Ketubahs; Marriage certificates; Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 19th century
Description:
Bound compilation of manuscript marriage contracts for 62 couples married by George Jacobs between November 5, 1873, and November 13, 1881. Jacobs served as the rabbi of Congregation Beth El Emeth from 1869 to his death in 1884. His term followed that of Isaac Leeser, who founded the synagoge in 1857 and served as its rabbi until his death in 1868. Most weddings took place in Philadelphia, with two each in Doylestown and Lancaster, Pennsylvania; one each in Harrisburg, Manayunk, Abingdon, and Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; and one each in Richmond and Lynchburg, Virginia. Every ketubah is written in the hand of Jacobs, with the abridged ketubah text in a single block paragraph, justified by stretching characters, and his Hebrew name Gershon bar Mosheh S_imh_ah inscribed at the foot of each leaf. Ketubahs are signed by the groom and 2 witnesses. Congregational president Morris Rosenbach signed as witness on several occasions. Couples' English names, wedding date, and wedding location when not in Philadelphia recorded in English at the head of each leaf. The contracts were entered into the volume from left to right on the rectos, with versos left blank. Volume bound in blind-stamped leather, with gilt title on left cover; covers detached and spine damaged.
Personal Name:
Rosenbach, Morris
Corporate Name:
Congregation Beth El Emeth (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Contributor:
Jacobs, George, 1834-1884
Date:
19th century
Language:
Aramaic; Hebrew; English
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Manuscript acrostic poem in Hebrew in honor of Abraham Lincoln in which each line begins with a different letter of Lincoln's name. Written by Isaac Goldstein c. 1863, perhaps on the occasion of the Emancipation Proclamation. The poem later appeared in the June 24, 1865 issue of the Jewish Messenger.
Personal Name:
Goldstein, Isaac
Date:
1863
Language:
Hebrew
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Pamphlet called Dissertatio Philologica De Sadducaeis by, M. Joh. Helvici Willemeri, about the Zadokim and references stories in the Talmud and how they relate to Christianity; Germany
Date:
1680
Language:
Latin; Hebrew
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Print; Szyk, Arthur; New York, New York, United States; 1946
Subject:
Prints; Jewish artists
Description:
Print by Arthur Szyk with quotation from Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural speech , made March 4, 1865, and an image of Lincoln at the top and an image of an angel, an American solider, sailor, pilot, a woman with a child and an American flag and eagle; New York, NY
Personal Name:
Szyk, Arthur
Date:
1946
Language:
English; Hebrew
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Modern American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Bookplate; Dropsie, Moses A.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; undated
Subject:
Bookplates
Description:
Bookplate from the library of Moses A. Dropsie, with an image of the sunrise behind a book and the phrase, "let there be light" in Hebrew, with Dropsie's name at the bottom in English; Philadelphia, PA
Personal Name:
Dropsie, Moses A.
Date:
unknown
Language:
English; Hebrew
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
