Subject: Rabbinical seminaries

Printed broadside letter from J. Solis Cohen and Mayer Sulzberger inviting the recipient to a meeting in Moses Dropsie's office at 29 South 6th Street, Philadelphia, on November 6, 1864. The purpose of the meeting was to found a college to educate youth for Jewish ministry. The meeting's president was to select two members from each Jewish congregation to raise funds within their respective congregations. This broadside represents the first official attempt to establish Maimonides College, the first rabbinical seminary in America, which was founded on October 28, 1867, and closed in 1873.

Book containing the proceedings of the fifth annual session of the Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, held July 9-11, 1878. Includes "Propositions [regarding the Hebrew Union College] ... : submitted [by I.M. Wise] to the gentlemen of the commission appointed by the Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations at Milwaukee, July 11, 1878". Published in 1878.

This book contains the Rules and Regulations for the Government of Maimonides College, established in 1867, and the Charter and By-Laws of the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia (Incorporated 1849). Printed by Stein & Jones in 1868, this edition marks the founding of the first rabbinical seminary in America. The Hebrew Education Society, organized in 1848, played a key role in establishing Maimonides College and promoting Hebrew language and literature education. The book includes historical context on the society's founding and its contributions to Jewish education in Philadelphia. This copy was a gift from Rabbi Geffen. Singerman #2096.