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The AJHS Manuscript Catalog
Geffen, Tobias |
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| Type / Call # | Rabbinical / P-516
(Finding Aid Available) | Contains the surviving papers of Rabbi Tobias Geffen who served as a rabbi in New York City (1904-1907), Canton, OH (1907-1910), and Atlanta, GA (1910-1970). Includes extensive correspondence with members of his family, autobiographies in Yiddish and English (several versions) and other materials relating to his personal life.
Contains copies of his several books and articles written by others, manuscript sermons delivered by Geffen on various holidays and special occasions, etc. Of special interest is the extensive documentation of Geffen's rabbinate in Atlanta, consisting of correspondence, responsa to numerous religious questions, and various charitable efforts on behalf of institutions in Europe and Palestine. There is a large body of material relating to the dietary certification of Coca-Cola. The responsa represent requests from 61 different Jewish communities throughout the South. Among the correspondence are the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, internationally prominent rabbis in Europe and Palestine, etc. The subjects discussed include supplying etrogim, sacramental wine, Passover, the Sabbath, Kashrut, gittin, schochetim, etc. Of ununusual interest is Geffen's involvement with Jewish soldiers in World War I and assistance to Jewish prisoners in the Atlanta Federal Penetentiary, and his efforts to make the orphan home kosher and to give the orphans a religios education.
The collection also contains material on the synagogue, Congregation Shearith Israel of Atlanta, GA (financial records, Purim ball, etc.) the sisterhood, the Hebrew school, youth work in the synagogues and Shearith Israel Lodge of Independent Order of Brith Abrahamin the synagogue. | | Years | 1903-1970
| | Locality | GA, Atlanta | | Size | 31 boxes | | Scope | The Rabbi Tobias Geffen Papers, 1888-1968, #P-516, has a communities and correspondents index.
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