A Collection of 27 Pinkasim (Communal Ledgers) of Various Synagogues and Community Organizations. 27 volumes In Yiddish, Hebrew and English. With related printed material

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

New York

End 19th Century-20th Century

An historic, archival trove of Ledgers and Record Books from more than a dozen Synagogues located in New York's Lower East Side and Brooklyn. The Pinkas Books provide an intimate view of social and religious life within communities of differing religious loyalties. Contents include synagogue and devotional affairs, appointments of Rabbis, charitable projects, political and financial matters, internal rivalries, etc. Of particular note are humanitarian activities during times of War in Europe. Among the synagogues and institutions included are: Anshei Slonim 1926-33 (includes support of Yeshiva in Slonim, appointment of Rabbi Applegrad etc.); Bnai Jacob Anshei Brzezan 1931-93; Ahavath Geirim 1897-1905; Chevra Bnei Tomashov (Lubelsk) 1938-56 (includes request by the step-daughter of R. Yehoshua of Tomashov); Tifereth Achim Sephard Anshei Polin1926-35; Chevra Beth Yitzchak 1897, 1904, 1910, 1919-1925; Yeshiva Rabbeinu Meir Simcha 1946-50; Bnai Yitzchak 1910-41; Cong. Hebrew Tabernacle of Pelham Parkway; Chevra Shas Hebrew Alliance, and others unidentified