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Philip Slomovitz South End collection

 Collection
Identifier: P-135
Abstract

Contains the 1969, and 1971-1973 issues of The South End, the Wayne State University student paper. Also includes: correspondence, public statements, petitions, and a tape-recording relating to controversies generated by the printing of alleged anti-Zionist/anti-Semitic articles in the newspaper. The correspondence consists for the most part of an exchange of letters between university officials, Jewish community leaders and Leonard N. Simons, a Detroit advertising executive, during the 1969 controversy; and correspondence with Philip Slomovitz, editor of the Detroit Jewish news, in 1972-73. The tape recording is of a February 2, 1969 interview with John Watson, editor of the South End.

Dates: 1969-1974

Philipp Brothers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25131
Abstract

The collection consists of research materials on the history of Philipp Brothers collected by Helmut Waszkis for his book Philipp Brothers: the Rise and Fall of a Trading Giant, 1901-1990.

Dates: 1960s-1995

Phillips Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-17
Abstract

This Collection contains personal papers, correspondence, and other material relating to the Phillips family, 1733-1954. The majority of the materials are in regard to the following family members: Jonas Phillips (1733-1802), Naphtali Phillips (1815-1868), Joseph Phillips (1811), Rebecca Hart Phillips (1812), Joshua Phillips (1852-1858), Isaac Phillips (1830-1884), Roslie Solomons Phillips (1872-1945), Naphtali Taylor Phillips (1895-1954).

Notable objects in this collection include Jonas Phillips' copy of a book on the laws and practice of shehita, printed in Wandsbeck, Germany, in 1733; Naphtali Phillips' letters regarding Congregation Shearith Israel; Isaac Phillips' correspondence relating to his position as Appraiser of Merchandise for the Port of New York; Roslie Solomons Phillips' letters from Eleanor Roosevelt; and Naphtali Taylor Phillips' correspondence relating to Congregation Shearith Israel, the Touro Synagogue, the Federation of American Zionists, the National Conference of Jewish Charities (Committee on Palestinian Charities), and Adolphus S. Solomons. Collection also contains published Masonic materials, political memorabilia, and a letter from George Mifflin Dallas to an unidentified member of the Phillips family, 1856.

Dates: undated, 1752, 1758-1955

Photographs in the Hadassah Archives

 Collection
Identifier: RG 18
Abstract

The materials in this record group document the entirety of Hadassah’s history and work in Israel and the United States in photographs—prints, slides, glass lantern plates, and digital images.

Dates: 1902-2015; Majority of material found within 1950 - 2000

Pinchas Mordechai Teitz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-891
Abstract

Papers of Rabbi Pinchas Mordechai Teitz (1908-1995) cover the period from the late 1960s to the early 1980s and document his activities related to Soviet Jews. The collection contains correspondence, related to Soviet Jews, documentation of Rabbi Teitz’ trips to the USSR, his articles on Soviet Jews, the Russian-Hebrew religious books published for Russian-speaking Jews by the enterprise MOHIR ( established by Teitz) records of shipments of books and religious items to the Soviet Union, a sound recording reflecting the visit of the Chief Rabbi of Moscow to the USA in 1968, and photographs related to Rabbi Teitz Soviet Jewry activities in the USA and the USSR. The documents include articles, correspondence, notes, prayer books, publications, news clippings, a trip report, photographs and a vinyl record.

Dates: undated, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1977-1982

Plaut Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4778
Abstract

This collection contains a wide variety of genealogical research materials, especially family trees, as well as photocopied and original family documents, on the both the Plaut family and other families, all assembled by Elizabeth Strauss Plaut.

Dates: 1736-1985

Postcards Collection

 Collection
Identifier: I-593
Abstract

U.S. Synagogue Series The synagogue postcard series contains one hundred postcards of synagogues across the United States and U.S. Virgin Islands. Some postcards are of the same synagogue, but from different time periods. It includes one private mailing card, a few labeled souvenir cards and nineteen post cards from the Undivided Back Period (1901-1907).

Dates: Undated, 1898-1952

Preuss Family Collection

 Collection — Container: Consolidated Box P14, Folder: P-526
Identifier: P-526
Abstract

Consists of 2 certificates indicating completion of a course of study in poultry management, given by the State of New Jersey.

Dates: undated, 1985

Pride of Judea Children's Home Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-448
Abstract

The collection includes an annual report, brochures, photographs, newsclippings, and issues of the resident newsletters Pride Survey and the Judea Journal, and the alumni newsletters The Voice and Rose Nadler Schefer Chapter. Some photographs contain names of those depicted. The collection also contains articles and a publisher's order form for the 1998 release of the book An Orphan Has Many Parents as well as information and newsclippings of a 1933 Rockaway Beach outing that ended in tragedy.

