Torah Novaelle collection

Identifier
irn598775
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.137.4
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • Hebrew
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn598775

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.

Scope and Content

Contains a notebook of Torah novaelle, 32 pages, written by a student of the Mir yeshiva, who was exiled to Shanghai, China during World War II; dated February 18, 1943 to December 20, 1945. Includes a novaelle on various topics connected to the weekly Torah portion; a "dictionary" leaf of useful terms for exiles to Shanghai translated from Yiddish to English; and a list of students including Pinchas Hirschprong, Moshe Mendelbaum, Avraham Eiger, Anshil Weinhaus and others.

Corporate Bodies

  • Yeshivat Mir

Subjects

  • Religious education.
  • Shanghai (China).

Genre

  • Notebooks.
  • Document
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