Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)

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Congregation Shearith Israel - often called The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue – is the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States. It was established in 1654 in New Amsterdam by Jews who arrived from Dutch Brazil. Until 1825, when Jewish immigrants from Germany established a congregation, it was the only Jewish congregation in New York City.
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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn [Map of the area later bounded by 70th and 72nd Streets, 3rd and 5th Avenues, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)] Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
referencedIn Benjamin Franklin Peixotto family papers, 1828-1829, 1864, 1870, 1873, 1875-1876, 1881, 1884-1885, 1887 American Jewish Historical Society
creatorOf Chaim Potok papers University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Henry Victor Besso Collection, 1905-1992, bulk 1940-1976 American Sephardi Federation
referencedIn Harmon Hendricks Papers The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
creatorOf Contracts with clergy, 1831-1938. Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)
referencedIn Papers, 1865-1913. Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)
referencedIn Records, 1950-1955 Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)
referencedIn Hendricks Family Papers, 1713-1971 New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Collection, 1877-1908. Brandeis University Library
referencedIn Alice Davis Menken Papers, undated, 1882-1936 American Jewish Historical Society
referencedIn Altman, Israel Sig. Israel Altman marriage certificate, 1891 May 26. The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
referencedIn Papers of David de Sola Pool and Tamar Hirshenson de Sola Pool, 1678-1981, 1889-1981 (bulk) Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)
referencedIn Records of the National Park Service, 1785 - 2006. National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 - 2017 National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration
referencedIn Samuel Oppenheim Papers, undated, 1614-1938 American Jewish Historical Society
referencedIn Archive - Henry Pereira Mendes Papers Jewish Theological Seminary of America
referencedIn Records, [ca. 1922-1955]. Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)
creatorOf Collection, Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies Library
referencedIn Papers, 1902-1914. Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)
referencedIn Guide to the Records of Sephardic House, undated, 1930-2010, (bulk 1979-2003) American Sephardi Federation at the Center for Jewish History
referencedIn Papers, 1887-1962. Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)
referencedIn Records, [ca. 1700-1985]. Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)
referencedIn Henry Illoway papers Yeshiva University
referencedIn Papers, 1874-1917. Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)
referencedIn Papers of Joy Zacharia Appelbaum, undated, 1888-2012, (bulk 1974-2004) American Sephardi Federation at the Center for Jewish History
referencedIn Jacques Judah Lyons papers, undated, 1705-1885, 1908, 1911-1914, 1917-1919, 1933, 1950 American Jewish Historical Society
referencedIn Records, 1827-1962 Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)
referencedIn Bernice Brandmark, Study of Wills in New York City, 1800-1899, undated, 1978, 1981 American Jewish Historical Society
referencedIn Guide to the Sephardic Liturgical Music Collection, undated, 1931-1975 American Sephardi Federation at the Center for Jewish History
creatorOf Congregation Shearith Israel, Records, undated, 1755-1996 American Jewish Historical Society
creatorOf High Holiday schedules and sermons. Yeshiva University
creatorOf Manuscript collection, [ca. 1683-1970]. Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)
creatorOf Records, 1706-1949. Brandeis University Library
referencedIn Records, 1920-1961. Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)
referencedIn Jacques Judah Lyons papers 1705-1950 1705-1885. Université d’Ottawa, University of Ottawa
referencedIn Henry P. Mendes Papers The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
referencedIn Papers, 1804-1920. Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)
referencedIn Papers, 1877-1967. Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)
creatorOf Records, 1706-1949. Brandeis University Library
referencedIn Papers of Abraham and Irma Lopes Cardozo, 1910-2008, Bulk 1950-1994 American Sephardi Federation
referencedIn John Tabor Kempe Papers New-York Historical Society
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Seixas Family papers : Mixed archival material 1829, 1834, c.1839, 1846, 1867. Université d’Ottawa, University of Ottawa
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associatedWith Aaron Levy person
associatedWith Abraham Kirkas person
associatedWith Altman, Israel Sig. person
associatedWith Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia person
associatedWith Besso, Henry V. person
associatedWith Brandmark, Bernice person
associatedWith Cardozo, Abraham Lopes person
associatedWith Cohen, Isaac Phillips. person
associatedWith Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.). Clerk's Office. corporateBody
associatedWith Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.). Tercentenary Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith Gerstein, Louis C. person
associatedWith Hadad, Isaac A. person
associatedWith Haym Salomon person
associatedWith Ḥebra Ḥased Va-Amet (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Hendricks family. family
associatedWith Hendricks Family family
associatedWith Hendricks, Harmon, 1771-1838. person
associatedWith Hendricks, Henry S. person
associatedWith House, Sephardic person
associatedWith Illoway, Henry, 1848-1932. person
associatedWith Isaac B. Seixas person
associatedWith Isaac Seixas person
associatedWith Isaacs, Levy Joel. person
associatedWith Jacobs, Henry Samuel, d. 1893. person
associatedWith James A. Garfield person
associatedWith Kempe, John Tabor, d. 1791. person
associatedWith Levy, Asser, d. 1681. person
associatedWith Levy, Louis Napoleon, 1854-1921. person
associatedWith Lyons family. family
associatedWith Lyons, Jacques J. (Jacques Judah), 1813-1877. person
associatedWith Matz, Eleazer. person
associatedWith Mendes, H. Pereira (Henry Pereira), 1852-1937. person
associatedWith Menken, Alice Davis, 1870-1936 person
associatedWith Moses L. Moses person
associatedWith Mrs. Charles Hendricks person
associatedWith Nathan, Gratz. person
associatedWith Nieto, Abraham Ḥayyim, 1837-1919. person
associatedWith Oppenheim, Samuel, 1859-1928 person
associatedWith Peixotto, Benjamin Franklin, 1834-1890 person
associatedWith Penha, Isaac A. H. de la. person
associatedWith Phillips, David, d. 1861. person
associatedWith Phillips, Jacob D. person
associatedWith Polonies Talmud Torah School (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Pool, David de Sola, person
associatedWith Pool, David de Sola, 1885-1970. person
associatedWith President James Garfield person
associatedWith Putney, James person
associatedWith Rev. H. Pereira Mendes person
associatedWith Rev. Isaac B. Seixas person
associatedWith Rev. Jacques J. Lyons person
associatedWith Seixas family. family
associatedWith Seixas, Gershom Mendes, 1746-1816. person
associatedWith Seixas, Isaac Benjamin, 1781-1839. person
associatedWith Seligman, Joseph, 1819-1880. person
associatedWith Shearith Israel League (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Sir Moses Montefiore person
associatedWith Van Gelderen, Marcus, 1798-1871. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Manhattan NY US
Subject
Antisemitism
Cemeteries
Decedents' estates
Jewish organizations
Jews
Jews
Jews
Jews
Jews, Portuguese
Jews, Spanish
Judaism
Judaism
Judaism
Real property
Rabbis
Reform Judaism
Sephardim
Sephardim
Shehitah
Synagogues
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Cantors, Jewish
Rabbis
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Establishment 1654

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