| Creator: | Schwab, Abram J. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Abram J. Schwab genealogical chart | | | | Dates: | 1980-1981 | | | | Call No: | 1985.004 | | | | Abstract: | Abram J. Schwab of Memphis, Tennessee contributed his family's genealogical chart to the Yeshiva University Archives in response to an article in
The Genealogical Helper that mentioned the repository's interest in Jewish genealogies. The collection contains three photocopies of the Abram J. Schwab family genealogy chart. | | | | Size: | 1 Folder | |
| Creator: | Silberman, Mordecai | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Mordecai Silberman papers | | | | Dates: | 1921-1963 | | | | Call No: | 1986.019 | | | | Abstract: | The collection contains photo albums with photographs of Rabbi Silberman, his family, Karlsruhe and other subjects. It also includes a diary with poetry and some illustrations, dedicated to Fillie Silberman by her classmates (in German, 1921-1924), and an unidentified notebook, circa 1963, filled with notes on a variety of topics and drafts of sermons for several important occasions. | | | | Size: | 4 folders | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Germany | Rabbis | |
| Creator: | Singer, Harry | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Harry Singer papers | | | | Dates: | 1981 | | | | Call No: | 1984.003 | | | | Abstract: | Harry Singer was a Jewish businessman. In 1982 Mr. Singer, together with his wife Anna, set up the Anna and Harry Singer Endowed Fund for Yiddish Studies at Yeshiva University. The fund was designed to support Yiddish courses and cultural programs at Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women. The collection contains greeting cards to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Singer (one of which is an anniversary card written in Yiddish) and a color photograph taken at a dinner. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | |
| Creator: | Smithline, Jacob | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jacob Smithline pamphlet | | | | Dates: | undated | | | | Call No: | 2000.008 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of a 12-page pamphlet by Jacob Smithline entitled "Der visenshaftlikher tsad fun geshlekhtliher higiene: dos tevileh-bod (di mikveh)," translated by Dr. L. M. Herbert. The pamphlet discusses the medical and hygenic benefits of immersing in a
mikvah (Jewish ritual bath). | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Hygiene, Sexual | Mikveh | Purity, Ritual -- Judaism | |
| Creator: | Society for the Advancement of Judaism. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | The Society for the Advancement of Judaism provisional Sabbath prayerbook | | | | Dates: | undated | | | | Call No: | 1993.002 | | | | Abstract: | The Society for the Advancement of Judaism (SAJ) was founded in 1922 by Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan, the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism. Rabbi Kaplan developed his own prayerbook in 1945 which was first used at the SAJ. This prayerbook contains many traditional prayers in Hebrew and English, as well as readings and meditations in English. | | | | Size: | 1 item | |
| Creator: | Soloveichik, Ahron, 1918- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik manuscript letter | | | | Dates: | circa 1971 | | | | Call No: | 2007.003 | | | | Abstract: | Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik was born on May 1, 1918 in Pruzana, Poland, and arrived in the United States with his mother and sister at the end of 1930. He taught at many different Jewish institutions and gave lectures about the philosophy of Judaism. The collection consists of a five page manuscript letter from him to a Miss Garmise, in response to her letter asking him for information to be used to write an article about him, which contains biographical information, details about his educational background, and some comments about his religious ideology. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Jewish philosophy | Rabbis -- United States -- Biography | |
| Creator: | Soltes, Mordecai, 1893-1957 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Mordecai Soltes papers | | | | Dates: | undated, 1942 | | | | Call No: | 1993.018 | | | | Abstract: | Moredecai Soltes (1893-1957) was a Jewish author and educator. The collection consists of Soltes' correspondence relating to the activities of the National Jewish Welfare Board (JWB), minutes of a JWB meeting, and two copies of a résumé. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Jewish community centers | Jews -- Education | |
| Creator: | Spektor, Isaac Elhanan, Rabbi | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Isaac Elhanan Spektor ordination papers | | | | Dates: | 1883, 1964 | | | | Call No: | 1984.004 | | | | Abstract: | Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Spektor (1817–1896) was a noted Talmudist, Jewish legal thinker and communal leader. Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), part of Yeshiva University, was established and named in his honor in 1896. The collection consists of a letter by Rabbi Yitzchak Blaser to Rabbi Spektor recommending an individual for ordination, an ordination certificate signed by Spektor from 1883, and an English translation of the letter (1964). | | | | Size: | 3 Items | | | | Subjects: | Rabbis -- Ordination | |
| Creator: | Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry Records | | | | Dates: | 1956-2010, 2017; Bulk Dates: 1964-1991 | | | | Call No: | 1993.099 | | | | Abstract: | Grassroots national student organization formed by Jacob Birnbaum in 1964 to oppose the persecution of Soviet Jews and promote their right to emigrate freely from the Soviet Union. Collection contains correspondence, questionnaires and statistical information on refuseniks, administrative and financial records, press releases and publicity material, newsletters, clippings, photographs, publications, reports, reel-to-reel tapes, audiocassettes, videotapes, CDs, and buttons, bumper stickers, posters, uniforms and other ephemera. | | | | Size: | Approximately 266 linear feet (351 manuscript boxes, 10 record cartons, 1 map box, 17 flat storage boxes, 13 exhibit panels, and 42 artifact boxes.) | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Persecutions -- Soviet Union | Jews -- Soviet Union -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century | Soviet Jewry Action Newsletter | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration | Student movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies | Students -- New York (State) -- New York -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies | |
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