintings, and short essays on the subject of daily life in the Holy Land. The collection contains cards, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and publicity forms related to Raskin. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | |
| Creator: | Rood, Coen, 1917- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Coen Rood War Documentation Center (Netherlands) report | | | | Dates: | 1945-1949 | | | | Call No: | 2000.006 | | | | Abstract: | The collection contains a report by Coen Rood, a Dutch Jewish tailor, written during the period 1945-1949 for the War Documentation Center of the Netherlands. The report, titled "Report 1942 to 1945," recounts Rood's experiences as a prisoner in 11 forced labor camps during that period and includes detailed recollections of death marches and his time spent in Camp Conrad in the Netherlands, Flossenburg in Germany, and Gleiwitz-Steigern in Poland, as well as a number of other camps. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Death marches -- Germany | Flossenbürg (Concentration camp) | Gleiwitz II (Concentration camp) | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Netherlands -- Personal narratives | Jews -- Netherlands | Jews -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews | |
| Creator: | Rosenthal, Erwin Isak Jakob, 1904- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Erwin Rosenthal correspondence and notes | | | | Dates: | undated, 1961-1968 | | | | Call No: | 1993.013 | | | | Abstract: | The collection contains a letter from Erwin Rosenthal, a scholar of Jewish and Islamic thought, to Herbert Junker, a Catholic scholar and teacher of the Old Testament, on the occasion of Junker's 70th birthday. Included with the letter are some of Rosenthal's notes on religion and philosophy in Islam and a copy of the title page of a festschrift in honor of Junker's 70th birthday. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Jewish scholars -- Correspondence | Philosophy, Islamic | |
| Creator: | Rosenzweig, Rena L. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Rena L. Rosenzweig poems and other material | | | | Dates: | 1985-1986 | | | | Call No: | 1986.053 | | | | Abstract: | The collection contains copies of Rena Rosenzweig's printed poems, several news items concerning her creative activities and letters of commendation for her work (1985). Rena L. Rosenzweig is a Holocaust survivor and poet residing in Canarsie. Among the poems is an acrostic poem written by Mrs. Rosenzweig in honor of Yeshiva University's centennial in January 1986. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Women poets | |
| Creator: | Rubinstein, Charles | Requires cookie* | | | 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 | |
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