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Beth Jacob Congregation records, 1855-1967.
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Title:
Beth Jacob Congregation records, 1855-1967Creator/Contributor:
Beth Jacob Congregation (Oakland, Calif.), creatorCreator/Contributor:
Beth Jacob Congregation (Oakland, Calif.), Hachnosas Orchim.Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 028.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1985.009.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
The collection contains newsletters and mailings to congregants, events, books of life and Yahrzeit materials, and congregation
materials. It also includes volumes related to Congregation Beth Jacob's history and practices, as well as a Machzor (Czernowitz)
from 1855.
Date:
1855 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caBoardinghouses -- California -- Oakland
Jews -- California -- Oakland
Jews -- California -- Oakland -- Charities
Jewish cemeteries -- California -- Oakland
Synagogues -- California -- Oakland
Synagogue seating -- California -- Oakland
Pensions de famille -- Californie -- Oakland
Juifs -- Californie -- Oakland
Juifs -- Californie -- Oakland -- Œuvres de bienfaisance
Cimetières juifs -- Californie -- Oakland
Boardinghouses
Jewish cemeteries
Jews
Jews -- Charities
Synagogue seating
Synagogues
California -- Oakland
Beth Jacob Congregation (Oakland, Calif.) -- Archives
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 028.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1985.009.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Oakland's orthodox congregation Beth Jacob was organized in 1887 and incorporated in 1895. It was an outgrowth of the Oakland
Hebrew Benevolent Society. Its building in West Oakland was constructed in 1908, and its Hachnosas Orchim (charitable guest
house) was established in the 1920s. During the Great Depression and World War II, it experienced some financial difficulties.
Holocaust survivors, who preferred a more traditional house of worship, and more affluent members, contributed to a postwar
revival that enabled it to move to a new location and building (1955). The original structure became a Baptist church.
Beth Jacob Congregation records, BANC MSS 2010/824, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Materials in Hebrew and English.
Type:
administrative records.Genealogies.
ledgers (account books)
Minutes.
Archives
Physical Description:
print
3.4 (1 1 1
Language:
English
Hebrew
Identifier:
2006585566
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.