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Jews--California--San Diego

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

La Jolla in Jewish History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0597
Scope and Contents The La Jolla in Jewish History Collection documents the community of La Jolla, California from 1967 to 2014 and includes materials regarding housing discrimination; an organization called the Jewish Community of La Jolla, started in 1964; newspaper clippings regarding the Mt. Soledad cross controversy; Jews at institutions of higher learning in La Jolla, and materials from Congregation Beth El. The collection also includes a copy of the large B’nai Aron...
Dates: 1967 - 2014

Lasker Lodge Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0426
Scope and Contents The Lasker Lodge Collection consists of a bound minute book, beginning with the first meeting on June 26, 1887 and ending with a meeting on January 23, 1922. In the minute book, besides the meeting minutes, there are lists of members, dues accounting, and tributes to deceased members. The Yoval (Jubilee) Book commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the lodge, containing history, photos, tributes, advertisements and pages about later B’nai B’rith...
Dates: 1887 - 1937; Majority of material found within 1887 - 1922

Robert Levi Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0580
Scope and Contents

The Robert Levi Collection consists of Robert Norman Levi's research files about the Levi family of San Diego dating from 1850 to 2020. Materials include copies of primary and secondary source documents with indexed timelines created by Robert Levi, as well as some materials about later generations of the family. There are also digital and hardcopy family photos and a copy of Robert Levi's grandfather Edgar Levi’s 1908 travel diary.

Dates: 1850 - 2020

Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0390
Scope and Contents The contents of the Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies Collection reflects financial, educational, and organizational matters that the LIJS handled over the course of its operational years 1985 – 2006, along with documents of the Jewish Studies Program at SDSU from as early as 1966, pre-dating the organization of the Lipinsky Institute in 1985. Several interim directors of the LIJS were named before Dr. Lawrence Baron was appointed as the Nasatir Endowed...
Dates: 1966 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1985 - 2006

Loraine and Jack Stern Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0598
Scope and Contents

The Loraine and Jack Stern Collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, photos, speeches, newsletters and publicity materials regarding many JCC programs and the San Diego Section of the National Council of Jewish Women. It also contains lists of participants and a 1968 Directory of Jewish Institutions, Organizations and Houses of Worship - San Diego (and Area) California. Materials date from 1947 to 2019.

Dates: 1947 - 2019

Cantor Sheldon Merel and Marcie Merel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0585
Scope and Contents

The Cantor Sheldon Merel and Marcie Merel Collection contains memorabilia of Cantor Merel's career, including photographs, programs, correspondence, clippings, newsletters, CDs, and an autobiography. It also contains materials regarding the career of Marcie Merel. Digital photographs of the original binder contents and of awards and certificates are also in the collection.

Dates: 1942 - 2018

Ed Naiman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0425
Scope and Contents

The Ed Naiman Collection consists of B'nai B'rith Weinberger Lodge newsletters from the late 1950s and early 1960s, membership directories from the 1960s through the 1980s and letters and photographs from the American Committee for Israel’s 10th Anniversary, an event celebrated in Balboa Park in 1958. Mr. Joseph I. Feldman was the chairman of this event and editor of the lodge newsletter. Ed Naiman is the son-in-law of Joseph Feldman.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1958 - 1989

Abraham Nasatir Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0465
Scope and Contents

The Abraham Nasatir Papers consist of correspondence, articles by and about Abraham and Ida Nasatir, photographs, newspaper clippings, materials from various Jewish institutions in San Diego, items about Nasatir Hall at SDSU, and materials on the destruction of the Nasatirs' home the and rescue of their papers.

Dates: 1939 - 1996

Ida Nasatir Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0466
Scope and Contents

The Ida Nasatir Papers consist of her press clippings, book reviews, correspondence, speeches, and obituaries she wrote for Jewish community members. The collection also includes a yellow star that reads "Juif" that was worn by a French holocaust survivor and given to Nasatir during a visit to Paris.

Dates: 1897 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1995

Rose Neumann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0504
Scope and Contents

The Rose Neumann Collection contains the personal papers of San Diego businesswoman and philanthropist Rose Neumann, and includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and certificates of appreciation.

Dates: 1938 - 1982