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Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem (CAHJP) Subseries
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Correspondence

5a : Private correspondence, greeting cards; copies of a letter sent by Ms. Affachiner; notes, (Engl., Hebr.), 1913-1956.
5b : Recommendation from the American Consulate in Rome for an audience of Ms. Affachiner with the Pope; Invitation to the White House for Ms. Affachiner (1931), 1926, 1931.
5c : Invitations (Engl., Hebr.), 1912-1965.

Document

1 (oversize). Theological Seminary of America, diploma certifying Ms. Affachiner as a teacher of Hebrew (signed by Solomon Schechter), June 1907.
2a-c. Three United States passports issued to Ms. Affachiner 1913, 1923, 1938.

  1. Letters certifying Ms. Affachiner's work as a newspaper correspondent, 1924, 1933; Government of Palestine Press Card issued to Ms. Affachiner, 1935.
    4a-b (oversize) Keren Kayment: two certificates, issued to Ms. Affachiner (Hebr., Engl.), no date.
    4c (oversize) Registry documents for land near Ramallah, purchased by Ms. Affachiner, 1937-1943.
    13a Various identification cards, receipts from Israel etc. (Hebr.), no date.

Jewish Interest

47 Douglas, Arizona (U.S.): Young Men's Association, 1916.
48 France: Jewish Welfare Board activities with American forces, 1919.
49 Granada and Toledo: Synagogues, 1925.
50 Krakow and Warsaw, Poland: Jewish interest, 1931.
51 Nieśwież (Poland, today Belarus): Affachiner family background, 1931.
52 Russia: a Jewish Kolkhoz near Odessa, 1932.
53 Bombay, India: members of the "Bene Israel" Community, 1936.
54 Palestine: general, 1936-[1947].
55 Miscellaneous: Van Eyck's "Triumph of the Church over the Synagogue"; Post-Card depicting the synagogue in Florence, Italy, no date.

United States

14a "Jewish Welfare Board", Le Mans, France - two letters, 1919-1920.
14b "United Jewish Charities in Hartford, Connecticut" – letters and membership card, 1921-1926.
14c "Juvenile Commissioner of the City of Hartford", 1923-1926:

  • Certificate and telegram re Ms. Affachiner's election as a member of the Board of Juvenile Commissioners
  • invitations for meetings.
    14d "Hadassah" Organization – correspondence, invitation for a Hadassah Sabbath with Ms. Affachiner, 1926-1934, 1956.
    14e "Norfolk Virginia Section, National Council of Jewish Women" - letters, forms, programs for activities and printed matter, 1929-1934.

Varia

6 Scrap book with newspaper clippings on R.G. Affachiner, 1921-1938.
7 Diary of a trip through New York State, Canada and New England, 1908, 1909.
8 Diary of case records, New York State, 1917.
9 Memorandum book including record of a trip to South Africa, 1958.
10 Photographs - personal and family, no date.
11 (oversize) Portrait of Ms. Affachiner's father, Issac Affachiner, no date.
12 Miscellaneous visiting cards, no date.
13b Copies of reports and newspaper clippings with articles about Ms. Affachiner and institutions she was affiliated with, 1906-1967.
13c Family trees and notes, no date.
Incl: exchanges between Elka Farfel nee Affachiner and Marcella Brenner, Ms. Affachiner’s niece 1974, 1988.