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Creator:  Higger, MichaelRequires cookie*
 Title:  Michael Higger typescript on the agunah issue in Jewish law  
 Dates:  undated 
 Call No:  2000.032 
 Abstract:  Michael Higger was born in Regovo, Lithuania in 1898, where he received a traditional Jewish education before emigrating to the United States in 1915. He received rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and published many books and articles on the Talmud and Jewish law. The collection consists of a typescript with manuscript notes entitled "A Prolegomena to a Bibliography of the Aguna in Responsa" which he wrote, as well as a photocopy of the same document. 
 Size:  1 folder 
 Subjects:  Agunahs | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Jewish law) 
Creator:  Agunah, Inc.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Agunah Inc. response to the Beth Din of America  
 Dates:  1998 
 Call No:  2000.018 
 Abstract:  Agunah Inc., also known as Agunah International, is an organization that provides assistance to women whose husbands refuse to grant them Jewish divorces, causing the women to become agunot (chained women) and unable to remarry according to Jewish law. The collection consists of a pamphlet entitled "Agunah Inc. Replies to the Beth Din of America," written by Susan Aranoff in response to criticism and condemnation of it by the Beth Din of America, an Orthodox rabbinic court serving the Jewish community of North America. 
 Size:  1 folder 
 Subjects:  Agunahs | Divorce (Jewish law) | Jewish women -- New York (State) -- New York | Jewish women -- Religious life | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. (Jewish law) 
Creator:  Kobrin, Lawrence A.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Lawrence Kobrin Papers  
 Dates:  1886-1914, 1940-2019 
 Call No:  2012.018 
 Abstract:  Lawrence A. Kobrin, a New York attorney born in 1933, is a leading Jewish communal figure who has dedicated much of his life to Jewish causes and to the work of a variety of Jewish organizations. The collection documents a broad spectrum of Kobrin's activities on behalf of the Jewish community. 
 Size:  6.5 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Agunahs | Jewish camps -- United States | Jewish college students --United States --Societies, etc. | Jewish day schools -- New York (State) -- New York | Jewish lawyers -- New York (State) -- New York | Jewish youth -- Religious life -- United States | Jewish youth -- Societies and clubs | Jews -- United States | Orthodox Judaism -- United States | Rabbinical courts -- United States | Schools of Social Work -- New York (State) -- New York | Synagogues -- New York (State) -- New York | Tradition | Women in Judaism--United States 
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 Title:  COVID-19 and the Orthodox Jewish Community Collection  
 Dates:  February 2020 - March 2023; Bulk Dates: March 2020 - August 2022 
 Call No:  2020.003 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of digital materials acquired through collecting by archives staff and submissions from the public that document the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Orthodox Jewish community in the United States and Canada from March 2020 through the Jewish High Holidays in Fall 2022. They primarily capture institutional life and how Orthodox religious observances and cultural practices adapted during the pandemic. 
 Size:  33000 Digital files and 1 folder of printed materials; 217 GB 
 Subjects:  African American Jews | Agunahs | Antisemitism | Business enterprises | COVID-19 (Disease) | COVID-19 (Disease) and the arts | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-, in art | COVID-19 vaccines | Canada -- Religious life and customs | Commercial products | Conspiracy theories | Dating (Social customs) -- Religious aspects -- Judaism | Discrimination | Ex-Orthodox Jews | Family violence | Jewish Day Schools -- Canada | Jewish artists | Jewish businesspeople | Jewish camps -- United States | Jewish day schools -- United States | Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies | Jewish mourning customs | Jewish sexual minorities | Jewish singers | Jewish way of life -- Religious life and customs | Jewish wit and humor | Jews -- Canada -- Social life and customs | Jews -- Mental health | Jews -- United States -- Social life and customs | Judaism -- Prayers and devotions | Kosher food | Kosher food industry -- United States | Kosher restaurants -- United States | Medical laws and legislation (Jewish law) | Mikveh | Minyan | Multiculturalism | Older Jews -- United States | Orthodox Judaism -- Canada | Orthodox Judaism -- United States | People with disabilities | Prayer groups -- Judaism | Racially mixed people | Substance abuse | Synagogues -- Canada | Synagogues -- United States | United States -- Religious life and customs