ARC.1000.105 - Congregation Shaare Zedek (New York, NY) Records
| Title: | Guide to the Congregation Shaare Zedek (New York, NY) Records 1839-1987. |
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| Name(s): | Congregation Shaare Zedek (New York, N.Y.), creator | |
| Type of Resource: | mixed material | |
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Cemetery Records Marriage records |
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| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 1839 | |
| Abstract/Description: | The Congregation Shaare Zedek (New York, NY) Records consists primarily of volumes and a smaller amount of loose records. This collection contains records of both Shaare Zedek and its Harlem branch, Chaari Zedek. The records date from the synagogue's founding in 1839 through its one hundred and fiftieth anniversary in 1987. Included are: death and cemetery records, 1887-1928; a substantial collection of financial records, 1839-1960; marriage contracts, 1841-1929; minutes of trustees' and general meetings, 1848-1965; records of the synagogue's religious school, originally called the Hebrew National School, 1853-1948; theater party accounts, 1950-1959; newsletters, 1949-1960; a group of files belonging to the synagogue's secretary, Louis Borowsky, 1920s-1940s; and a group of office files, 1950-1951. | |
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Congregation Shaare Zedek (New York, NY) Records, The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, N.Y., ARC.1000.105, (Box #, Folder #). Funding for the retrospective conversion of the original finding aid documents to produce this guide using Archivists’ Toolkit was made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). Congregation Shaare Zedek was founded in New York City in October 1839. Its members were Jews of Eastern European origin who prayed "according to the Polish minhag." The synagogue's first congregational home was a rented portion of a house on Pearl Street in lower Manhattan. In 1899, perhaps in order to accommodate a group that wanted to move uptown, Shaare Zedek purchased a site on West 118th Street near Lenox Avenue in Harlem for what became an uptown offshoot, Chaari Zedek of Harlem. In 1914, Shaare Zedek merged with Chaari Zedek, joining it in its 118th Street building. In 1921, the synagogue sold the 118th Street building, and on April 15, 1923, it dedicated the building on West 93d Street where it remains today. Shaare Zedek acquired its first long term, permanent rabbi in 1922 in Elias Solomon, a 1904 Seminary graduate, who remained until his death in 1956. English, Hebrew, German |
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| Subject(s): |
Borowsky, Louis Jewish religious education Jews--New York (N.Y.) Synagogues Synagogues--Organization and administration Synagogues--United States New York (N.Y.) -- Religious and ecclesiastical institutions New York (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs |
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| Library Classification: | ARC.1000.105 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | This collection is currently closed due to ongoing litigation, and will be reopened once the litigation is settled. Inquiries can be sent to e-mail: archives@jtsa.edu. | |
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