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Amy Schlagel Federman and Joseph Federman Collection on Tourism in Israel
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0420
Abstract
The collection includes various materials that relate to tourism in Israel in general and specifically pertain to the Federman family's travels in Israel in the 1970s and another visit to Israel in 2012.
Dates:
1951-2012; Majority of material found within 1974-1978
Collection on Jewish Organizations in Cuba
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0558
Abstract
This collection sheds light on various aspects of Jewish communal life in Cuba from the 1920s until the 1960s. The documents in the collection were created by different Jewish organizations in Havana. The majority of these letters, written agreements, registry entries, affidavits issued to immigrants to both Cuba and the US, and tickets to different events are in Yiddish, also signaling that they are related to the lives of the last large wave of Jewish immigrants to Cuba, mostly from...
Dates:
1925 - 1970
Harry Z. Cohen Collection on the Workmen's Circle in Rochester, New York
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0620
Abstract
Speech on the "History of the Workmen's Circle in Rochester, New York" by Harry Z. Cohen and materials related to Cohen's work with the Workmen's Circle.
Dates:
1936 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1976
Hyman Walborsky Memorial Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0375
Abstract
This collection includes personal documents, photographs, correspondence, an album, a documentary on DVD, and a screenplay written and collected by Aileen Josephs. The items in the collection record her family's history from her personal view including her own personal and professional growth as a female immigration lawyer and activist.
Dates:
1916-2016
Irgang-Entenberg-Kushner Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0370
Abstract
This collection contains the Irgang family's documents dated prior to their immigration to the U.S., documents that record their desire for naturalization, and other correspondence testifying to their efforts to gain ownership and compensation for property left behind in their native Jaroslaw, Poland.
Dates:
1926-1969
José Moskovits Antisemitism Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0402
Abstract
Correspondence collected by Argentinian reparation lawyer and president of the Jewish Association of the Survivors of Nazi Persecution, José Moskovits, as part of a world-wide survey on antisemitism and attitudes toward Jews and Israel in the second half of the 1970s. Included are letters from various politicians, artists, scholars, literary authors, religious dignitaries, and others. Together with Asher Mibashan (1914-2005), the Buenos Aires bureau chief of JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency),...
Dates:
1976-2017; Majority of material found within 1976-1979
Price Library of Judaica Anniversary Periodicals Collection
Collection
Identifier: JUD Coll. 0001
Abstract
This unique collection contains periodicals representing over 300 titles from almost thirty countries, offering a glimpse into the Jewish press worldwide throughout the twentieth century. It illustrates a multitude of Jewish political, cultural, and economic voices and the religious, literary, and mundane interests of Jewish readers in various countries. The collection is not representative of the period's Jewish news publications; nevertheless, it introduces readers to the main trends of...
Dates:
1896-2009
Price Library of Judaica Calendar Collection
Collection
Identifier: JUD Coll. 0002
Abstract
The items included sample the rich variety in genre and form of the Hebrew calendar and demonstrate the role of time keeping in Jewish cultures throughout the ages.
Dates:
1946-2017; Majority of material found within 1950-1973
Reverend Benjamin Safer and Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0332
Abstract
This collection documents the life of four generations of the Safer family of Jacksonville, Florida. It holds Reverend Benjamin Safer's Collection, including sermons, letters, notes, and family photographs. In addition, it includes official documents and photographs of the places where various family members lived and worked in Lithuania and Jacksonville, Florida. The family reunion scrapbook from 1978 and Edwin Safer's correspondence with the Miami Jewish Museum, which are also included in...
Dates:
1901-2017
Richard M. Feist Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0326
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Richard M. Feist and some papers of Abraham Glück and Hermann Neudorf. These records include both personal and professional papers, and correspondence with members of the Jewish Brigade of the British Army, family members, members of Kibbutz Buckingham in England, various organizations in Europe and Palestine/Israel, and private persons searching for relatives or for other types of aid from 55 Search Bureau of the British Army of the Rhine following the...
Dates:
1945-1953
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