Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Lavsano, Joshua; Charleston, South Carolina, United States; 1849 April 10

Name:

Leeser, Isaac; Lavsano, Joshua; Beth Elohim

Date:

1849-04-10

Description:

Letter from Joshua Lavsano to Isaac Leeser, regarding problems the Jewish Community is having in the battle over the form of services in the synagogue Beth Elohim. He relates that as a member, he can see no possibility of cooperation. He thanks Reverend Leeser for his intervention but things have gone down divergent paths. He notes that a meeting was held to consider the Philadelphia recommendation of one joint synagogue, but it was soundly rebuffed.

Identifier:

2006.12.26.03556; {A7384726-E9C5-4016-A76C-1DC59BF477FC}

Language:

English

Subject:

Correspondence; Religious communities

Form/Genre:

Letters

Physical Description:

Letter

Geographic Subject:

United States -- South Carolina -- Charleston; United States -- South Carolina

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Physical Location:

Arc.MS.56

Collection:

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)