15 research outputs found
Jacob Henry Schiff; a biographical sketch,
Reprinted, with minor changes, from the American Jewish year book, v. 23.Mode of access: Internet
The Jewish encyclopedia: a descriptive record of the history, religion, literature, and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest times to the present day/
Mode of access: Internet.From the Library of Irving M. Hermelin / Gift of the Hermelin and Weinberg Families
With firmness in the right : American diplomatic action affecting Jews, 1840-1945 /
Includes index.An enlarged ed. of the authors' American intercession on behalf of Jews in the diplomatic correspondence of the United States, 1840-1938, published 1943, which was based on Cyrus Adler's Jews in the diplomatic correspondence of the United States, published 1906.Bibliogr.Mode of access: Internet
American Jewish Historical Exhibition records, undated, 1888-1889, 1900-1905
Contains the minutes, reports and financial records of the Executive Committee for the American Jewish Historical Exhibition pertaining to the planning and execution of the Exhibition as well as printed material and the correspondence of the members of the various committees established, arranged alphabetically; includes also a collection of printed material relating to the International Exposition at St. Louis, in 1904.Unknown.The Exhibition does not appear to have taken place.Finding Aid available in Reading Room and on Internet
Catalogue of the Leeser library
"The Leeser library was bequeathed to the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia."Mode of access: Internet
National Jewish Welfare Board, Army-Navy Division records, undated, 1917-1955, 1969, 1974
The collection consists mainly of minutes, surveys, reports, photographs and correspondence of both JWB personnel and U.S. military chaplains, directed toward or concerns with the Jewish men in the Armed Forces. The material covers such topics as arrangements for holidays (primarily the High Holy Days and Passover)--special food needs, services, furloughs, prayerbooks; budgeting and staffing; registration and marking of Jewish graves; anti-Semitism in the military; the general problems of Kashruth; communication between the men and their families; and general recreation and entertainment.27 boxes deal with the above topics as they relate to servicemen overseas, 8 boxes with servicemen in hospitals, and 7 boxes with veterans. Another 23 boxes deal specifically with the time (1941-1945) at which the JWB Army-Navy Division operated under the auspices of U.S.O.Also found in the collection are 2 boxes containing several speeches and miscellaneous files of Judge Irving Lehman, president of JWB, 1921-1940, and 18 boxes of Col. Harry Cutler, chairman of JWB, 1917-1921. 23 boxes contain the working papers for The JWB survey (New York; 1948) by Oscar I. Janowsky. 15 boxes contain various statistical compilations on Jewish communal organizations, and questionnaires with accompanying statistics based on surveys conducted by the JWB Statistics Dept. (1928-1943) on the services and personnel in Jewish community centers, nursery schools and summer camps.A detailed outline accompanies the collection.Donated by the National Jewish Welfare Board,Army-Navy Division is the branch of the JWB that intercedes for the needs and interests of Jewish military personnel; name officially introduced in 1941.Finding Aid available in Reading Room and on Internet.far0315digitized in par
American Jewish year book.
Issues for 1900/01- include report of the 12th- year of the Jewish Publication Society of America, 1890-1900- (issued also separately in some year); issues for 1908/09- include Report of the American Jewish Committee for 1906/08- (issued also separately in some years).Edited 1899/1900-1905/06 by C. Adler (with H. Szold, 1904/05-1905/06) 1906/07-1907/08 by H. Szold; 1908/09- by the American Jewish Committee.Contains bibliographical references.1899/1900-1948/1949 also called 5660-5709.Issues for 1900/01- include report of the 12th- year of the Jewish Publication Society of America, 1890-1900- (issued also separately in some year); issues for 1908/09- include Report of the American Jewish Committee for 1906/08- (issued also separately in some years).Mode of access: Internet.Vols. for 1899/1900-1948/49 issued by the Jewish Publication Society of America; 1950/51- by the American Jewish Committee
American Jewish Relief Committee for Sufferers from the War records 1914-1917
Contains correspondence dealing with requests for aid from relatives of Americans in Russia and German occupied Europe obtained through the Jewish Colonization Association office in Petrograd and the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden. Those aiding in the search for relatives in America include the New England Branch of the A.J.R.C., the Philadelphia Branch of the A.J.R.C. (Cyrus Adler), the Buffalo Relief Committee, the Chicago Jewish courier, Chicago Jewish Relief Committee, Cincinnati United Jewish Charities, Hartford Central Jewish War Relief Committee, and the New York Jewish daily forward. Contains also appeal leaflets, the program of a benefit held in Carnegie Hall, addresses by Jacob Billikopf, Herbert H. Lehman, Solomon Schechter, and Felix Warburg and circulars from the Reichsverband OstmarkenhilfeAmerican Jewish Relief Committee for Sufferers from the War founded 1914--dissolved 1919
The Jewish quarterly review.
Latest issue consulted: Vol. 94, no. 2 (spring 2004).Editors: July 1910-Apr. 1940, Cyrus Adler (with S. Schechter, 1910-1915); July 1940- A.A. Newman, Solomon Zeitlin.Published: Leiden : E.J. Brill for Dropsie University, July 1969- ; Winona Lake, in: Eisenbrauns, <1983- >; Philadelphia : Annenberg Research Institute, <1987- >; Philadelphia : Center for Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, -2000; Philadelphia : Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2001-Title from cover.Some issues combined.Mode of access: Internet.Vols. 1 (1909)-20 (Apr. 1930). 1 v