Box 5

Scope and Contents

Rosh Hashanah postcards bearing traditional New Year's greetings in Hebrew. Illustrations include people going to synagogue, family scenes, and depictions of common Jewish professions. The majority of postcards feature short poems in Yiddish.

Scope and Contents Postcards with photographic images and illustrations of Jewish institutions such as schools, orphanages, homes for the aged, and hospitals. Also included are a smaller number of more specialized institutions, such the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, charitable institutions of the Deutsch-Israelitischer Gemeindebund, and rabbinical seminaries. The majority of institutions are located in the United States, with a small number in Austria, Canada, Germany, Israel, Italy, Poland, Slovakia,...

Scope and Contents

Postcards with photographic images and illustrations of Jewish community centers, Palestine and Israel pavilions at various world expositions, and the Arch of Titus in Italy.