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 Title:  Maurice and Sara Handel cantorial manuscripts collection  
 Dates:  circa 1930-1980s 
 Call No:  1992.021 
 Abstract:  Cantor Maurice Handel was an active cantor in the United States for more than 35 years. He officiated at Jewish congregations in Los Angeles, New York and St. Paul. The collection contains 5,000 hand-written manuscripts of liturgical music which he had collected over the course of 60 years and donated to the Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music at Yeshiva University in 1989. 
 Size:  6 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Cantors (Judaism) -- United States | Music -- manuscripts | Synagogue music -- Scores and parts 
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 Title:  Cantorial manuscripts collection  
 Dates:  1885-1960 
 Call No:  1986.045 
 Abstract:  Contains individual bound volumes and loose leaves of Jewish cantorial selections associated with twenty-one individual cantors from Europe and the United States. Anonymous compositions comprise more than half the collection. Additionally, there is a small amount of printed material, such as sheet music, booklets and a poster. 
 Size:  14.0 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Cantors (Judaism) -- Europe | Cantors (Judaism) -- United States | Music -- manuscripts | Synagogue music -- Scores and parts 
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 Title:  Leon H. Charney Collection  
 Dates:  1912-2016; Bulk Dates: 1965-2016 
 Call No:  2017.006 
 Abstract:  Digital collection of materials documenting the life and activities of Leon Charney, a lawyer, author, businessman and philanthropist who hosted a public affairs program on cable television for more than 20 years. Charney also served as an advisor to various government leaders, and as an expert in Middle East affairs, was called upon to function as a backdoor liaison during the negotiations between Israel and Egypt leading to the 1979 Peace Treaty signed by the two countries. 
 Size:  3155 digital files and one small box; 141 GB of image and audio/video files 
 Subjects:  Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1973-1993 | Cantors (Judaism) -- United States | Egypt--Foreign relations--Israel | Israel -- Foreign relations -- United States | Israel -- Politics and government | Israel--Foreign relations--Egypt | Jewish authors -- United States | Jewish businesspeople -- New York (State) -- New York | Jewish lawyers -- New York (State) -- New York | Jewish philanthropists | Jews -- Persecutions -- Soviet Union | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | Middle East--Foreign relations--United States | Songs, Hebrew | Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration | Synagogue music | United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century | United States--Foreign relations--Middle East