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Creator:  Coordinating Committee for the Religious Needs of Children Emigrating to IsraelSave to cart
 Title:  Coordinating Committee for the Religious Needs of Children Emigrating to Israel Records  
 Dates:  1948-1951 
 Call No:  2018.009 
 Abstract:  The Coordinating Committee for the Religious Needs of Children Emigrating to Israel was a coalition of Orthodox Jewish rabbis and laymen formed in New York in 1949 to stop the placement of children from religious backgrounds, including Holocaust orphans and others, into “non-religious or anti-religious” housing in Israel. The collection consists of a meeting agenda, minutes, correspondence, memos, and other supporting materials. 
 Size:  2 Folder(s) 
 Subjects:  Holocaust survivors -- Religious life -- Israel | Immigrant children -- Religious life -- Israel | Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century | Jewish children in the Holocaust 
Creator:  Schonfeld, MosesSave to cart
 Title:  Moses Schonfeld sound recordings  
 Dates:  1960-1992 
 Call No:  1992.019 
 Abstract:  Moses Schonfeld was born in 1910 in London. He worked as a UN correspondent for most of his life, conducting radio interviews and news broadcasts. He died on January 23, 1998. This collection contains audio recordings of his radio broadcasts on various topics of Jewish interest beginning in 1960. 
 Size:  11 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Arab-Israeli conflict | Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century | Israel -- History -- 20th century | Israel -- History, Military -- 20th century | Jews -- United States -- History | Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948 | Zionists -- United States 
Creator:  Lifshitz, David, 1907-Save to cart
 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.)