Letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Rabbi Dr. Jacob S. Raisin asking Rabbi Raisin to communicate the conditions of his community. The back of the letter includes a copy of Rabbi Raisin's response to the President.
Program for the KKBE Confirmation Exercises. The program relates the schedule of the event, and notes a reading of the Torah by Miss Rachel M. Raisin, daughter of Rabbi Dr. Jacob S. Raisin. Rabbi Raisin is noted to deliver the sermonette.
Invitation from Miss Mary Vardrine McBee for the Ashely Hall Commencement Ceremony. The invitation includes a card noting the name of the sender, and a program with a schedule of the events. The program notes prayer led by Rabbi Dr. Jacob S. Raisin.
Clipping from unnamed Charleston, SC. newspaper relating an article entitled, "Who is It?" The article features Rabbi Dr. Jacob S. Raisin and his work.
Black and white photograph of Jacob S. Raisin standing atop a stone engraved "Dentistry." The photo includes a handwritten note reading, "St. Fran Oct. 1904."
Black and white photograph of a commemorative tablet dedicated to Jacob S. Raisin for his life's work and his time as Rabbi of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim in Charleston, South Carolina.
Black and white photograph of Jacob S. Raisin standing in uniform at Camp Greene, near Charlotte, North Carolina. Raisin worked at the Camp for the Jewish Welfare Board.
Black and white photograph of Jacob S. Raisin and his mother, Taube S. Raisin, in Central Park, New York, New York. The photograph includes a handwritten note reading, "Cent. Park Aug. 04."
Black and white photograph of Jacob S. Raisin dressed in military uniform at Camp Greene in North Carolina. Raisin worked for the Jewish Welfare Board at the Camp.
Black and white photograph of Jacob S. Raisin dressed in military uniform at Camp Greene in North Carolina. Raisin worked for the Jewish Welfare Board at the Camp.
Black and white photograph of Jacob S. Raisin dressed in military uniform at Camp Greene in North Carolina. Raisin worked for the Jewish Welfare Board at the Camp.
Black and white photograph of Jacob S. Raisin dressed in military uniform at Camp Greene in North Carolina. Raisin worked for the Jewish Welfare Board at the Camp.
Program for the Charleston Kalushiner Society's 12th Annual Banquet held at the Jewish Community Center. The program includes a menu, and a schedule of the event, and officers of the Society. The program notes an address to be given by Rabbi Dr. Jacob S. Raisin.
Black and white photograph of Jacob S. Raisin and his wife Jane L. Raisin. Possibly taken on the front porch of the Raisin family home on Wragg Square in Charleston, South Carolina.
Black-and-white lithographed portrait of Rabbi Marchand Ennery, Chief Rabbi of France. Lithograph by Hermann Raunheim. With Hebrew text of Psalm 119:15 : I will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways.
Black-and-white lithographed portrait of Rabbi Samuel Holdheim, rabbi in Frankfurt an der Oder. Lithograph by Dümmler after a drawing by Wollenberg. Published by Gebrüder Rocca in Berlin and Göttingen.
Black-and-white engraved portrait of Rabbi Jacob Judah Aryeh Leon Templo. Engraving by Conrad Buno. From De Templo Hierosolymitano, tàm priori, quod aedificavit Salomo rex, quàm posteriori, quod devastavit Vespasianus… by Jacob Judah Aryeh Leon Templo, published Helmstedt: Jacob Muller.
Black-and-white lithographed portrait of Lelio Cantoni, Chief Rabbi of the Jewish universities of Piedmont. Lithograph by D. Festa after a drawing by Petronilla.
Black-and-white lithographed portrait of Chief Rabbi Maier Zipser (1815-1869). Published in Beth-el : Ehrentempel verdienter ungarischer Israeliten by Ignaz Reich.
Black-and-white engraved portrait of Rabbi Jonathan Eybeschütz. Engraving by Jan Balzer after Johann Kleinhard. From Abbildungen böhmischer und mährischer Gelehrten und Künstler : nebst kurzen Nachrichten von ihren Leben und Werken, Volume 1, by František Martin Pelcl, published Prague: Wolffgang Gerle.
Black-and-white engraving depicting a Jewish marriage ceremony. From Jüdisches Ceremoniel, first published by Paul Christian Kirchner in 1717, edited and reissued by the Christian Hebraist Sebastian Jugendres in 1724, published Nuremberg: Peter Conrad Monath.
Black-and-white engraving depicting a rabbi with tallit (prayer shawl) and tefillin (phylacteries). Engraving by R. Young. From The faiths of the world : an account of all religions and religious sects, their doctrines, rites, ceremonies, and customs. Compiled from the latest and best authorities... by James Gardner, published London: A. Fullarton & Co.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the principal religions of the world. Judaism is depicted by a rabbi holding a Torah scroll. Engraving by Bernard Picart. Frontispiece for Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.
Color offset print reproduction depicting a Jewish marriage ceremony at the Great Synagogue in London at Duke's Place, officiated by Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler. Published in the April 15, 1876, edition of The Illustrated London News.