Isidore Hurwitz Library

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21 monographs in various languages including Yiddish, German, and Russian. The books were part of the library at JCRS. One copy of "A Soul Set Free" by Bessie Rude.

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Four books in Yiddish by Yehoash (Solomon Bloomgarden), famous Yiddish poet and Bible translator, and various other books in Hebrew, Yiddish, and English. The books were part of the library at JCRS. 19 books total. One copy of "A Soul Set Free" by Bessie Rude.

Abstract One book is a Hebrew Bible, edited by Rud. Kittel, printed in Lepzig, Germany in 1905 with a black cover. Book with black binding printed in New York in 1945 and book with blue binding from 1943 by the same publisher, Shulsinger Brothers Linotyping and Publishing, Co. 1941 book with green binding. Pamphlet covering 1943-1947 with image of a man holding a rifle and a stick hand grenade, standing by barbed wire with building ruins, fire and French Flag in the background- about the French...

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This box contains a single copy of Choshen Mishpat with Torat Cohanim and multiple commentaries attributed to Shlomo Kluger. This is part 2 of an unknown amount. The publisher is Druck und Verlag, 1882. The book was part of the Isidore Hurwitz Library at the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society.

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Handwritten letter from A. Kovalsky to C.D. Spivak. The letter is written in Yiddish. The heading of the letter is from the Isidore Hurwitz Library at the JCRS sanatorium.

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Handwritten letter in pencil with Isidore Hurwitz Library/Sanatorium JCRS letterhead from Bessie Fechter to Dr. Charles Spivak, in which she states it's been a long time she received a letter from her husband, and she asks him to send a letter to Dr. Clark in the Cleveland State Hospital to ask about her husband, Max Flechter. Letter is signed by Bessie Flechter.

Abstract Three pages handwritten letter in pen with Isidore Hurwitz Library/Sanatorium JCRS letterhead from David Melnicoff to Dr. Charles Spivak, in which he states he went to the doctor's office on Christmas day but he was not there. He also says that he lived in Denver for six months and could never find a job, so he asks for 30 dollars so he can move to California. If not, he asks if he can stay two more months in the sanatorium. By the end of the letter, Melnicoff asks if the doctor likes how he...

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Two pages handwritten letter in pen with Isidore Hurwitz Library/Sanatorium JCRS letterhead from David Melnicoff to Dr. Charles Spivak, in which he states he never got an answer from his previous letter, and he still asks for one month more in the sanatorium, as well as 10 dollars. Letter is signed by D. Melnicoff.

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Handwritten letter from Esther A. Ryerson to Dr. C. D. Spivak, on Aug 2nd 1907. The letter informs Dr. Spivak that Mr. Muchnick gave Dr. Ryerson the enclosed check to keep for him. Dr. Ryerson asks what he should do with it. The letter is signed Esther A. Ryerson. The letter was written on paper with a letterhead: "Isidore Hurwitz Library at the Sanatorium of the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society."

Abstract Handwritten letter in ink with Isidore Hurwitz Library, Sanatorium JCRS letterhead from Harry Goldberg to Dr. Charles Spivak, in which he states he did not mention his stay in the National Jewish Hospital because he heard the JCRS did not take patients right after leaving the National, and he was without any meaning to support himself. He states later he found out he was mistaken, but it was too late. He excuses himself, and states he entered the National on August 2nd, 1909, and left on...