Synagogues

Collection consists of one item, a cornerstone laying program for the Congregation's new synagogue, dated May 24, 1875. The program includes the order of service, a hymn by Rev. Henry Gersoni, and a list of the members of the building committee.

The Herbert Seeliger collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, photographs and clippings pertaining to Berlin’s Jewish community life. A large part documents Seeliger’s work on an extensive history of the Jews in Berlin.

The collection contains typescript drafts of Nathorff's writings, materials on Leopold Treitel and the Jewish community of Laupheim, and genealogical materials

This collection contains a wide variety of material from Inge Worth and her family, reflecting Jewish life in Danzig from the late 19th century until its destruction in WWII. Folder 1 contains mostly personal documents from Inge Worth, with genealogical information and some documents from other family members. Included are: history of some of the materials and personal experience by Inge Worth (2000); Jacoby family tree and genealogical information about the family (circa 1961); school certificates of Ingeborg Josephsohn (Danzig 1934, 1938); program from music performance of her father (1937); guest list for music performances of her father (1949); speech by Ida Josephson held in Danzig on occasion of a Else Lasker Schueler celebration (1936); certificate of literacy (New York, 1944); B'nai B'rith Membership card of Eric A. Joston, Inge Worth's father (1945); calling card of Ernst Stahl with grave information (in Worms) his gravestone reads: "und das heisst ein kämpfen sein"; correspondence between Irene Worth's aunt, Edith Aron Jacoby in Germany, and the Partridge family of England, who had taken in her children (1939). Folder 2 largely contains about a 1984 Danzig synagogue exhibit in the Joslyn Museum in Omaha, as well as a typewritten recollection by Inge Worth. Folder 3 contains fragments and clippings from the Danzig Jewish newspaper, Jüdisches Gemeindeblatt (1936). Folder 4 contains Worms newspapers, including editions of Jewish newspapers: Die Wormser Jüdengemeinde-heute (1934); Der Israelit (note originally attached read: "See page 425, "Lenchen" angestellte für 48 Jahre bei meinen Urgrosseltern (1899)".

The Isidor Kiefer Collection consists of documents compiled by Isidor Kiefer on the history of the Jewish community in Worms, including Kiefer's own research, original documents and copies. A significant part of the collection is dedicated to the history and reconstruction of the synagogue, cemetery and Jewish museum in Worms.

Correspondence of Ismar Elbogen with individuals, including Elias Auerbach, Julius Bab, Leo Baeck, Salo Baron, Markus Brann, Martin Buber, Umberto Cassuto, Ludwig Feuchtwanger, Ludwig Geiger, Robert Raphael Geis, Louis Ginzburg, Ignaz Goldziher, Max Gruenewald, Moritz Güdemann, Julius Guttmann, Bernhard Kahn, Mordechai Kaplan, Adolf Leschnitzer, Lily Montagu, Claude Montefiore, Adolph Oko, Paula Ollendorf, Bertha Pappenheim, Felix Perles, Koppel Pinson, Peter Reinhold, Julius Rosenwald, Cecil Roth, Caesar Seligmann, Selma Stern-Taeubler, Henrietta Szold, Hermann Vogelstein, and Stephen Wise.

Contains the Bulletin of the Jewish Center of Williamsbridge from the 1940s to the 1970s and gift books bound with yearbooks of the Center bound inside. Also includes material regarding Doctor Rabbi Akiba Predmesky (d. 1998), who served the Jewish community and the Jewish Center of Williamsbridge for over fifty years.

Collection contains copies of articles, cemetery plans, census records, and photographs relating to the Woodbine agricultural colony in Woodbine, N.J.

The Joel A. Zack papers consist of research notes, correspondence, oversized architectural site drawings, slides, and photographs of various synagogues, mellahs, and Jewish cemeteries in various areas of Morocco and Turkey.

Extensive collection of genealogical information, family trees, manuscripts, and clippings on Swabian Jewish communities, with a special focus on the Jewish community in Laupheim.

Collection documents Cantor Albert's career as a cantor and mohel in Beth Jacob, the Wall Street Synagogue in Boston, MA; B'nai Zion, the Orms Street Congregation in Providence, RI; and Beth Jacob in Pittsburgh, PA. Folder consists of an advertisement in Yiddish, with English translation, publishing Albert as a mohel; a certificate from the Orms Street Synagogue electing Albert as a Reverend and granting him license to preform marriages for the congregation; a letter from the City of Boston Registry Department requesting that Rev. Alpert use the term Rabbi rather than "Rav Sons of Abraham" on his marriage certificates, a telegram from Pittsburgh requesting the Rabbi's presence for the Fourth of July, 1908; Alpert's obituary; and a brochure summarizing the Cantor Joseph L. and Rachel E. Alpert Family Memorial Scholarship established for the School of Sacred Music at the Hebrew Union College in New York, NY.

