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Creator:  Alcalay, Isaac A., (Isaac Abraham)Save to cart
 Title:  Isaac Abraham Alcalay photographs and other materials  
 Dates:  1942-1978 
 Call No:  2006.098 
 Abstract:  Rabbi Dr. Isaac Abraham Alcalay (1882-1978) served as the Chief Rabbi of Yugoslavia from 1923-1941 and then of the Central Sephardic Communities in America fom 1943-1968. The collection primarily consists of photographs of Alcalay's rabbinic career in the United States. There are also numerous family photographs, a small number of images from his pre-war career in Europe, and various other materials from his personal life and rabbinic career. 
 Size:  2.0 Linear feet 
 Subjects:  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Yugoslavia | Jews -- Argentina | Jews -- Latin America | Sephardim -- Religious life -- United States | Sephardim -- United States | Sephardim -- United States -- Social life and customs | Sephardim -- Yugoslavia | United States -- Ethnic relations 
Creator:  Hochstein, JoshuaSave to cart
 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