| | 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: | Fischel, Rebecca
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Goldstein, Herbert Samuel, 1890-1970 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Herbert S. Goldstein & Rebecca (Fischel) Goldstein family papers | | | | Dates: | 1887-1997; Bulk Dates: 1925-1988 | | | | Call No: | 2004.099 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists primarily of materials arising from the professional and organizational activities of Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein and of his wife, Rebecca (Fischel) Goldstein. Herbert Goldstein founded the Institutional Synagogue in Harlem in 1917, and occupied leadership positions in numerous Jewish organizations. Rebecca (Fischel) Goldstein, daughter of the philanthropist Harry Fischel, was an active communal leader as well. Also included are papers relating to the rabbinic activities of their son-in-law O. Asher Reichel, materials relating to Harry Fischel, and records of several institutions with which the overall family was connected. | | | | Size: | 13.5 Linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Children -- Institutional care -- Israel | Fasts and feasts -- Judaism | Fish as food | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) | High holiday sermons | Hunter (N.Y.) | Israel | Jerusalem | Jewish religious education | Jewish religious education of children -- United States | Jewish sermons, American | Jewish soldiers | Jewish soldiers--Religious life | Jews -- Charities | Jews -- Dietary laws | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York | Judaism -- Customs and practices | Kosher food | Kosher food industry -- New York (State) -- New York | Orthodox Judaism -- New York (State) -- New York | Palestine -- Description and travel | Rabbis -- New York (State) -- New York | Rabbis -- United States | Rabbis' spouses -- New York (State) -- New York | Revivals--United States--History--20th century. | Sturgeons | Synagogues -- New York (State) -- Hunter | Synagogues -- New York (State) -- New York | Upper West Side (New York, N.Y.) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Jewish | World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees | Zionism and Judaism | |
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