From Leffingwell to Spoede : Highlights in the history of Temple Israel.

Brochure, describing the history of the Jewish community in St. Louis, founded mostly by immigrants from Germany.

[Mein unvergesslicher Vater Nathan Wachtel].

Description of family's escape from Germany to France and Italy, mother's deportation, life in hiding, return to Germany in 1950s.

Breidenbach; Jewish Community Collection

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

Gertrud and Louis Stern Collection 1932-1947

Gisela Simon, née Stern was born 1931, the daughter of the butcher Louis Stern (born 1891 in Abterode) and Gertrud Stern née Fackenheim (born 1898 in Halle a.d.S.). The family was deported to Theresienstadt in 1942 and immigrated to the United States after liberation.

A letter from Holland.

Letter written by Hans Cramer from Holland in November 1943 (English)

Wolf family chronicle.

A chronicle of the Wolf family of Schluechtern in Hesse (Germany), reacing back to 1680

Stammbaum der Familie Epstein-Baer-Heilbrunn.

Family tree since 1627

Prayer for adverting Cholera

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4QMMT - The Problem of the Epilogue

The main focus of this study is the epilogue of 4QMMT (4QMiqsat Ma aseh ha-Torah), a text of obscure genre containing a halakhic section found in cave 4 at Qumran. In the official edition published in the series Discoveries of the Judaean Desert (DJD X), the extant document was divided by its editors, Elisha Qimron and John Strugnell, into three literary divisions: Section A) the calendar section representing a 364-day solar calendar, Section B) the halakhot, and Section C) an epilogue. The work begins with text critical inspection of the manuscripts containing text from the epilogue (mss 4Q397, 4Q398, and 4Q399). However, since the relationship of the epilogue to the other sections of the whole document 4QMMT is under investigation, the calendrical fragments (4Q327 and 4Q394 3-7, lines 1-3) and the halakhic section also receive some attention, albeit more limited and purpose oriented. In Ch. 2, after a transcription of the fragments of the epilogue, a synopsis is presented in order to evaluate the composite text of the DJD X edition in light of the evidence provided by the individual manuscripts. As a result, several critical comments are offered, and finally, an alternative arrangement of the fragments of the epilogue with an English translation. In the following chapter (Ch. 3), the diversity of the two main literary divisions, the halakhic section and the epilogue, is discussed, and it is demonstrated that the author(s) of 4QMMT adopted and adjusted the covenantal pattern known from biblical law collections, more specifically Deuteronomy. The question of the genre of 4QMMT is investigated in Ch. 4. The final chapter (Ch. 5) contains an analysis of the use of Scripture in the epilogue. In a close reading, both the explicit citations and the more subtle allusions are investigated in an attempt to trace the theology of the epilogue. The main emphases of the epilogue are covenantal faithfulness, repentance and return. The contents of the document reflect a grave concern for the purity of the cult in Jerusalem, and in the epilogue Deuteronomic language and expressions are used to convince the readers of the necessity of a reformation. The large number of late copies found in cave 4 at Qumran witness the significance of 4QMMT and the continuous importance of the Jerusalem Temple for the Qumran community.

Certificate regarding Jacques Judah Lyons

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Congregational birth certificate of Jacques Judah Lyons

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Copy of birth certificate of Jacques Judah Lyons

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Der Orden Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste von 1842 bis 1983.

A brochure, listing all members of the order, 1842-1983. A typescript adds members until 1985 and lists Jewish members, 1842-1981.

Lied der juedischen Jugend.

The ‘Song of Jewish Youth’ was composed for the festival of Jewish schools in Berlin on Sep. 12, 1938

Bronne Family Collection 1981-1990

Family trees reaching back to the 1700s and other materials pertaining to the extended Bronne family. Also included is a typescript about the Bronne Shirt Company in Glens Falls, New York.