Records, 1942-1971, 1942-1962 (bulk)

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Records, 1942-1971, 1942-1962 (bulk)

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Correspondence, reports, minutes, photographs, and lists concerning religious and educational activities of Sephardic synagogues and centers in the United States, charitable work, relations with communities abroad, particularly in Israel, Greece, and Latin America, immigration and refugee aid, and administrative matters. Also includes World War II service records of Sephardic Jews; case files of social service department; "The Sephardi" bulletin, 1943-1954; financial records, 1946-1953; and records of affiliated organizations, including Sephardic Youth League, and Women's Division. Correspondents include Rabbi Dr. Isaac Alcalay, spiritual leader of community.

26 cubic ft.

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New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Central Sephardic Jewish Community of America

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Founded 1942 as Federation of Sephardic Organizations. From the description of Records, 1942-1971, 1942-1962 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155470971 The Sephardi immigrants coming to the United States during the early part of the twentieth century developed a strong yearning for a central body along the lines of the communities they knew in their old hometowns. It took the arrival in 1941 of Dr. Nissim J. Ovadia, former Chief Rabbi of Paris, to unite all...

Alcalay, Isaac, 1882-

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Central Sephardic Jewish Community of America. Women's Division.

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The Women's Division of the Central Sephardic Jewish Community of America was organized in 1943, two years after the Men's Division organized under the leadership of Rabbi Dr. Nissim J. Ovadia. His wife Mrs. Mazal Ovadia was the Founder and the 1st President of the Women's Division (1943-1945). The Women's Division devoted its efforts to charity and Jewish and patriotic causes. During the war the Women's Division was engaged in Red Cross work and the sale of war bonds. It aided the ...

Sephardic Youth League (U.S.)

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