Congregation Ohabai Shalome records and other material from time capsule, 1847-1895.

B'nai B'rith

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The Jewish Central Information Office was founded by Alfred Wiener, a German Jew who worked for the Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith ( Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens ). In 1933 he fled to Amsterdam where he founded the agency along with David Cohen. The JCIO produced reports to spread word of the activities that were occurring in Nazi Germany. In 1939 the office was moved to London, where it became known as the Wiener Library. ...

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...

Friends of Zion (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Congregation Ohabai Shalome (San Francisco, Calif.)

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In 1864, some disaffected members of San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El broke away and established Congregation Ohabai Shalome, when they objected to the modification of the ritual in the older synagogue. Its first building was at the corner of Post and Geary, but, in 1895, it moved to a new building, designed by the architect Moses J. Lyon, at 1881 Bush St. With time, this building, noted for its Venetian and Moorish motifs, became popularly known as the Bush Street Synagogue. In Nov. 1934, ...

B'nai B'rith. District Grand Lodge No. 4

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In 1863, B'nai B'rith District Grand Lodge Number 4 was chartered in San Francisco, Calif. In 1870, this lodge established orphan asylums and homes for the aged in both northern and southern California. It also supported Jewish education, in 1891, by establishing a religious school in San Francisco, which, in turn, laid the groundwork for future support by the Jewish Education Society. It also aided other community centers and religious institutions; had an extensive program of immigrant aid and...

Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Rohling, Henry

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First Hebrew Benevolent Society (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Chebra Berith Shalom (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Leipsic Bros. Dairy

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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...

Chebra Bikur Cholim Ukidisha (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Blackman, M. J.

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Lichtenstein, Solomon

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Eureka Wohlthatigkeits-Gesellschaft (San Francisco, Calif.)

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