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Isaac Hyneman (1804-1886)
This week we remember the Hashcabah of Isaac Hyneman. Mr. Hyneman was a prominent member of Mikveh Israel. He was Born in 1804 in Hofgeismar, Hesse-Cassel, Germany and died on January 14, 1886 (8...
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Manuel Josephson (1729-1796)
This week we remember the Hashcabah of Manuel Josephson, one of the original members of Congregation Mikveh Israel at the time of the construction of the first synagogue building in 1782. Josephson...
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Reverend Abraham Lopes Cardozo (1914-2006)
This week we remember Hazzan Abraham Lopes Cardozo. Rev. Cardozo was Hazzan of Shearith Israel From 1946 until his retirement in 1984. He was the embodiment of the Western Sephardic liturgical...
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Ellen Phillips (1820-1891)
This week we remember the Hashcabah of Ellen Phillips, who died on February 2, 1891 (24 Shebat 5651). Ms. Phillips descended from one of the original families of Mikveh Israel, and a long line of...
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Abraham Sulzberger and the Jewish Hospital
This week we remember the Hashcabah of our dear friend and lifetime member of Mikveh Israel, Berthold Levy who passed away a couple of years ago at the age of 97. Levy was the great grandson of...
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Commodore Uriah Phillips Levy (1792-1862)
There have been many Jews in the United States Armed Forces and many Jewish heroes in all of America’s wars. Many members of Mikveh Israel served with distinction throughout the history of the United...
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Mikveh Israel and Christ Church
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 is the annual Fellowship Dinner between Christ Church and Mikveh Israel. Christ Church was founded in 1695. It was one of the first religious...
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Rev. Gershom Mendes Seixas (1745-1816)
This week (6 Tammuz) we commemorate the Hashcabah of Rev. Gershom Mendes Seixas, the first minister of Mikveh Israel, who died July 2, 1816. Rev. Seixas was born on January 14, 1745 in New York City,...
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