Invitation to the Consecration of the Shangarai Chasset Synagogue, New Orleans, April 1, 1845

Letter from A. Abrams, Secretary of the Shangarai Chasset (Gates of Mercy) Congregation, to Isaac Hart, inviting him to the consecration ceremony of their new synagogue in New Orleans on April 1, 1845. The letter mentions the involvement of L. C. Levy, Maurice Hart, Joseph Simon, and M. M. Simpson in the event. This letter is significant as a rare surviving record from the early years of the first permanent Jewish house of worship in Louisiana.

Associated People/Businesses

• Hart, Isaac (1814 - 1890)
• Abrams, A.

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Synagogues--Louisiana--New Orleans
• Jewish congregations--Louisiana--New Orleans
• Religious institutions--Louisiana--New Orleans
• Consecration of buildings
• Invitations

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 2, Folder 7