Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Rosenberg collection of Stockton and Sacramento
Jewish history materials
Dates: 1855-1976
Collection number: MSS 51
Creator:
Rosenberg, Bernard D.
Rabbi
Collection Size: 5.25 linear feet + 1 oversized
flat poster
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of
Special Collections
Stockton, California 95211
Abstract: 20th century Stockton Rabbi, Bernard Rosenberg,
collected genealogical material and records on early Jewish history of
Stockton.
Physical location: For current information on the location
of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as
the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
researcher.
Preferred Citation
Rosenberg collection of Stockton and Sacramento Jewish history
materials. MSS 51. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University
of the Pacific Library.
Biography / Administrative History
By 1849 there were over two hundred Jews in the Gold Rush transportation
hub city of Stockton. Two years later they formed a benevolent society, Ryhim
Ahvooim [Brotherly Love] (1851), and in 1855 formally organized a congregation.
This group was nominally orthodox, though some traditional practices were
abandoned to conform to life in a growing western town. During its first
twenty-one years the congregation was generally headed by cantors with rabbis
present only on high holy days or for short periods. From 1890 there was a
strong movement within the congregation to adopt Reformed Judaism and
eventually the cantor was removed, women were allowed to join the congregation
and a rabbi was found who could preach in English (1896).
Scope and Content of Collection
20th century Stockton Rabbi, Bernard Rosenberg, collected genealogical
material and records on early Jewish history of Stockton. Much of it came from
Ryhim Ahvooim's Board of Trustees Minutes and financial records (1855-1957) and
from Stockton's Jewish Cemetery, which was established in 1851 and is the
oldest one of its kind in continuous use west of the Rocky Mountains. Also
present in the collection are the Minutes and some financial records of Hope
Lodge No. 126 of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith (1869-1929,1976) and
similar materials from the Jewish Community Council (1948-1956), its precursor,
the Jewish Community Center (1925-1947), and the local Hadassah (1908-1957).
There are also clippings, photographs and other materials pertaining to the
congregation and construction (1953) of Temple B'nai Israel in Sacramento
(1892-1957).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Ryhim Ahoovim Congregation (Stockton,
Calif.)
Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. |b District
Hope Lodge No. 126.
Temple B'nai Israel (Sacramento,
Calif.)
Jewish Community Center (Stockton,
Calif.)
Jews - California - Stockton.
Jews - California - Sacramento.
Cemeteries (Jewish law)