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Philip Cowen papers undated, 1873-1935

Contains primarily correspondence and published material in English, German and Russian relating to anti-Semitism in Russia and Roumania, the Russian passport question, loans from Jewish bankers to the Russian government and immigration from Eastern Europe, especially Russia, to the United States. Includes also correspondence concerning Jewish welfare institutions and agricultural colonies in the United States and the National Farm School in Doylestown, Pa. Also contains correspondence relating to and drafts of articles for the American Hebrew, particularly the Emma Lazarus memorial number, and correspondence relating to the publication of the Jewish encyclopedia and to survey on anti-Semitism conducted in 1890, as well as information on the Jews in China and material relating to Count Arthur Cherep-Spiridovich.Also includes correspondence (1898-1960) from the Congregation in Johannesburg, South Africa to Philip Cowen seeking help finding a rabbi, and 4 letters from Joseph Herman Hertz (1872-1946), the Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth, who became th rabbi in that community. Major correspondents are Simon Wolf, Jacob Henry Schiff, Joseph Krauskopf, Isaac N. Seligman, Andrew D. White, George Alexander Kohut, Henry Cohen, Isadore Singer, and Joseph Herman Hertz. Also included is an original cartoon of Philip Cowen.far031

Bernard Felsenthal papers undated, 1844-1922

Contains primarily correspondence in English, German, Hebrew and French concerning Reform Judaism, Zionism, the founding and program of the American Jewish Historical Society, the Jewish Publication Society, B'nai B'rith, the legal position of Jews in England and the United States with particular reference to the Naturalization Acts, the religious and social life and the history of Jews in Russia and Poland, Bible readings in public schools, the study of Jesus in Jewish Sabbath Schools, anti-slavery issue in the Fremont Campaign in 1856, and other correspondence pertaining to his numerous activities. The major correspondents, in number of items, are Cyrus Adler, Felix Adler, Julius Bien, Isidor Bush, Gotthard Deutsch, David Einhorn, Abraham Geiger, Henry Gersoni, Gustav Gottheil, Richard James Horatio Gottheil, Kaufmann Kohler, George Alexander Kohut, Maurice Mayer, Moses Mielziner, Joshua Heschel Schorr, David Stern, Benjamin Szold, Henrietta Szold, and Julius Rosenthal. Included in the collection are letters to his daughters, Emma and Julia FelsenthalGift of Bernard Felsenthal's daughters: Emma Felsenthal, 1933-35, and Julia Felsenthal, 194