Jacob Nieto papers, 1882-1931.

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Jacob Nieto papers, 1882-1931.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71129225

Correspondence; reports; rabbinical and congregational materials; documents; articles; newspaper clippings; speeches and sermons; photographs; and genealogical materials.

3 linear ft.

Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum, Rabbi Morris Goldstein Library

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Nieto family.

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Nieto, Jacob, 1863-1930

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Before serving as rabbi of San Francisco's Congregation Sherith Israel (1893-1930), Jacob Nieto was first a rabbi in Sheffield, England (1889-1892). Nieto was widely recognized as an impassioned and spellbinding orator and a champion of humanitarian causes and controversial issues, as well as a supporter of the Spanish-American War and manifest destiny. He served as a president of the Anti-Capital Punishment League and as president of the San Francisco branch of the National Industr...

Congregation Sherith Israel (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Organizational History San Francisco's Congregation Sherith Israel has its roots in the Gold Rush era immigration and migration of Jews from Prussia, Bavaria, England, France and the East Coast of the United States. By the end of 1850, these Jewish San Franciscans had founded two benevolent societies, established a cemetery, worshipped together on the High Holidays, and were considering creating a formal congregation. They managed to come tog...