| | | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Daniel Persky photograph | | | | Dates: | circa 1930s | | | | Call No: | 1992.007 | | | | Abstract: | Daniel Persky was born in Minsk in 1887, settled in the United States in 1906, and died there in 1962. He was a Hebraist, educator, and journalist. He taught for many years at the Herzliah Hebrew Teachers' College in New York. The collection consists of one photograph of Daniel Persky. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Hebraists -- United States -- Pictorial works | |
| Creator: | Morgan, David, 1913- | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | David Morgan oral history collection | | | | Dates: | 1987 | | | | Call No: | 1987.008 | | | | Abstract: | David Morgan was an engineer and geologist. He was born in Goralice, Poland to a large Jewish family. He escaped the Holocaust by studying first in Belgium and then fleeing to the United States, where he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1938. The collection contains a tape recording of interview of David Morgan concerning his childhood in Gorlice, Poland and experiences in later years. | | | | Size: | 1 item | | | | Subjects: | Gorlice (Poland) -- Biography | |
| 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: | Dewitt Clinton High School (New York, N.Y.). | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | De Witt Clinton High School yearbook "The Clintonian" | | | | Dates: | 1916 | | | | Call No: | 1992.004 | | | | Abstract: | The collection contains the 1916 issue of
The Clintonian, the 16th annual edition of the Dewitt Clinton High School yearbook. The yearbook includes a photograph of the Packard Commercial School at Lexington Ave. and 35th St. in New York City. This property currently houses Stern College for Women. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | |
|
