ENCollections tagged Judaica
Sabato Morais Collection
Sabato Morais (Hebrew: שבתאי מוראיס; April 13, 1823 – November 11, 1897) was an Italian-American rabbi of Portuguese descent, leader of Mikveh Israel Synagogue in Philadelphia, pioneer of Italian Jewish Studies in America, and founder of the Jewish Theological Seminary, which initially acted as...
Justin Hess papers
This project consists of German-language correspondence with Justin Hess (1921-2006), a Jewish German immigrant to Louisville. Correspondents include Lisette Stapf, Gottlieb Müller, Hans Große, Rabbi Eggert Hornig, and Walter Haaf. Most letters are from southwestern Germany. Justin Hess...
Levy-Wolff Family Papers
The collection consists of papers of the Levy and Wolff families, Jewish immigrants from the Alsace-Lorraine region of Europe who settled in Louisville, Kentucky. These letters center on the family's efforts to leave France during World War II. For more on the collection, see the finding aid...