Subject: Jewish Theological Seminary of America

This 8-page prospectus, published by Froman Bros. in New York in 1886, appeals for moral and material support for the establishment of the Jewish Theological Seminary Association. It's a crucial document illustrating the early development of American Jewry and the efforts to establish a prominent institution of Jewish higher learning.

This book is the autobiography of Charles Freshman, a former rabbi at the Jewish synagogue in Quebec and graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary in Prague. At the time of publication, he was a German Wesleyan minister in Preston, Ontario. Published in Toronto by S. Rose in 1868.