Printed Letter Inviting Meeting to Establish a College for Jewish Ministry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 6, 1864

Printed broadside letter from J. Solis Cohen and Mayer Sulzberger inviting the recipient to a meeting in Moses Dropsie's office at 29 South 6th Street, Philadelphia, on November 6, 1864. The purpose of the meeting was to found a college to educate youth for Jewish ministry. The meeting's president was to select two members from each Jewish congregation to raise funds within their respective congregations. This broadside represents the first official attempt to establish Maimonides College, the first rabbinical seminary in America, which was founded on October 28, 1867, and closed in 1873.

Associated People/Businesses

• Sulzberger, Mayer, 1843-1923
• LEBERMAN, L. / ARNOLD, A. /WOLF, E. / WEILLER, H. / ABELES, B. / ALEXANDER, S. / DE BOER, H. /Solis Cohen, Jacob

Geography

• Philadelphia

Subjects

• Rabbinical seminaries
• Fund raising
• 19th century

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 6, Folder 6