| Creator: | First Independent Hebrew Congregation of Jamaica (Queens, New York, N.Y.) | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | First Independent Hebrew Congregation of Jamaica (Queens, N.Y.) records | | | | Dates: | 1952-1988 | | | | Call No: | 2003.099 | | | | Abstract: | The First Independent Hebrew Congregation of Jamaica (Queens, N.Y.), also known as Congregation Ahavas Israel, was founded in 1900 and their synagogue building was built in 1905. The congregation fell into financial hardships in the mid-1970s, and sold their building in 1980 to the Bethany French Baptist Church. The collection consists of a minute book, cemetery records, legal documents, and financial records of the Congregation during the final years of its existence. | | | | Size: | 1.5 Linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York | Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs | Synagogues -- New York (State) -- New York | |
| | | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Frankfurt-Trager family genealogical collection | | | | Dates: | 1980-1981 | | | | Call No: | 1985.008 | | | | Abstract: | The Frankfurt-Trager family had its roots in Germany as far back as the eleventh century, stemming from prominent Jewish scholars such as Rashi (1040-1096), the Yalkut Shimoni (12th century), and the Beer Heteiv of Frankfurt (1730-1770). Members of the Trager family settled in the United States prior to the Civil War. The collection contains genealogical charts, letters and an essay. | | | | Size: | 1 Folder | |
| | | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | French Consistorial Collection | | | | Dates: | 1809-1939 | | | | Call No: | 1987.012 | | | | Abstract: | Consistories were created by Napoleon I in 1808 to administer Jewish religious matters and facilitate the acculturation of French Jews. This collection contains diverse materials relating to Jewish communal life in nineteenth-century France, and includes personal and official correspondence, drafts, engravings, essays, community and organization records, accounts and financial records, petitions, demographical statistics, reports and membership lists. The Consistorial system was dissolved in 1905, after which some Consistories regrouped into Consistorial associations ("Associations consistoriales"). | | | | Size: | 4.75 linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Antisemitism -- France | France -- Religious life and customs | Jewish law | Jewish religious education of children -- France | Jews -- France -- History -- 19th century | Jews -- France -- Politics and government | Judaism -- France | Rabbis -- France | |
|
