Box 44

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous assortment of prints, posters, and records. Prints include images of historical events such as a charity fair held at the Hippodrome in New York for the benefit of Mount Sinai Hospital, the Grand Sanhedrin convened in France, and biblical scenes. Records include a confirmation certificate and multiple ketubot. Posters memorialize the Holocaust and promote the Yiddish language. Of note are pages from the Nuremberg Chronicle published in 1493 by...

Scope and Contents Individual pages from books in German, Hebrew, Latin, and English, as well as records, print illustrations, and several sheets of stamps. Book pages date from the 17th and 18th centuries and cover topics such as antisemitism, daily and holiday prayers, arguments for the importance of the Hebrew language, and religious commentary. Of note are pages from Cosmographia by Sebastian MÜnster, originally published in 1544, blaming Jews for the Black Death in...