| | Creator: | Guth, Benjamin Baruch, b. 1856 | Save to cart | | | Title: | Benjamin Guth papers | | | | Dates: | 1911-1929 | | | | Call No: | 1986.099 | | | | Abstract: | Benjamin Baruch Guth was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, author, and Jewish communal leader. Born in Hungary, he served as rabbi of Congregation Chasam Sopher in New York City for many years. The collection contains correspondence, circulars, and other material concerning rabbinical issues, fundraising for Jewish institutions in New York and Palestine, the New York Kehillah, and other Jewish communal matters. | | | | Size: | 0.2 Linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Charities | Jews -- Palestine | New York (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs | Orthodox Judaism -- New York (State) -- New York | Religious institutions -- New York (State) -- New York | |
| Creator: | Levine, Louis | Save to cart | | | Title: | Louis Levine papers | | | | Dates: | 1932-1953 | | | | Call No: | 1978.099 | | | | Abstract: | Louis Levine, and American businessman and Jewish communal leader, worked tirelessly for a variety of Jewish causes. Levine's papers relate to his activities in the Jewish Council for Russian War Relief, the Independent Order B'rith Shalom, Yeshiva University, and the American Jewish Congress. Other material includes correspondence, legal and financial documents, leases, and building plans concerning his real estate and contracting business (1932-1953). | | | | Size: | 53 linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Friendly societies -- Ukraine | Friendly societies -- United States | Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York | Holocaust survivors -- Soviet Union | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | International relief -- Soviet Union | Jews -- Soviet Union | Jews -- United States -- Charities | Jews -- United States -- Societies, etc. | Real estate business -- United States | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Soviet Union | Refugees, Jewish -- Soviet Union | |
| 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.) | |
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