(New York City). Pinkas Chevra Kadisha - Independent Slonimer Benevolent Society.

(PINKAS).

New York

1907-47

Manuscript in Yiddish and Hebrew written in cursive hands on paper.

Contains the by-laws of this benevolent society, consisting of procedural rules, dates for election of officers, information concerning the traditional annual banquet and rules for decorum among members. Following this is a list of Society members and elected officers from 1907 through 1947, each year with its dedicated page. Towards the end of the manuscript are lists of male and female members who died from 1905 to the late 1910’s. See www.jewishgen.org/belarus/lists/slonim.htm  for a list of the Independent Slonimer Benevolent Society’s burials at the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Maspeth, NY. The names on the list correlate with the names and dates in this manuscript.