Dates: 1932-2013; Majority of material found within 1933 - 1949

Printed Materials and Publications Records in the Hadassah Archives

 Collection
Identifier: I-578/RG 17
Abstract

This record group consists of printed materials and publications, produced by Hadassah projects and departments, Young Judaea, and other Zionist organizations from 1911-2011. Materials in the record group include periodicals, newsletters, greeting cards, certificates, invitations, brochures, pamphlets, catalogs, and other professionally produced printed materials. Besides Young Judaea, projects documented include Hadassah Magazine, the Hadassah Medical Organization, Youth Aliyah, the Jewish National Fund, and Hadassah Israel Education Services.

Dates: 1911-2011

Prölsdorfer - Lederman Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25554
Abstract

This collection documents the Prölsdorfer and Lederman families, of Gerolzhofen and Neckarsteinach, Germany and the United States.

Dates: 1915-2013

Protest Committee of Non-Jewish Women Against the Persecution of Jews in Germany Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: I-156
Abstract

This broadside was issued by the Protest Committee of Non-Jewish Women Against the Persecution of Jews in Germany, chaired by Carrie Chapman Catt.

Dates: 1933

Queens Bet Din Gittin / Rabbi Faber Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-502
Abstract

This is a collection of the records of Rabbi Salamon Faber, Chair of the Queens Bet Din or Rabbinic Court, concerning the gittin (plural of get, Jewish religious divorces) that the Queens Bet Din granted between 1947 and 1992. These records include Rabbi’s Faber’s personal notes about the gittin, correspondence with the husband and wife and with any other concerned parties, copies of civil and religious marriage and divorce documents, divorce contracts signed by the husband, and copies of conversion certificates.

Dates: 1947-1994; Majority of material found within 1974 - 1992

Rabbi Abraham Haselkorn (1905-1982) WWII Papers

 Collection — Container: Consolidated Box P30, Folder: P-994
Identifier: P-994
Abstract

This collection documents the time Rabbi Abraham Haselkorn spent stationed overseas during World War II. Photographs include those of comrades and soldiers, as well as refugees. Scenes include daily life as well as religious services.

Dates: undated, 1944

Rabbi David Goldstein and Shannie Goldstein Papers

 Collection — Container: Consolidated Box P26, Folder: P-918
Identifier: P-918
Abstract

Papers of Rabbi David Goldstein and Shannie Goldstein contain materials reflecting their work on behalf of Jews in the Soviet Union. The materials include notes, correspondence, fliers, news clippings and photographs. The bulk of the collection consists of oversized cardboard-mounted photographs taken by Rabbi Goldstein on the trip to the Soviet Union in 1983.

Dates: undated, 1982-1984, 1987-1989, 2005, 2007; Majority of material found in 1983 - 1983

Rabbi Robert L. Lehman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25598
Abstract

The Rabbi Robert L. Lehman Collection focuses on the development of a rabbi and of his role leading his congregations. The collection includes copious sermons, substantial correspondence, articles, newspaper clippings, notes, congregational and conference publications, photographs, diplomas, and a few objects.

Dates: 1928-2013; Majority of material found within 1950-2002

Rabbi Samuel Geffen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-898
Abstract

The Papers of Rabbi Samuel Geffen document his professional career as the rabbi of the Jewish Center of Forest Hills West in Queens. The collection is the result of Rabbi Geffen's work as a religious leader and educator at the Jewish Center and depicts the center's and Rabbi Geffen's role in the Jewish community there.

Dates: 1925-1993; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1975

Rachel Braun Papers

 Collection — Container: Consolidated Box P28, Folder: P-967
Identifier: P-967
Abstract

The collection contains papers of the American Soviet Jewry movement activist Rachel Braun. The materials focus on the tour of the Soviet Union she took in 1979, under the guise of a tourist, with the intention to secretly meet Soviet Jews, deliver messages and material aid for the Refuseniks and Soviet Jewish Prisoners of Conscience, and to collect information on their circumstances. The materials include diaries, photos and clippings.

Dates: 1979

Rahel Sanzara Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25057
Abstract

This collection consists mainly of correspondence sent from Berlin banker and businessman Walter Davidsohn to his wife, actress and writer Rahel Sanzara, in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The letters discuss the political, economic, and cultural state of Germany, France, and Switzerland at the time along with personal matters. In addition to the couple’s correspondence are letters from notable German writers and editors to Cleveland State University professor Klaus-Peter Hinze regarding the writer Ernst Weiss. Some of these letters discuss Weiss's relationship with Sanzara, who acted in productions of his dramas.

