Portrait of Isaac Finkel Portraits Men

Father of Sonia Barosin nee Finkel

Studio portrait of Isaac Finkel and his wife Victoria Isaacovna Finkel nee Nemirovska Portraits Couples

Parents of Sonia Barosin nee Finkel

Portrait of Isaac Abraham Bürger and Ella Bürger nee Cahn.

Isaac Abraham Bürger, 1791-1864; Ella Bürger nee Cahn, 1793-1879; Parents of Samuel Isaac Bürger, 1818-1885

Isaac Ottenberg Collection 1832-1867

Official German documents for Isaac Ottenberg, dated 1851, 1852, 1854. Also included is a handwritten letter to Herr Cronebold, June 1863.

Reproduction of painting by Frieda Ruelf of Rabbi Dr. Isaac Ruelf Portraits; Men

Signed by the artist bottom right

Studio portrait of Samuel Isaac Bürger.

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Bishop Lewis Hartman, Reverend Dr. Isaac Higginbotham, Leo Baeck, Bishop Norman B. Nash, and Reverend Frank Jennings Portraits; Groups; Men

Page 57 of the "American Jewish Cavalcade" scrapbook of Leo Baeck in New York found in ROS 10 Folder 3

[Childhood memories of Berlin, Rhineland, Holland] 1933-1945

Childhood memories of Berlin, Rhineland, Holland; emigration to United States in 1936; impressions of New York; life in Paso Robles, California; memories of his mother; reflections on life of mother.

Aus meinem Leben 1899-1918

The memoir was written between 1899 and 1918. Family history going back to the early 18th century. Recollection of the author's childhood in Hildesheim. Moritz was the youngest child of Joseph and Bena Guedemann. Early death of his father in 1847. Moritz attended the Jewish elementary school prior to the age of five. In 1843 he was enrolled in the episcopal "Josephinum Gymnasium", where he was the only Jewish student in the entire school. He had friendly relationships with students and teachers and was not confronted with antisemitism during his school years. Moritz Guedemann graduated in 1853 and enrolled in the newly established Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau. Description of teachers and colleagues in the seminary. Doctorate in 1858 and continuation of rabbinic studies. Occasional invitation to preach at the high holidays in Berlin, where Moritz got acquainted with the famous rabbi Dr. Michael Sachs. Position as a rabbi in Magdeburg in 1862. Small publications of studies in Jewish history. Engagement with Fanny Spiegel. In 1863 Moritz and Fanny Guedemann got married. Offer to succeed rabbi Michael Sachs in Berlin. Division and intrigues in the Jewish community and withdrawing from the position. Invitation to give a sermon in Vienna. In 1866 Moritz Guedemann was nominated to succeed rabbi Mannheimer at the Leopoldstadt synagogue in Vienna. Austro-Prussian war and defeat of Austria in Koeniggraetz. Initial difficulties and cultural differences. Criticism toward his orthodox conduct in the Vienna Jewish press ("Neuzeit"). Cultural life in Vienna. Welfare institutions and philanthropists. Difference within the Jewish community. Crash of the stock exchange and rise of antisemitism. Publication of sermons and studies in Jewish history. In 1891 Max Guedemann became chief rabbi of Vienna. Speeches against antisemitism and blood libel trials. He was awarded with the title "Ritter" of the Kaiser Franz Joseph order for these achievements. Death of his wife in

A Berlin Childhood ca. 1900 1900

English translation of "Berliner Kindheit um 1900" by Shierry Weber Nicholsen.

Account of Isaac and Abraham de Peyster vs. Isaac Seixas and other papers

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Letter from Isaac Mendez Seixas to Joseph Simon

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Letter of recommendation for Jacques Judah Lyons from Isaac Leeser

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