Portrait of Samuel Mayer Ehrenberg ( 1773 - 1853 ).

This painting is in dedication " in honor of Meyer Ehrenberg by his students" as stated on a scroll held by the sitter. The scroll is dated October 7, 1820 and is followed by a list of names in two columns: (M.Ehrenberg, P.Ehrenberg, B. Ehrenberg, M.Imanuel M.Balke, B.Meier, L.Franck, M. Cohen, W.Fraenkel, M. Chohns, P.Goldschmidt, J.Lippoa, A. Nathan, M.Kramer, J.Fraenkel, M.Goldschmidt.) Ehrenberg was the founder of the first modern Jewish Day School in Germany, at Wolfenbuettel. Ehrenberg was the great-grandfather of the Jewish Theologian Franz Rosenzweig.

Exterior of Congregation Ahavath Torah; Washington Avenue, Washington Heights, New York Synagogues; Exterior

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Exterior of Congregation Ahavath Torah; Washington Avenue, Washington Heights, New York Synagogues; Exterior

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Exterior of Congregation Ahavath Torah; Washington Avenue, Washington Heights, New York Synagogues; Exterior

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Exterior of Congregation Ahavath Torah; Washington Avenue, Washington Heights, New York Synagogues; Exterior

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Exterior of Congregation Ahavath Torah; Washington Avenue, Washington Heights, New York Synagogues; Exterior

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Photographic reproduction of oil painting portrait of Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg Portraits Men

Original painting with Louis Rosenzweig, New Haven, CT

Ehrenberg-Rosenzweig Family Collection 1772-1930

The collection contains correspondence among members of the Ehrenberg and Rosenzweig families, including letters from Franz Rosenzweig, Adam Rosenzweig and Richard Ehrenberg, as well as with other parties, including Leopold Zunz, Adelheid Zunz, Claire von Gluemer, and Heinrich Heine (copies only). Also included are engagement contracts, marriage banns, school curricula and certificates, character references, eulogies, family histories, and other documents concerning family members. This material also reflects much of the history of the Samsonschule in Wolfenbuettel of which members of the Ehrenberg family were principals.

Henry Roth collection, 1959, 1992-1999.

The bulk of the collection consists of manuscripts by Roth of the first two volumes in his Mercy of a Rude Stream series. The manuscripts include editing notes by Roth and others. Several items of memorabilia are also included in the collection.

Petition of Michael Jacobs for assistance

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Letters to Reverend Peixotto announcing election of Naphtali Phillips as Parnas

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Eulogy on Gershom Seixas by Naphtali Phillips

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Breidenbach; Jewish Community Collection

Lists of Jews in the "Breidenbach Land" from the 18th to the 20th century..

Copy of resolution regarding donation of N. Judah, H. Henricks and A. Touro to building of shul

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Sermon by Jacques Judah Lyons on the death of President William Henry Harrison

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