| | Creator: | Jacobs, Harold | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Harold M. Jacobs papers | | | | Dates: | 1888-1994; Bulk Dates: 1950-1994 | | | | Call No: | 1995.006 | | | | Abstract: | The Harold M. Jacobs Papers document the lifetime and activities of Harold Milton Jacobs (1912-1995), an important Jewish lay leader and businessman. The Papers largely document his career in communal service, both in the Jewish and general non-profit realms. The collection contains correspondence, reports, photographs and other material from Jacobs' numerous affiliations such as the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, the National Council of Young Israel, and the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York, as well as correspondence documenting his relationships with many prominent local, national, and international politicians and leaders. | | | | Size: | 18.5 Linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Jewish businesspeople -- New York (State) -- New York | Jewish day schools | Jews -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York | Jews -- United States -- Charities | Jews -- United States -- Politics and government | Judaism and politics | New York (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs | Orthodox Judaism -- New York (State) -- New York | Religious Zionism | Religious institutions -- New York (State) -- New York | Sabbath legislation -- New York (State) | Synagogues -- New York (State) -- New York | Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- New York | Zionism | |
| Creator: | Wiernik, Peter, 1865-1936 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Peter Wiernik and Bertha Wiernik Collection | | | | Dates: | 1886-1950; Bulk Dates: 1920-1935 | | | | Call No: | 1966.098 | | | | Abstract: | Peter Wiernik was a prominent Yiddish journalist active in many Jewish organizations. The collection contains his records of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, with which he was involved, as well as records of other organizations he participated in. It also contains his personal papers, including correspondence from the 1920s and 1930s in the areas of Jewish belles-lettres, philanthropy and Yiddish journalism. His notes, drafts of articles, and newspaper clippings reflect his interest in Jewish political issues, history, bibliography and literature. The papers of his sister, Bertha Wiernik, contain correspondence and several plays she wrote in the 1930s and 1940s. | | | | Size: | 13.5 linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Children -- Europe | International relief -- Europe | Jewish Courier (Chicago) | Jewish Morning Journal | Jewish journalists | Jewish learning and scholarship | Jewish property -- Germany | Jews -- Charities | Jews -- Education | Jews -- Europe | Jews -- History | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York | Jews --United States -- Politics and government | Journalism -- United States | Morgen Zshurnal | Orthodox Judaism | Real property -- Germany | Reconstruction (1914-1939) -- Europe | Sabbath (Jewish law) | Sabbath legislation -- New York (State) | Women dramatists | Women poets | World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany -- Reparations | Yiddish newspapers -- New York (State) -- New York | Zionism | |
| Creator: | Marton, Bernard Dov, 1909-1990 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Bernard Dov Marton Papers | | | | Dates: | 1914-1998; Bulk Dates: 1932-1970 | | | | Call No: | 1999.003 | | | | Abstract: | Bernard Dov Marton was an Orthodox rabbi who held numerous pulpits in New York and California from the 1930s through the 1980s. The Bernard Dov Marton Papers contain correspondence, legal documents, publications, newspaper clippings, printed materials, scrapbooks, sound recordings, and photographs pertaining to the life and career of Rabbi Marton and members of his family. | | | | Size: | 14.83 linear feet | | | | Subjects: | | Bogota´ (Colombia) | Bratislava (Slovakia) | Bronx (New York, N.Y.) | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) | Cincinnati (Ohio) | Hamilton (Ont.) | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Israel | Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) | Jewish Courier | Jewish law | Jewish literature | Jewish newspapers | Jewish sermons | Jews -- California | Jews -- Colombia | Jews -- Education | Jews -- Israel | Jews -- Mexico | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York | Jews -- South America | Jews -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Khust (Ukraine) | Los Angeles (Calif.) | Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) | Maramures (Romania) | Meshiv Nefesh | Mexico | Milwaukee (Wis.) | Newark (N.J.) | Orthodox Judaism | Poland | Rabbis -- Europe | Rabbis -- United States | Refugees, Jewish -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Romania | San Francisco (Calif.) | Sekernice, Czechoslovakia | South Orange (N.J.) | Synagogue music | Synagogues -- United States | Velete (Hungary) | Viseu de Sus (Romania) | World War, 1939-1945 | Zionism | משיב נפש | |
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