Mizrachi

The collection contains various materials pertaining to the historical research conducted by Baruch Ophir, and comprises three folders.

The collection contains a variety of documents by and about Jakob Hoffmann, including many articles, speeches, and responsa.

Contains the memoirs and scrapbooks of Bluestone, concerning his numerous communal activities, especially those in the Zionist movement. A description of the collection was published by Hyman B. Grinstein in Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, no. 35 (1939), and a detailed inventory was prepared by Harry Bluestone (n.d.).

This collection consists of material pertaining to Pinchas E. Rosenbluth (1906-1985).

The majority of this collection contains documents related to the time prior to the merger of the Mizrachi Organization of America and Hapoel Hamizrachi of America (which eventually formed the Religious Zionists of America). Also included are items concerning their sub-entities and affiliates as well as information regarding Mizrachi’s Youth and Education Department, National Education Committee, and Education and Expansion Fund. Types of materials encompass souvenir journals, publications (Yiddish and English), youth leader’s guides, cultural guides, manuals, newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, activity and annual reports, plays, press releases, convention and event invitations, a musical score, and a children’s Hebrew primer. Of interest is the issue of New Horizons, published by the National Committee for Unity of Religious Zionism that describes the merger. Also of appeal is a 1952 souvenir program for the Hapoel Hamizrachi of Boston that honors and includes an address by Jerusalem Mayor S.Z. Shragai.

Folder I contains the following: Personal documents of Moshe Liwni/Robert Weiss: his doctoral certificate, business cards, and a CV. One letter addressed to him. Four published works written by Liwni,. and four (copies of) essays and notes written by him, as well as two unpublished plays. Folder II contains a list of essays he wrote and several newspaper articles written by him.