Diverse collection of paper items, documenting the life of "Adath Jeshurun" congregation in New York. Material about the community members, committees meetings, burials and construction of the Eldrige Street Synagogue. New-York, 1876-1927. Yiddish, some English and some Hebrew.
Among the items:
* Two minute-books of the congregation management, from the years 1876-1890 and 1897-1903, (307 and 252 written pages respectively). * Burial registrar of "Hevra Kadisha" from the years 1881-1889. * "Konstitutsyen der kongregayshn kahal Adas Jeshurun im anshe Lubitz" [Constitution of the Congregation Kahal Adas Jeshurun], booklet of regulations of the executive committee of the congregation (New-York, 1913, bilingual edition in Yiddish and English). * Two Ketubot printed in Hebrew and English on both sides of the leaf. * Invitation to a "Hevra Kadisha" dinner, December 1921. * Additional items, printed and handwritten.
Enclosed: leaflets and printed material related to the restoration of the Eldrige Street Synagogue (inaugurated again in 2007).
Lot of 19 items. Size and condition vary. Fair overall condition. Stains, folding marks and creases. Small tears. Bindings of minute-books are in poor condition, worn and falling apart.