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Papers, 1887-1962.

1887-1962

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Papers concern Hendricks' activities in Congregation Shearith Israel and other Jewish organizations. Includes correspondence, 1919, 1926-1948, and financial reports, 1945-1953, concerning Shearith Israel; correspondence, and financial and legal documents, 1927-1952, concerning H.P. Mendes Foundation, established to support Rabbi Mendes and Jewish education; correspondence, 1920-1937, primarily regarding legal and financial matters of the Sephardic Jewish Community of New York and predecessor organizations; correspondence, 1929-1945, concerning Jewish student activities at Columbia University; and miscellaneous pamphlets, clippings, brochures on Jewish history and customs, 1887-1932, 1962.

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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....

Columbia University

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The Columbia University community and administration mobilized to the fullest extent in answer to the entry of the United States into World War I. Summed up by President Nicholas Murray Butler in the 1918 Annual Report, the effects of the war on the University were far-reaching: "Students by the hundred and prospective students by the thousand entered the military, naval, or civil service of the United States; teachers and administrative officers to the number of nearly four hundred...

Sephardic Jewish Community of New York.

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H.P. Mendes Foundation.

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Hendricks, Henry S.

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President of Congregation Shearith Israel, 1927-1930, 1934-1935, 1939-1951. From the description of Papers, 1887-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155471115 ...

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...