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	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

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	Title:	Rabbinic letters on works published and other materials
	Dates:	undated, 1968
	Call No:	1994.009
	Abstract:	The collection consists of letters between various rabbis recommending books which they should purchase, as well as some blank letterhead belonging to one G. Wolf Margolis, Rabbi of the United Reform Community of N.Y., and a business card belonging to one Rabbi Isaac Sodden of the Congregation Ohav Sholom in Brooklyn, N.Y. The five letters in the collection are in a variety of languages, including Hebrew, Spanish and English.
	Size:	1 folder
	Subjects:	Jewish publishing \| Jewish scholars -- Correspondence \| Rabbis

	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:	Rabinowitz, Yisrael Shmuel	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Rabinowitz family (Koretsʹ, Ukraine) genealogy
	Dates:	circa 1954
	Call No:	1993.010
	Abstract:	Collection consists of handwritten family history notes, in Hebrew, from 1888 to 1954, by Yisrael Shmuel Rabi(nowitz?), who was born in Korets, presently in Ukraine. They are written on pages of a copy of Solomon Ganzfried's Kitzur Shulhan Arukh (Code of Jewish Law), printed in Warsaw in 1874, which belonged to Rabinowitz.
	Size:	1 folder
	Subjects:	Jews -- Genealogy \| Jews -- Ukraine -- Koret︠s︡ʹ \| Koret︠s︡ʹ (Ukraine) \| Sefer Ḳitsur Shulḥan ʻarukh

	Creator:	Ramaz School (New York, N.Y.).	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Ramaz School 52nd annual dinner-dance journal
	Dates:	January 15, 1989
	Call No:	1994.023
	Abstract:	The Ramaz School is a Modern Orthodox day school which was founded in 1937 by Rabbi Joseph Lookstein, and it is named after Rabbi Lookstein's grandfather-in-law, Rabbi Moses Zevulun Margolies, who was known as the RaMaZ. This collection consists of the journal from the 52nd annual dinner-dance held by the school in honor of Rabbi Joshua Bakst for 25 years of teaching Judaic studies at the high school.
	Size:	1 folder
	Subjects:	Jewish day schools \| Jews -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York \| Judaism -- Study and teaching

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	Title:	Receipts collection
	Dates:	1933-1943
	Call No:	1994.010
	Abstract:	The collection consists of 9 receipts for financial gifts to various schools, religious organizations, relief organizations, and newspapers in England, the United States, and Palestine, as well as one empty envelope for the purpose of mailing in a donation.
	Size:	1 folder
	Subjects:	Jewish orphanages -- Palestine \| Jewish religious education -- England -- London \| Jews -- England -- London -- Charities \| Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Charities \| Jews -- Palestine \| Jews -- Palestine -- Charities

	Creator:	Central Committee for the Relief of Jews Suffering Through the War	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Records of the Central Relief Committee, Volume I
	Dates:	1914-1948; Bulk Dates: 1914-1918
	Call No:	1963.099
	Abstract:	Orthodox Jewish overseas relief organization affiliated with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Established in October, 1914 to help Jews suffering as a result of the outbreak of World War I. After the war, the Central Relief Committee shifted its attention from providing economic relief to Orthodox Jewry overseas to preserving its religious and cultural identity. CRC supported hundreds of yeshivot in Europe and Palestine through 1950, when its affiliation with the JDC ceased. The Federated Council of Israel Institutions succeeded the CRC.
	Size:	57 linear feet
	Subjects:	Europe, Eastern \| International relief -- Egypt \| International relief -- Europe \| International relief -- Palestine \| Jews -- United States -- Charities \| Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc. \| Palestine \| Rabbinical seminaries -- Europe \| Rabbinical seminaries -- Palestine \| Rabbis -- Europe \| Rabbis -- Palestine \| Rabbis -- United States \| Refugees, Jewish \| Synagogues -- New York (N.Y.) \| Synagogues -- United States \| United States -- Emigration and Immigration \| World War, 1914-1918 -- Jews -- Rescue \| Yeshivas -- Europe \| Yeshivas -- Palestine

