Appeal for Funds to Rebuild a Synagogue in Mobile, Alabama, Destroyed by Fire (December 16, 1856)

Metadata

Appeal for Funds to Rebuild a Synagogue in Mobile, Alabama, Destroyed by Fire (December 16, 1856)

Description

Letter from Imuel I. Imeg[?] (Prest.) in Mobile, AL, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, PA, dated December 16. The writer describes the destruction of their synagogue by fire and requests Leeser to publish an appeal in his journal, the Occident, to solicit funds for its rebuilding from other congregations in the United States.

Subjects

Synagogue fires Fundraising Jewish congregations

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: LSKAP0002

Collection: Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Isaac Leeser Collection

People

Sender: Israel Jonas

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: December 16, 1856

Hebrew: י״ט בְּכִסְלֵו תרי״ז

Places

From: Mobile

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Jonas, Israel, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Israel Jonas to Isaac Leeser;December 16, 1856.” (December 16, 1856). Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Isaac Leeser Collection. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/lskap0002 .