Contracts with clergy, 1831-1938.

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Contracts with clergy, 1831-1938.

1831-1938

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Contracts between Congregation Shearith Israel and rabbis, cantors, sextons, and ritual slaughterers. Individuals include Isaac B. Seixas, 1831, David Phillips, 1835, 1836, Eleazer Matz, 1836, Jacques J. Lyons, 1839, 1855, Marcus Van Gelderen, 1860, Jacob D. Phillips, 1861, Levy J. Isaacs, 1864, Henry S. Jacobs, 1874-1876, Henry Pereira Mendes, 1885, Isaac A.H. de la Penha, 1903-1907, Isaac A. Hadad, 1911, and David de Sola Pool, 1906-1933.

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

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

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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....

Penha, Isaac A. H. de la.

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Phillips, David F., 1944-

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Seixas, Isaac Benjamin, 1781-1839.

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Jacobs, Henry Samuel, d. 1893.

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Hadad, Isaac A.

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Pool, David de Sola, 1885-1970

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A leading figure in American Jewish life during the 20th century, Reverend Dr. David de Sola Pool was minister of Congregation Shearith Israel (the first Jewish congregation to be established in North America) in New York City and President of the Union of Sephardic Congregations. Rev. Dr. de Sola Pool married Tamar Hirschensohn (1890-1981) in 1917. Tamar H. de Sola Pool was National President of Hadassah (1939-1943) and active in the National Council of Jewish Women and World Zionist Organizati...

Lyons, Jacques J. (Jacques Judah), 1813-1877

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Jacques Judah Lyons (1813-1877) Jacques Judah Lyons, hazan, rabbi, and community leader, was born in Surinam, Dutch Guiana on Menahem 25, 5573 (August 25, 1813). His parents, Judah Eleazar and Mary Asser Lyons, had emigrated to Surinam from Philadelphia in the early 1800s. Jacques education was limited to the institutions the Dutch colony could afford; however, he spoke several languages in addition to Dutch, including Hebrew, English, German, and French and possessed a ...

Phillips, Jacob R., 1929-

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Van Gelderen, Marcus, 1798-1871.

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Mendes, H. Pereira (Henry Pereira), 1852-1937

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Rabbi at Congregation Shearith Israel, 1877-1920. From the description of Papers, 1877-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155471166 Orthodox Sephardic rabbi and communal leader. From the description of Collection, 1877-1908 [microform]. (Brandeis University Library). WorldCat record id: 47961736 Rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel, New York City; Orthodox and Zionist leader; co-founder of Jewish Theological Seminary of America. From the d...

Isaacs, Levy Joel.

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Matz, Eleazer.

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