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)
Broadside that was Lithographed for the Benefit of the Loo-Choo Naval Mission of the Lord's Prayer in fourteen different languages: Hebrew, French, Syriac [Syrian], Polish Jewish [Yiddish], Turkish, German, New Greek [Modern Greek], Latin, Italian, Arabic, Loo-chooan Japanese, Portuguese Jewish [Ladion], Hollandish [Dutch], and Chinese. "A Facsimile of the original M.S. A Production of B.J. Bettelheim. M / (Lord's Prayer. Polyglot) London: by E. Barwick, 1847; Loo-Choo, Japan; London, England
Collection of over 20 choral pieces for a synagogue choir. The pieces at the beginning of the manuscript (p. 1-46) are marked in parts for soloists and chorus; in the rest of the manuscript parts are also marked for the cantor. The Hebrew lyrics are transliterated for pronunciation by German readers, who might have been in Germany or in the United States. A small number of pieces have attributions, to Naumburg (Louis Naumburg, 1813-1902, p. 1, 115), Abrass (Osias Joshua Abrass, 1820-1884, p. 11), Madame Handvogel (Virginie Handvogel?, p. 73), Blumenthal (Nissan Blumenthal?, 1805-1903, p. 78), and Chalaff (p. 108), Many of the pieces are for weekly services; a smaller number are for holidays. Some leaves show evidence of trimming (for example, p. 133)
Date:
between 1860 and 1899
Language:
Hebrew; German; Italian; French
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Pamphlet; Felsenthal, Bernard; Chicago, Illinois, United States; 1860s
Subject:
Pamphlets; Rabbis; Judaism -- Customs and practices
Description:
Pamphlet called Confirmanden-Unterricht. Geweihet den Confirmanden der Zionsemeinde in Chicago [Confirmation Lessons for those being confirmed in the Zion Congregation in Chicago]; Chicago, IL
Letter; Gotthelf, Bernard Henry; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; 1853 November 8
Subject:
Correspondence; Rabbis; Religious communities
Description:
Letter from Bernard Henry Gotthelf to Isaac Leeser in which he announces the new officers of Congregation Adath Israel in Louisville, Kentucky and then proceeds to complain about the congregation. A copy of the letter translated into English from German is also included; Louisville, KY; 371 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Personal Name:
Gotthelf, Bernard Henry; Leeser, Isaac
Date:
1853-11-08
Language:
German; Hebrew; English
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)