Collection ID: 0039 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Authors

• Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.) (https://viaf.org/viaf/132590987)
• Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869 (https://viaf.org/viaf/74687882)
• Cohen, Mary M., 1854-1911 (https://viaf.org/viaf/14650551)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

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Alternate identifiers

• https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/MikvehIsrael.HebrewSundaySchoolLetters

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Place

United States

Summary

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 meeting" in 1836; another letter from Rebecca Gratz thanking the parnas and adjunta for permission to use a room in the synagogue for the Sunday school in 1841; a letter presenting curtains for the school on behalf of "the ladies of the congregation" in 1845; and finally a letter from Mary Cohen of the Hebrew Sunday School Society to Henry Cohen, the president of the congregation, thanking him for the donation of a stove and permission to hold class in the synagogue, in 1877.

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Support

Related resources

• Philadelphia Congregations Early Records Project (https://philadelphiacongregations.org)
• ATLA Digital Library (https://dl.atla.com/collections/philadelphia-congregations-early-records-project)

Subjects topical

• Jewish religious education
• Jews
• Sunday schools
• Synagogues
• Synagogue records and registers
• Letters
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• Hebrew Sunday School Society of Philadelphia (Pa.)
• Female Hebrew Benevolent Society (Philadelphia, Pa.)
• Gratz, Rebecca, 1781-1869

Genres

• Manuscripts
• Correspondence

Keywords

• 19th century

Licenses

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