Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Ms Coll Dutch Jewish Archive, Box 1

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DS ID:

DS18631

Shelfmark:

Ms Coll Dutch Jewish Archive, Box 1

Title:

Collection of letters [manuscript

Letters

Author:

Jewish community of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jewish Community of Amsterdam, Netherlands WIKIDATA

Place:

Amsterdam

Amsterdam TGN

Date:

1765-1795

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

heb

Hebrew WIKIDATA

Note:

Letters in Hebrew, German, and Ladino relating to the Jewish community of Amsterdam and other Dutch cities, including five letters sent from the Mahamad of the Portuguese Jewish community of Hamburg to its Amsterdam counterpart (1643-1670) and nine drafts of letters from the Parnassim of Amsterdam (1765-1795), et al.
Shelfmark: Ms Coll Dutch Jewish Archive, Box 1
The community of Jews of Spanish and Portuguese origin in Hamburg, Germany maintained close ties with its larger and more established sister community in Amsterdam. The documents here present a clear picture of intimate and ongoing relations between the two communities, and of their intense involvement in one another's daily affairs. The Hamburg community sought the advice of its Amsterdam...

Keyword:

Netherlands--Amsterdam

Religious life

Early works

Religious institutions

Ashkenazim

History

Eighteenth century

Sources

Sephardim

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/12757975

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_16069016_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library