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Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Wertheim, Alexander Date: 1810/1829 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Alexander Wertheim was a Dutch Jew who lived in New York and Baltimore before settling in Philadelphia, where he became clerk to the Board of Health. He died in 1830 at the age of 55. This book is a record of the circumcisions Dr. Wertheim performed from 1810 to 1829. Each entry records the date,... View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1824/1870 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Meeting minutes of the Board of Managers, or "adjunta" of Congregation Mikveh Israel, from 1824 to 1870. Each entry includes the date and usually the location of the meeting, names of members present, and business discussed. Business discussed includes (but is not limited to): regular elections o... View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1856/1874 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Record of funds received by Congregation Mikveh Israel from 1856 to 1874. Entries are organized by date, then names. Payments include seat rents, building rents, offerings and collections, initiation fees, and funeral costs. Note: page numbering starts over twice within the manuscript itself, at... View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1823/1827 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: The document is titled "Proceedings of the Board of Managers of K.K. M. Israel [Kahal Kadosh Mikveh Israel]; Under the new Constitution and Charter," but is only one page listing officers (parnas, adjunta, gabay, and secretary) for the congregation for the years 1823 to 1827. View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1784-05-21 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Petition for the building of a mikveh, a Jewish ritual bathing facility. Subscribers pledge contributions towards the building of the mikveh, although signatures are not included with the document. View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1845/1862 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Record of seat rentals for Congregation Mikveh Israel from 1845 to 1862. Seats are grouped by location and class; entries are listed by seat number and include the name of the purchaser or renter and yearly rent paid. View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1825 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Printed worship service for the dedication of Mikveh Israel's new synagogue. Book is in Hebrew with English translation on the opposite pages. View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Salomon, Haym, 1740-1785 Date: 1784? Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Manuscript with cover sheet, which describes the manuscript thus: "Haym Salomon Manuscript, in hand of a professional amanuensis, of Salomon's own account of the purchase of the property and the financing of the construction of Synagogue Mikveh Israel in 1782, including his own pledge of one-four... View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869, Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.), and Cohen, Mary M., 1854-1911 Date: 1835/1877 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Four letters regarding the Hebrew Sunday school sponsored by Mikveh Israel: One letter from educator and philanthropist Rebecca Gratz, then secretary of the board of the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society, thanking parnas Lewis Allen for "carrying into effect the business of their anniversary meeti... View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA -
Creator: Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1810/1883 Contributing Institution: Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA Description: Congregational minutes of Mikveh Israel, spanning 1810 to 1883. Topics covered include: elections to leadership and caretaking positions; admittance of new members; financial matters such as rents, fundraising, insurance and investments; renovation and expansion of the synagogue; and management o... View Full Item at Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia, PA
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