The Board of Delegates of American Israelites Records

Center for Jewish History
Board of Delegates of American Israelites
Antisemitism
Asylums
Chaplains, Military Jewish
Charities
Church and state
City University of New York. City College
Civil War America
Community organization
Consular reports
Emigration and immigration
Exile (Punishment)
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Humanitarian assistance
International relief
Jewish ghettos
Jewish life and times
Jews
Jews Colonization
Jews Persecutions
Jews Spain History Expulsion, 1492
Jews, British
Judaism
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
North Carolina. Constitution (1868)
Pogroms
Questionnaires
Shehitah
Slaughtering and slaughter-houses
Social surveys (1859-1878)
Surveys (1859-1878)
Synagogues
Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
United States Politics and government 1861-1865
United States Foreign relations 1865-1921
United States Foreign relations
United States Politics and government
United States Social conditions
United States Statistics (1859-1878)
United States Statistics, Vital (1859-1878)
United States. War Dept. General orders
Women Institutional care

The Board of Delegates of American Israelites was founded in 1859 in New York City and is one of the earliest Jewish civil rights organizations in the United States. The Board served primarily in a two-fold function: acting as a central organization for American Jews and working on behalf of Jews abroad. It was the first organization to systematically survey synagogues and its members concerning their history and size. Many of its founding members (such as Myer and Samuel Isaac) were active in other charitable organizations as well. Documents include correspondence, minutes, committee reports, memorials, announcements, and surveys. The entire collection is available in digital format.

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Archival materials
Correspondence
Proceedings