03394ntm a2200421Ia 4500 9979114624203681 20260728133536.0 231023q19331950inuo 000 0 eng d (OCoLC)1405819347 (OCoLC)on1405819347 PAU eng dacs PAU eng heb CAJS Rar Ms 652 Congregation Beth El (Gary, Ind.), associated name, former owner. Congregation Beth El, Gary, Indiana Book of Life, 1933-1950?. 144 leaves : paper, black and white photograph ; 435 x 360 mm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Congregation Beth El, Gary, Indiana Book of Life, 1933-1950? (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 651). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania. Laid in manuscript are receipts and notes recording donations to the congregation and the names of deceased for inscription in the manuscript. In English and Hebrew. Sold by Kestenbaum & Company, Auction 101 (March 23, 2023) lot 90. Access to this item is subject to staff review. Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Goldstein Gensler Fund. Jews Indiana Gary 20th century History Sources. Yahrzeit. Memorial service 20th century. Manuscripts, English 20th century. local Manuscripts, Hebrew 20th century. local presentation albums aat http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300026699 memorial books aat http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300440731 calligraphy (visual works) aat http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300266660 Kahan, Morris, -1933, dedicatee. 520-00//r This is the manuscript Yizkor memorial book for Congregation Beth El, Gary, Indiana, "presented to Beth-El Congregation by Etta Kahan, in memory of her beloved husband Morris Kahan, charter member" (gilt stamping on front of binding); every folio is form-stamped "לזכר עולם, In Memorian", created from a large folio album. The opening folio is dedicated in honor of Morris Kahan, with a photograph (95 x 153 mm; f. 1r), and subsequent folios record names and yahrzeits in Hebrew and English. Written in an Ashkenazic safrut (ritual square script), and English mostly written in a calligraphic textura script; opening folio with shaded calligraphy (under English); decorated initials, with gilt lettering, filled-in with blue, lined and dotted in white (M and K; f. 1r). Bound in a heavy full-leather binding, with gilt florette designs inside edges; binding broken, leather peeling; folios attach to three studs (loose). Written in Gary, Indiana, between January 14, 1933 (date of death, Morris Kahan; f. 1r) and approximately 1950. Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies University of Pennsylvania 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-3703. CAJS Rar Ms 652 Full resource digitalcollections.library.upenn.edu 3a66e7d3-bdb8-47e5-b6a3-f1589f4a3999 https://digitalcollections.library.upenn.edu/items/3a66e7d3-bdb8-47e5-b6a3-f1589f4a3999 0 9979114624203681 22755723320003681 01UPENN_INST KislakCntr Manuscripts CAJS Rar Ms 652 available 1 0 scmss 8 1 Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Goldstein Gensler Fund. 22755723320003681 CAJS Rar Ms 652 KislakCntr scmss