This comprehensive communal archive of the Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jewish community provides an invaluable window into the day-to-day proceedings and official communal interactions, both within the membership of the community itself, as well as with other Jewish communities in Holland, and across the European continent. Religious functionaries, such as Rabbis and religious court judges, as well as lay leaders are represented within this archival collection.
Series II: Ashkenazic Jewish letters, 1820-1870
This communal archive of the Ashkenazic Jewish community provides a window into the day-to-day proceedings and official communal interactions, both within the membership of the community itself, as well as with other Jewish communities in Holland, and across the European continent. Religious functionaries, such as Rabbis and religious court judges, as well as lay leaders are represented within this archival collection.
Although Sephardic Jews outnumbered Ashkenazic Jews in the late 16th, early 17th centuries when both groups began to reside in Amsterdam, by the early 19th century Ashkenazic Jews had become the overwhelming majority of the city's Jewish population and played an ever increasing role in that city's becoming the largest and most important Jewish community in Western Europe.
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Single reproductions may be made for research purposes. It is the responsibility of the user to secure permission for publication or use from the appropriate copyright holder.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Dutch Jewish Archive; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Box 1 was formerly Gen. Ms. 281.
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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| Subject | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ashkenazim | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
| Jews, Dutch | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
| Sephardim | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |