topic:"Congregation Shaarai Shomayim" found 29 records - Research Collections

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Collection: Jewish Family Service of Lancaster Papers

Title: Jewish Family Service of Lancaster Papers

Object ID: MG0492

Date Range: 2000-2008

1 document

Collection: Jewish Family Service of Lancaster Papers

Title: Jewish Family Service of Lancaster Papers

Description: The Jewish Family Service of Lancaster Papers include annual reports, correspondence, community service survey, and programs for events.

Admin/Biographical History: From the Jewish Family Service of Lancaster website: "JFS of Lancaster was established in 1989. Our vision is to be a social service agency providing a wide range of services and educational workshops in the Lancaster County community. These services and workshops will enrich and support the Lancaster Jewish community and the community at large. We strive to improve the lives of the most vulnerable residents in Lancaster. Our Jewish values of justice, compassion, and respect are the driving force behind our efforts to achieve our vision and give us a sense of obligation to the community."; Jewish Family Service of Lancaster, www.jfslancaster.org/, accessed 26 August 2021.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically.

Date Range: 2000-2008

Year Range From: 2000

Year Range To: 2008

Date of Accumulation: 2000-2008

Creator: Jewish Family Service of Lancaster (Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 11

People: Mayer, Harvey; Miron, David; Schlissel, Steve; Stameshkin, Colleen; Stameshkin, David; Starr, Phil; Wolman, Jim; Wolman, Sharon

Subjects: Annual reports; Associations, institutions, etc.; Charitable giving; Charity; Correspondence; Jewish Family Service of Lancaster (Pa.); Programs (Publications); Social service; Social surveys

Search Terms: Annual reports; Associations, institutions, etc.; Charitable giving; Charity; Chopped Liver River Band; Correspondence; Degel Israel; Finding aids; Jewish Family Service of Lancaster; JFS of Lancaster; Manuscript groups; Programs; Ressler Mill Foundation; Congregation Shaarai Shomayim; Social service; Surveys, social; Temple Beth El

Extent: 1 box, 6 folders, 15 items, 70 pages to scan, .10 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0492

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Jewish Family Service of Lancaster Papers (MG0492), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-492

Other Number: MG-492

Classification: MG0492

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Transferred to the archives from the Information File.; Processed and finding aid prepared by HST, 26 August 2021.

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Archive

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Collection: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim Archives

Title: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim Archives

Object ID: MG0978

Date Range: 1897-1997

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Congregation Shaarai Shomayim Archives, 1897-2009 Object ID: MG0978 x boxes x folders, x items, xxx pages to scan xx cubic feet Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization) Shelving Location

1 document

Collection: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim Archives

Title: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim Archives

Description: This collection contains the historical records of Congregation Shaarai Shomayim, including minutes, service bulletins, financial records, Lancaster Jewish history, and property records.; Box 1: Lancaster Jewish histories; Box 2: Shaarai Shomayim Cemetery; Box 3: Other Lancaster Jewish Organizations; Box 4: B'Nai B'rith Lancaster; Box 5: Rabbis; Box 6: Board Decisions, 1963-1978; Charter and By-laws; Box 7: Minutes, 1855-1934; Box 8: Minutes, 1934-1978; Box 9: Minutes, 1978-1995; Box 10: Presidents' Reports; 1997 Triple Anniversary; Box 11 & 12: Special Services; Service Programs; Celebrations; Congregation Anniversaries; Box 13 & 14: Committee Reports; Old Church Music, adapted; Box 15 & 16: Property Records; Deeds, Mortgages; Renovations; Box 17: Membership Financial Ledgers, 1892-1949; Box 18 & 19: Membership Dues Receipt Books, 1939-1970; Membership Financial Ledgers, 1927-1949; Box 20 & 21: Membership Financial Ledger, 1949-1960; Membership Dues Receipt Ledger, 1948-1965; Invoices and Vouchers; Financial Records; Box 22: Bulletins, 1915-1968; Box 23: Bulletins, 1968-1981; Box 24: Bulletins, 1981-1993; Oversized Items:; Reform Advocate, 9 August 1913; Cemetery plans, 1897 and 1907; Resolution regarding Benjamin Lurio https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169712251/benjamin-lurio; Picture of the Simon lintel "In colonial times, when synagogues were scarce, traditional Jews in cities without synagogues conducted prayer services in their homes. This hand-carved wooden lintel was affixed horizontally above the opening of Joseph Simon's personal Torah ark in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In the lintel's center is a depiction of the two tablets symbolizing the Decalogue (the ten commandments) and below it the Hebrew saying, "Know before Whom you are standing," a phrase that often appears in synagogues on the ark lintel or above the reader's lectern." www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/haven-haven.html#obj11; Digital archive (images, text, and history) by David Brenner: (accessible onsite); "Over 7000 images related directly or indirectly to Congregation Shaarai Shomayim in Lancaster Pennsylvania. This is a file of scanned and downloaded documents, publications, newspaper articles, photographs etc. from the archives of Congregation Shaarai Shomayim, Lancaster, PA, items loaned to me and online newspapers. The goal of this collection is to have in one place as much information as possible on Lancaster's Reform Jewish community, institutions, and mid to late 19th century Jewish immigrants that populated the second Jewish community of Lancaster in the 1840s and chartered the congregation."

Date Range: 1897-1997

Year Range From: 1897

Year Range To: 1997

Date of Accumulation: 1897-1997

Creator: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Storage Wall: Side 12-13

People: Simon, Joseph

Subjects: Jewish archives; Jewish cemeteries; Religious institutions; Synagogue archives

Search Terms: Anniversaries; Celebrations; Cemeteries; Congregation Shaarai Shomayim; Financial records; Jewish archives; Jewish cemeteries; Minutes; Programs; Rabbis; Religious institutions; Reports; Synagogue archives

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German

Object ID: MG0978

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Collection may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2023.043

Other Numbers: MG-978

Classification: MG0978

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Originally inventoried by Ellen Pike and the Archives Committee at Shaarai Shomayim.

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Cemetery census : Congregation Shaarai Shomayim, Lancaster, Pa

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Author: Brener, David

Date of Publication: 1993.

Call Number: 296.8 S524

Responsibility: by David Brener.

Author: Brener, David

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: The author ,

Date of Publication: 1993.

Physical Description: 31 l. ; 29 cm.

Notes: This is an alphabetical, by plot, and by date of death list of known burials in the cemetery. The information was taken from surviving stones and cemetery charts.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 277 # 39.

Subjects: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Synagogues - Pennsylvania - Lancaster

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 296.8 S524

Centenary journal : Shaarai Shomayim 5617-5717 (1856-1957)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17162

Corporate Author: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.)

Date of Publication: 1957?]

Call Number: 296.8 S524L

Corporate Author: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.)

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Shaarai Shomayim,

Date of Publication: 1957?]

Physical Description: 40 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "This centenary journal is dedicated to the men and women who, during the past one hundred years, gave of their heart and soul to the building of the Shaarai Shomayim House of God."

Subjects: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.) - Anniversaries, etc.; Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Jews - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 296.8 S524L

Claim

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Collection: Mechanics' Liens

Title: Mechanics' Liens

Object ID: NOV 1867 F033 ML

Date Range: 1867/11

Collection: Mechanics' Liens

Title: Mechanics' Liens

Date Range: 1867/11

Year: 1867

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0009

People: Jack, Joshua W.; Sprecher, George D.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim; Contractors; Liens; Mechanics' liens; Religious institutions; Synagogues

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Claim

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1867 F033 ML

Box Number: 009

Additional Notes: Jack, Joshua W. Builder and contractor. Additional defendant.; Synagogue.; Sprecher, George D. Contractor.; 2 items, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 01-00 0202

Description Level: Item

Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.) : Ner L-Atid...A Light to the Future, 250th anniversary book

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13482

Date of Publication: 1997.

Call Number: 296.8 C749

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The Congregation ,

Date of Publication: 1997.

Physical Description: 100 p. ; ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 296.8 C749

The Jews of Lancaster, Pennsylvania : a story with two beginnings

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11884

Author: Brener, David A.

Date of Publication: 1979.

Call Number: 296.8 B837j

Responsibility: by David Brener.

Author: Brener, David A.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Congregation Shaarai Shomayim,

Date of Publication: 1979.

Physical Description: xii, 188 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Published with the cooperation of the Lancaster County Historical Society.; Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 29-30.

Contents: Lancaster's first Jewish community, 1715-1804, the era of Joseph Simon--Lancaster's gates of heaven, portals to the past: the 19th century Jewish community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Congregation Shaarai Shomayim, 1856-1979