	Creator:	Central Committee for the Relief of Jews Suffering Through the War	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Records of the Central Relief Committee, Volume II
	Dates:	1914-1958; Bulk Dates: 1919-1950
	Call No:	1963.099
	Abstract:	Orthodox Jewish overseas relief organization affiliated with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Established in October, 1914 to help Jews suffering as a result of the outbreak of World War I. After the war, the Central Relief Committee shifted its attention from providing economic relief to Orthodox Jewry overseas to preserving its religious and cultural identity. CRC supported hundreds of yeshivot in Europe and Palestine through 1950, when its affiliation with the JDC ceased. The Federated Council of Israel Institutions succeeded the CRC.
	Size:	107 linear feet
	Subjects:	Europe, Eastern \| International relief -- Egypt \| International relief -- Europe \| International relief -- Palestine \| Jews -- United States -- Charities \| Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc. \| Palestine \| Rabbinical seminaries -- Europe \| Rabbinical seminaries -- Palestine \| Rabbis \| Rabbis -- Europe -- Correspondence \| Rabbis -- Palestine -- Correspondence \| Rabbis -- United States \| Refugees, Jewish \| Shehitah -- Europe \| Shehitah -- United States \| United States -- Emigration and immigration \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue \| Yeshivas -- Europe \| Yeshivas -- Palestine

	Creator:	Institutional Synagogue	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Records of the Institutional Synagogue
	Dates:	1917-1986; Bulk Dates: 1928-1943
	Call No:	1977.314
	Abstract:	Contains minutes, financial records, legal documents, and newsletters of a synagogue founded in Harlem in 1917 as a center for religious, cultural and social programs, which remained in existence until 1943. A branch was formed in 1928 on Manhattan's Upper West Side, which became the current West Side Institutional Synagogue.
	Size:	3.75 linear feet
	Subjects:	Harlem (New York, N.Y.) \| Jews -- New York (State) -- New York \| New York (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs \| Orthodox Judaism -- New York (State) -- New York \| Religious institutions -- New York (State) -- New York \| Synagogues -- Administration \| Synagogues -- New York (State) -- New York \| Upper West Side (New York, N.Y.)

	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

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	Title:	Report of a conference on the Jewish experience in America
	Dates:	1950
	Call No:	1992.012
	Abstract:	In 1948, Commentary magazine held a conference discussing the Jewish experience in America. The magazine was founded in 1945 by Elliot Cohen, and the conference was presided over by Harvard professor Oscar Handlin. This report records the names of the individuals who participated in the conference and contains the full proceedings.
	Size:	1 folder
	Subjects:	Jews -- United States -- Congresses

	Creator:	Rescue Children, Inc.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Rescue Children, Inc. Collection
	Dates:	1946-1985
	Call No:	1985.024
	Abstract:	Photographs and case files of child Holocaust survivors under Rescue Children, Inc. care in Sweden, France, Belgium, England, and Germany. Also contains some administrative records and correspondence of the organization.
	Size:	8.25 linear feet
	Subjects:	Belgium \| England \| France \| Germany \| Holocaust survivors \| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe \| Intercountry adoption \| Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Belgium \| Jewish children in the Holocaust -- England \| Jewish children in the Holocaust -- France \| Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Germany \| Jewish children in the Holocaust-- Sweden \| Jewish orphanages -- Belgium \| Jewish orphanages -- France \| Jews -- Charities \| Sweden \| United States -- Emigration and immigration \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue

	Creator:	Novick, Henya	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Rescue Children, Inc. from 1946-1948
	Dates:	1986
	Call No:	1986.056
	Abstract:	The collection consists of a term paper prepared in 1986 by Mrs. Henya Novick. The paper, entitled "Rescue Children, Inc. from 1946-1948", was written for Professor Herbert M. Druks' Brooklyn College class.
	Size:	1 folder
	Subjects:	Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) \| Jewish children in the Holocaust \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue \| World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees

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