Schechter, Solomon Family Collection

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Schechter, Solomon Family Collection

1856-1990

https://digitalcollections.jtsa.edu/islandora/object/jts%3A414450

The collection includes the papers of Solomon Schechter, his wife Mathilde, son Frank, and other members of the Schechter family. Solomon Schechter materials include correspondence, minutes, pamphlets, and other material, 1902-1914, concerning Jewish Theological Seminary of America and other organizations with which Schechter was affiliated, especially Jüdische Institut für Technische Erziehung in Palestina; manuscript and printed articles, lectures, and speeches, 1895-1915; application and letters of recommendation for post of lecturer at University of Cambridge, 1890; diplomas, certificates, and travel documents, 1879-1913; and research notes and notebooks. Mathilde Schechter materials include correspondence, 1887-1918, with Solomon Schechter, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and others; manuscripts for novels and articles; school certificates, 1874-1876; and memoirs of Solomon Schechter. Also includes condolence letters and memorial speeches, programs, and clippings concerning Solomon Schechter, 1915-1941; condolence letters on the death of Mathilde Schechter, 1924; correspondence of Frank Schechter, 1919-1935; and miscellaneous other material of Schechter family.

18.0 Linear feet in 52 containers.

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heb, Hebr

eng, Latn

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rom, Latn

ger, Latn

Jewish Theological Seminary of America

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SNAC Resource ID: 11659750

Jewish Theological Seminary of America

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Schechter, Mathilde Roth, 1859-1924

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69c826z (person)

Mathilde Roth Schechter was married to Dr. Solomon Schechter, a prominent rabbi who was chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. They lived in Cambridge, England before immigrating to the United States in 1902....

Schechter, Solomon, 1847-1915

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dc8spv (person)

Solomon Schechter was born in Focşani, Moldavia. In 1890 he was appointed to the faculty at Cambridge University, serving as a lecturer in Talmudics and reader in Rabbinics. His greatest academic fame came from his excavation in 1896 of the papers of the Cairo Geniza, an extraordinary collection of over 100,000 pages of rare Hebrew religious manuscripts and medieval Jewish texts that were preserved at an Egyptian synagogue. The find revolutionized the study of Medieval Judaism. Schechter serv...