Album two, circa 1810-1986

Contains a wide variety of records and ephemera documenting aspects of Jewish life, including life cycle events, education, business, religion, recreation, and current events. Examples of records in this album include: an invitation to a confirmation with an accompanying list of gifts given by each attendant, letters from Jewish organizations seeking donations, an antisemitic short story, Hebrew song parodies, Jewish theater programs, synagogue seating charts and service schedules, a mikveh ticket, reproductions of pages from the Kennicott Bible, a small number of Sabbath and Zionist-themed prints, and a guide to Sukkot holiday rituals. Also included are a yahrzeit announcement from United Aged Home Moshav Sekenim in Jerusalem, a 1936 typewritten and signed letter from Chief Rabbi of Egypt Chaim Nahum, a meeting notice for the Workmen's Circle of Sioux City, Iowa, and a book page from the German edition of Cosmographia by Sebastian MÜnster, which tells the antisemitic legend of the Magdeburg Jew stuck in a privy. Of note is a handwritten and signed letter from Judah P. Benjamin concerning replying to a complaint regarding a field officer appointment.