Trade card from Rabbi J. Sechtzer, Official Mohel [Jewish circumcision performer] of the Hospital of Beth Israel Hospital, and Performer of Marriages. The card has his job title in Hebrew, English, and German, as well as the blessing that the Mohel says in Hebrew and transliterated into English. It also states that he is a Graduate Mohel of the Board of Mihle; 216-218 East Houston Street, New York, NY
Corporate Name:
Rabbi J. Sechtzer; Beth Israel Hospital
Date:
unknown
Language:
English; Hebrew; German
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Periodical; Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly; New York, New York, United States; 1877
Subject:
Periodicals; Excerpts; Fasts and feasts -- Judaism; Judaism -- Customs and practices
Description:
Extract from Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, vol. 4, no.2, August, 1877, called "The Jews in America," by Alfred Trumble. The piece includes depictions of Jewish rituals and festival customs and is aimed at a non-Jewish audience; New York, NY
Corporate Name:
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
Date:
1877
Language:
English
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Plaque; New York, New York, United States; undated
Subject:
Plaques (flat objects); Religious objects; Judaism -- Customs and practices
Description:
Painted memorial plaque for a couple with their names and dates of death written in Hebrew inside a tablet of the commandments and images of burial places of King David, the Jewish foremother Rachel and forefather Abraham used as a Mizrah [ it is placed on the eastern walls of homes and synagogues to indicate the direction of worship] from the lower east side of New York; New York, NY
Date:
unknown
Language:
Hebrew
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Pamphlet; Young Men's Hebrew Association; New York, New York, United States; 1881 December 15
Subject:
Pamphlets; Judaism -- Customs and practices; Jews -- Social life and customs; Music
Description:
Pamphlet with the libretto from the Chanukah Celebration of the Young Men's Hebrew Association of the City of New York, December 15th, 1881. There are many advertisements along with information about the Young Men's Hebrew Association and associated New York organizations; New York, NY
Corporate Name:
Young Men's Hebrew Association
Date:
1881-12-15
Language:
Hebrew; English
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Letter; Tobias, Tobias I.; Charleston, South Carolina, United States; New York, New York, United States; 1850 September 11
Subject:
Correspondence; Jewish merchants; Manuscripts (documents); Judaism -- Customs and practices
Description:
Letter from T. J. Tobias to T. I. Tobias, regarding an overdue payment, wine shipments. He asks that Tobias excuse his haste as, it is “just in time for dinner and Shabbos”; Charleston, SC; New York, NY
Personal Name:
Tobias, Tobias I.; Tobias, Thomas Jefferson
Date:
1850-09-11
Language:
English
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Contract; Baruch; New York, New York, United States; 1832 September 20
Subject:
Judaism -- Customs and practices; Marriage certificates
Description:
"Jewish marriage contract between Baruch the son of Ephraim and Judith the daughter of Shmuel. The officiating Rabbi was Isaac B. Seixas; New York, NY "
Personal Name:
Baruch; Judith; Seixas, Isaac B.
Date:
1832-09-20
Language:
Hebrew; English
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Broadside; New York, New York, United States; 1862
Subject:
Broadsides (notices); Rabbis; Judaism -- Customs and practices
Description:
Broadside advertising a response from the Shoel U-meshiv, Rabbi Joseph Saul Nathansohn of Lvov to Rabbi Yehudah Yudel Middleman of New York regarding Kashruth matters; 70 Mott Street, New York, NY
Date:
1862
Language:
English
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Lithograph; New York, New York, United States; 1861
Subject:
Prints; Cemeteries; Judaism -- Customs and practices
Description:
Hand colored lithograph of Chatham Square and Bowery, from the Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York by D. T. Valentine. It shows and lists "The Jews Burying Ground"; New York, NY
Date:
1861
Language:
English
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Periodical; Noah, Mordecai Manuel; New York, New York, United States; 1840 February 22
Subject:
Periodicals; Marriage; Judaism -- Customs and practices
Description:
Issue of the New-York Mirror: A Weekly Journal of Literature and the Fine Arts, Volume Seventeen, Number Thirty-Five, with an response by Mordecai Manuel Noah to a question regarding Hebrew Forms of Marriage submitted by Thyrza located on page 278 (pg. 6); No. 1 Barclay Street, Near Broadway, New York, NY
Personal Name:
Noah, Mordecai Manuel
Date:
1840-02-22
Language:
English
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Trade card; Rev. Joseph Schwed; New York, New York, United States; undated
Subject:
Circumcision; Jewish funeral rites and ceremonies; Rabbis; Trade cards (advertising); Marriage; Judaism -- Customs and practices
Description:
Trade card from Rev. Joseph Schwed: Circumcision Performed, Marriages Performed, Sermons delivered at Funerals in German and English; 409 East 52nd Street, New York, NY
Corporate Name:
Rev. Joseph Schwed
Date:
unknown
Language:
English; Hebrew
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Periodical; Frank Leslie's Illustrated; New York, New York, United States; 1858 April 10
Subject:
Judaism -- Customs and practices; Religious communities; Clippings (information artifacts)
Description:
Clipping of a full two page article from Frank Leslie's Illustrated entitled, "The Jewish Passover of 1858," by Doesticks with four prints explaining how matzos are made on Chatham St. It includes a brief explanation of passover
Corporate Name:
Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Date:
1858-04-10
Language:
English
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
