Auction 38 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture, Israeli and International Art

Rabbi Aaaron Einhorn Archive – Shanghai, 1920s / USA, 1940s

Opening: $500
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Archive of Rabbi Aaaron Einhorn, Shanghai-USA, ca. 1920-1950. Russian, Hebrew, Yiddish and English. Rabbi Aaaron Einhorn lived in Shanghai and Harbin and later immigrated to the US. Served as a teacher of Jewish Studies and Hebrew in "Ohel Moshe" and "Ohel Sarah" synagogues in Shanghai. It is possible that prior to his marriage he lived in Harbin, China, where his future wife Rachel Reznik, lived. The couple had five children. In 1928 the family immigrated to New-York where Rabbi Einhorn served as rabbi of Congregation Talmud Torah Beth Aharon of Mapleton Park.
The archive contains handwritten documents: sermons, writings, notebooks, copybooks. Most of the material is from New-York (1940s): numerous documents of the congregation members, mainly Ketubot and Divorces; documents and notebooks of Rachel Reznik presenting her as a Zionist (learned Hebrew and copied poems and plays), sometimes she re-used letters (e.g. for writing memoires of WW I). Lot of about 200 documents from China and about 400 from New-York. Sizes and conditions vary.