| 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 | |
| | | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jamie Lehmann Memorial Collection - Records of the Jewish Community of Cairo | | | | Dates: | 1886-1961; Bulk Dates: 1920-1960 | | | | Call No: | 1986.009 | | | | Abstract: | Consists of account books, by-laws, case files, certificates, correspondence, legal documents, minutes, photographs and reports from the Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jewish communities of Cairo. Also contains minute registers of two lodges of the International Order of B'nai B'rith in Cairo, which provide information crucial for understanding the modernization of Egyptian Jewry that took place in the early decades of the twentieth century. | | | | Size: | 6.75 linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Alexandria (Egypt) -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Alexandria (Egypt) -- Religious life and customs | Alexandria (Egypt) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century | Ashkenazim -- Egypt -- Cairo | Benevolent societies -- Egypt -- Cairo | Cairo (Egypt) -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Cairo (Egypt) -- Religious life and customs | Cairo (Egypt) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century | Charities -- Egypt -- Cairo | Egypt -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Friendly societies -- Egypt -- Cairo | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Hospitals -- Egypt -- Cairo | Jews -- Charities | Jews -- Egypt | Jews -- Egypt -- Alexandria | Jews -- Egypt -- Cairo | Jews -- Ethiopia | Jews, Ethiopian | Religious institutions -- Egypt -- Alexandria | Religious institutions -- Egypt -- Cairo | Ritual slaughter | Shehitah | World War, 1939-1945 | Zionism | |
| Creator: | Oppenheim, Jeffrey | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jeffrey Oppenheim genealogical chart | | | | Dates: | 1981 | | | | Call No: | 1985.020 | | | | Abstract: | The genealogical chart traces the history of the Oppenheim family, a German Jewish family with colonial American branches. The chart goes back twenty generations to the fifteenth century and includes references to the Mears, Franks, Sabludowsky, Sable, Schulhofer, Steinfeld and Goldenberg families. The chart also contains a bibliography of some printed sources. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | |
| Creator: | Jewish Education Committee of New York | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jewish Education Committee collection | | | | Dates: | 1943-1950 | | | | Call No: | 2000.019 | | | | Abstract: | The Jewish Education Committee was founded in 1917, and changed its name to the Board of Jewish Education (BJE) in 1970. The BJE’s purpose was to enable Jewish education by training teachers, operating schools, and developing curricula. The collection consists of staff discussions with Dr. Israel S. Chipkin, (1949-1950), correspondence, minutes and editions of the
J. E. C. Bulletin (1943-1950). | | | | Size: | 3 folders | | | | Subjects: | J. E. C. Bulletin | Jewish religious education -- New York (State) -- New York | |
| Creator: | Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation invitation | | | | Dates: | March 27, 1948 | | | | Call No: | 1994.039 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of an invitation to a seminar conducted by the Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation on "Jewish Religion in the Modern World," held on March 27, 1948 at 8:30 PM at the Society for the Advancement of Judaism at 15 West 86th St in New York City. The invitation consists of a list of the speakers on the panel, which included Will Herberg, Mordecai M. Kaplan, and Irving Kristol, with Ira Eisenstein as the moderator. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Reconstructionist Judaism | |
| Creator: | Jewish Theological Seminary of America. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jewish Theological Seminary Jubilee program for Louis Ginzberg | | | | Dates: | 1943 | | | | Call No: | 1994.017 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of a program of the Louis Ginzberg Jubilee Celebration sponsored by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1943. The event was designed to honor Louis Ginzberg, a prominent Jewish scholar and leader in the Conservative movement, for his 50 years of teaching at the JTS. The program contains a list of Jubilee events, including an address on Dr. Ginzberg's scholarly contributions by Dr. Saul Lieberman of the JTS. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Jewish scholars | |
| Creator: | Jewish World Relief Conference | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jewish World Relief Conference reports and pamphlets | | | | Dates: | 1920-1924 | | | | Call No: | 1989.005 | | | | Abstract: | The first Jewish World Relief Conference was held in Karlsbad, Germany in August 1920. 105 delegates from 60 relief organizations from different countries participated. The second conference was held in 1924. The collection contains reports and pamphlets in Yiddish and German regarding the proceedings of the conference and tasks it intended to undertake. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Jewish bankers | Jews -- Charities | |
| Creator: | Hochstein, Joshua | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Joshua Hochstein papers | | | | Dates: | 1932-1980 | | | | Call No: | 1999.008 | | | | Abstract: | The collection contains the correspondence, research materials, and publications of Joshua Hochstein, an independent scholar and educator, who collected an abundance of material on the Jewish communities in Latin America, Spain and Portugal, Jewish life and practices, branches of Christianity, Latin American affairs, and Jewish-Christian relations. Hochstein's correspondence with leaders of various faiths about religious issues is also included in the collection. | | | | Size: | 17.0 Linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Antisemitism | Arab-Israeli conflict | Christianity | Conversion -- Judaism | Fasts and feasts -- Judaism | Hebrew language | Jewish diaspora | Jewish educators -- United States | Jewish sects | Jews -- Israel | Jews -- Italy | Jews -- Japan | Jews -- Latin America | Jews -- Portugal | Jews -- Spain | Jews -- United States | Judaism -- Customs and practices | Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity | Ladino language -- History | Ladino literature | Latin America -- Ethnic relations | Latin America -- Relations -- United States | Sephardim -- History | Spain -- Ethnic relations | United States -- Relations -- Latin America | Women in Judaism | Yiddish language | |
| Creator: | Zangen, Joshua | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Joshua Zangen collection | | | | Dates: | 1955-1990 | | | | Call No: | 1994.028 | | | | Abstract: | Joshua Zangen (d. ca. 1963) of Brooklyn created a calendar in his pamphlet entitled "Universal Perpetual Calendar Reform". He advocated a universal calendar with a thirteen-month year that would not raise issues for the fixity of the Sabbath. The collection contains correspondence, articles, and pamphlets collected or written by Joshua Zangen relating to the issue of calendar reform. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Calendar reform | Jewish calendar | Perpetual calendar | Religious calendars | |
| Creator: | Greenstone, Julius H., (Julius Hillel), 1873-1955 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Julius Greenstone Reminiscences | | | | Dates: | undated | | | | Call No: | 1992.016 | | | | Abstract: | Rabbi Julius Hillel Greenstone was a Lithuanian-born Jewish scholar and educator. He graduated from the Jewish Theological Seminary and City College of New York and later served as a lecturer at the Mikveh Israel Congregation and Gratz College in Philadelphia. The collection contains a photocopy of a typewritten draft of "Reminiscences", an autobiographical memoir by Rabbi Julius Hillel Greenstone. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Lithuania -- Biography | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography | |
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