Records, [ca. 1700-1985].

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....

Touro Synagogue (Newport, R.I.)

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Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, is the United States's oldest synagogue. The Jewish community of Newport was founded in 1658 by a small group of Sephardic Jews seeking religious freedom. In 1758, Isaac Touro, a Dutch Jew, became the community's spiritual leader. Shortly after, the congregation purchased land and hired Peter Harrison to design the Synagogue. The building was dedicated in 1763, and since then, has continued to serve Newport's Jewish community....

Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986

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Jacob Koppel Javits (May 18, 1904 – March 7, 1986) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Javits served in the U.S. House of Representatives representing New York's 21st congressional district from 1947 to 1954, as the 58th Attorney General of New York from 1955 to 1957, and as a U.S. Senator from New York from 1957 until 1981. After graduating from New York University School of Law, he established a law practice in New York City. During World War II, he serv...

Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963

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Herbert Henry Lehman (March 28, 1878 – December 5, 1963) was an American investment banker and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he notably served from 1933 until 1942 as the 45th Governor of New York and as U.S. Senator from New York between 1949 and 1957. Born in Manhattan, he attended The Sachs School and Sachs Collegiate Institute before earning a B.A. from Williams College. After graduating, Lehman worked in textile manufacturing, eventually becoming vice-president and treasu...

Montefiore, Moses, Sir, 1784-1885

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Anglo-Jewish philanthropist, communal leader. From the description of Letters, 1858-1885. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122624776 English philanthropist and Zionist. From the description of Document signed : London, 1872 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874663 Philanthropist and communal leader knighted by Queen Victoria; acclaimed as the most prominent Anglo-Jew of the 19th century; involved in Jewish causes in Palestine and throughout the wo...

Marshall, Louis, 1856-1929

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American Jewish communal leader, lawyer. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1900-1929]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122516821 Lawyer, civic and communal leader, civil rights advocate, labor union meditator, and philanthropist, of New York, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1891-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70925069 Prominent Jewish-American lawyer and philanthropist. From the description of Correspondence, 1916-1929 [microform...

Phillips, Naphtali, 1773-1870

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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...

Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968

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Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also referred to by his initials RFK and occasionally by the nickname Bobby, was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. He was the brother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Senator Edward Moore Kennedy. Kennedy and his brothers were born into a wealthy,...

Congregation Jeshuat Israel (Newport, R.I.)

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

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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

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Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was...

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...

Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.). Clerk's Office.

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Cardozo, Benjamin N. (Benjamin Nathan), 1870-1938

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U.S. Supreme Court justice. From the description of Benjamin Cardozo letters, 1933-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 502414571 From the description of Benjamin Cardozo letter, 1932 Jan. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 428736948 From the description of Benjamin Cardozo letter, 1931 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 428737456 United States Supreme Court Justice & Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. From the description of B...