Jewish community of Norwalk, Conn., collection, 1725-2006.

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Jewish community of Norwalk, Conn., collection, 1725-2006.

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Correspondence; diaries; ephemera; genealogies; oral histories; photographs; minute books; yizkor books and obituaries; histories; and biographies of rabbis and cantors. Persons represented include Ralph Isaacs, Sr., Michel Judah, Myer Myers, Samson Mears, Gershom Seixas, Solomon Simson, and Herman Krieger. Institutions represented include Temple Shalom, Temple Beth Israel, the Independent Hebrew Society, the Conservative Synagogue of Westport, the Brith Abraham Society, the Hebrew Beth Israel Society, the Young Men's Hebrew Association, the Norwalk Jewish Center, and the Norwalk Jewish Community Center. Topics include Jewish families and social life and customs.

12 linear ft.

Jewish Historical Society of Lower Fairfield County

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Beth Israel of Westport/Norwalk (Fairfield County, Conn.)

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Norwalk Jewish Center (Norwalk, Conn.)

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Myers, Myer, 1723-1795

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Myer Myers (1723–1795) was a silversmith who lived and worked in New York City. He was a Jewish-American and a member of Congregation Shearith Israel, for whom be produced many works. He registered as a Freeman in 1746, and partnered with Benjamin Halsted from 1756-1766 as Halsted & Myers....

Mears, Samson

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Independent Hebrew Society (Norwalk, Conn.)

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Simson, Solomon

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Isaacs, Ralph, 1934-

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Norwalk Jewish Community Center (Norwalk, Conn.)

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Seixas, Gershom Mendes, 1745-1816

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Gershom Mendes Seixas was the first native-born Jewish religious leader in the United States. The first American Jewish clergyman to deliver sermons in English, Mendes Seixas became known for his civic activities as well as his defense of religious liberty, participating in the inauguration of President George Washington and helping found King's College, the precursor of New York City's Columbia University....

Krieger, Herman, of Norwalk, Conn.

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Brith Abraham Society (South Norwalk, Norwalk, Conn.)

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Hebrew Beth Israel Society (South Norwalk, Norwalk, Conn.)

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Judah, Michel

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Temple Shalom (Norwalk, Conn.)

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