Dates: circa 1920s-1979; Majority of material found within 1926-1935

Rahn Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25538
Abstract

The Rahn Family Collection centers on the lives of Alfred and Lilli (née Bechmann) Rahn, but also contains many documents of their parents, siblings, and even more distant family members. It also documents the family members' attempts to receive restitution for their losses. The collection includes a large amount of correspondence, official, personal, and legal documents, photographs and photo albums, financial documentation, manuscripts and fragments of creative and academic writing, family trees and genealogical notes, newspaper clippings, poetry, educational certificates and diplomas, texts of lectures, teaching materials, a few recipes, and other papers.

Dates: 1809-2010; Majority of material found within 1928-1960

Ralph Bettelheim Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25359
Abstract

The Ralph Bettelheim Collection includes materials documenting Ralph Bettelheim’s involvement with the Committee for Fair Play in Sports working towards boycotting the Olympic Games in Germany in 1936 and genealogical materials on the Bettelheim family. Included in the collection are correspondence, brochures, and clippings, copies of vital documents, genealogical charts and family trees.

Dates: 1940s-2002

Ralph Dalin Papers

 Collection — Container: Consolidated Box P30, Folder: P-1022
Identifier: P-1022
Abstract

Papers of an American Soviet Jewry movement activist Rabbi Ralph A. Dalin that contain correspondence with Refuseniks in the Soviet Union, sermons, and reports on trips to the USSR, publications and newspaper clippings related to his activism.

Dates: 1976-1989

Ralph Lager World War II Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: P-820
Abstract

Lager's correspondence to his family begins with his training in Camp Gordon, GA and Camp Campbell, KY; continues with his service in Italy; and ends with his admission into an Italian hospital.

Dates: 1943-1945, 1984

Records of the American Association for Ethiopian Jews (AAEJ)

 Collection
Identifier: I-503
Abstract

Founded in 1969, the American Association for Ethiopian Jews (AAEJ) was instrumental in the international effort to promote recognition of the Beta Israel (known among non-Jewish Ethiopians as "Falashas") by Israeli authorities, and to assist Jewish emigration from Ethiopia to Israel. The extensive files of the AAEJ include case work files, research materials and Jewish artifacts collected in Ethiopia by AAEJ workers. In the wake of the successful evacuation of Ethiopian Jewry to Israel in 1993, the AAEJ decided to disband and voted to deposit its records at the American Jewish Historical Society. Included are correspondence, office files, photographs, slides, videotapes, audiocassettes and other materials which pertain to AAEJ's efforts to raise the consciousness of the American Jewish community about this unique Jewish subculture. The organization's papers supplement those of its founder, Graenum Berger, which are also held at the American Jewish Historical Society.

Dates: undated, 1960-1961, 1963, 1965-1968, 1970-1995, 2001-2002

Records of the Bureau on Jewish Employment Problems (Chicago, Ill.)

 Collection
Identifier: I-303
Abstract

This collection contains annual reports, board minutes, case studies, correspondence, newsletters, survey reports, and other items.

Dates: undated, 1940-1962

Records of Century Productions

 Collection
Identifier: I-491
Abstract

Century Productions produced the one-woman show, "Hannah Senesh: Portrait of a Woman Warrior," written and directed by David Schechter and starring Lori Wilner as Senesh. The script was based on the diaries and poems of the WWII Hungarian-Jewish paratrooper Hannah Senesh, with songs and music composed and arranged by Steven Lutvak with additional music by Schecter and Elizabeth Swados. “Hannah Senesh” ran at the Cherry Hill Theater in New York City from 1984-1985 and traveled throughout the U.S. and Israel until 1987.

Dates: undated, 1983-1987

Records of Chotiner Yugend Branch 271, Workmen's Circle Chotiner Bessarabier Branch 200

 Collection
Identifier: RG 1120
Scope and Contents

Anniversary journals. Financial records. Pamphlets of various Bessarabian and Chotiner groups. Correspondence and other material pertaining to the publication of the memorial books. Photographs.

Dates: 1934 - 1959

Records of Congregation Achei Grodno Vasapotkin and Chevra Mishnayos

 Collection
Identifier: RG 995
Scope and Contents

Constitution, Chevra Mishnayos. Minutes, Chevra Mishnayos, 1938-1959. Souvenir journal.

Dates: 1938 - 1959

Records of Congregation Adath Wolkowisk of Brownsville

 Collection
Identifier: RG 981
Scope and Contents

Materials pertaining to congregational regulations. Minutes, 1911-1913, 1919-1931. Financial records, 1920s-1930s. Membership records. Materials pertaining to synagogue activities.

Dates: 1911 - 1933

Records of Congregation Ahavath Achim Anshei Mohilev On Dnieper

 Collection
Identifier: RG 1061
Scope and Contents

Certificate of incorporation, 1913. Financial materials. Burial permits. Correspondence.

Dates: 1913; 1961 - 1974

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