Correspondence of Karl Adler with individuals, including Theodor Baeuerle, Martin Buber, Alexander Dillmann, Theodor Heuss, Paul Hindemith, Otto Hirsch, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Paul Rieger, and Hans Walz; correspondence with family members, including letters written as a soldier during World War I and the November Revolution.

Folder 1 contains Short biography of Karl Heiman; letters to the editor by Karl Heiman; letter by his daughter on the occasion of K. Heiman's 70th birthday; recollections of a Jewish war veteran of WWII; various speeches by Karl Heiman; newspaper clippings; article about Heiman Thorah; articles about the restauration of Oberdorf Synagogue. Folder 2 contains LBI newsletter (Summer 1999); brochure about the Museum of Jewish History in the Ostalbkreis; various quotes from prominent people including: Albert Einstein, Leo Baeck, Martin Niemoeller; biography of Karl Heiman; Clippings related to the history of the Heiman Torah; speech by Karl L. Heiman at the rededication of the Oberdorf Synagogue (1993); Karl Heiman articles in Newsday and other publications; "Reminiscences and Observations on Being a Jewish War Veteran of WWII" (by Karl Heiman, March 1944); clippings related to Nazi activities; letter from David Heimann commemorating the 4th Heimann day (June 17, 1928; article about resistance against Jewish persecution in Oberdorf (Felix Sutschek); article about the history of the Jews in West Ries; memoirs by Margot Wertheimer.

This collection contains clippings, photocopied documents, a bibliography, and manuscripts pertaining to the history of Kassel and its Jewish community.

Original typescripts of sermons and speeches by Rabbi Kurt Metzger.

Various documents pertaining to day-to-day issues of the Jewish community in Lipperode, such as member lists; repair jobs and other issues at the cemetery and in the synagogue; and more. Also included are private business contracts of Jewish citizens in Lipperode and neighboring communities, such as Paderborn; Lippstadt; Welda (Warburg); and Rheda.

Various manuscripts, translations, and historical documents relating to the Loewenstein family.

This collection of Lower East Side synagogues focuses mainly on the Stanton Street Shul, containing records of the synagogue’s activities and the attempted sale of the building in 2001. The collection also contains photographs and newspaper articles related to Lower East Side synagogues more generally, as well as audiovisual material.

Collection of photographs found in the Mediaş (Transylvania, Romania) synagogue

Sermons (over six hundred), 1860-1918, organized chronologically and given by Guedemann on Sabbaths, holidays, and other occasions, including confirmations, weddings, funerals, and the Kaiser's birthday

This collection contains records of Congregation Ohava Emes and the Standard Club (now the Woodmont Golf and Country Club) of Nashville, TN. Records consist of transcript and microfilm of Congregation's minutes and microfilm of Standard Club's ledger book.

The collection documents the National Jewish Welfare Board's (JWB) evolution from an organization founded in 1917 to provide support for soldiers in times of war to an agency involved in all aspects of Jewish life both in the United States and abroad. In 1990 JWB recreated itself as the Jewish Community Centers Association of North America.

Manuscripts, photographs, newletters, clippings and other archival materials pertaining to the history of the Jewish community in Nuremberg.

This collection contains Siegfried Guggenheim's handwritten manuscript on the Offenbacher Haggadah, statutes of the burial society (ḥevra kaddisha) and some other original documents, and various other materials pertaining to the Offenbach community.

The collection contains certificates for seats at the synagogue in Mannheim (1857-1910); and Jewish National Fund certificates for trees planted in honor of Otto Simon's 80th birthday (1961).

Ms. Brandmark conducted research on early Jewish wills in New York City in order to complete the requirements of an undergraduate course conducted by Leo Hershkowitz at Queens College. Her research includes typed worksheets for each will, statistical charts compiling information in various categories, and lists of death records by synagogue name.

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).

The bulk of this collection consists of photographs and other illustrations of the Jewish cemetery in Prague, Prague synagogues, Prague rabbis, and others. Also included are published brochures and clippings, as well as some manuscripts.

The collection contains a brief chronology of Jewish history in Queens; "Queens Jewish Heritage Trail: 39 Sites of Interest;" an outline of synagogue history in Astoria, Howard Beach, and Ozone Park; a comparison of St. John's University against Jewish history in Queens; and a press release regarding possible synagogue mergers in the borough. Many of the items in the folder were written by Jeff Gottlieb, President of the Queens Jewish Historical Society.

This collection contains transcriptions of various vital records registers from the nineteenth and early twentieth century of the Jewish community of Randegg (Landkreis Gottmadingen), Baden-Württemberg, Germany.