Guide to the Papers of Joy Zacharia Appelbaum,
undated, 1888-2012
(bulk 1974-2004)
ASF AR 55
Processed by Randall C. Belinfante
American Sephardi Federation
Center for Jewish History
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New York, NY 10011
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Electronic finding aid was encoded in EAD 2002 by Michael D. Montalbano on April 13, 2011. Description is in English.
The finding aid was revised on March 30, 2012 to include changes to description and add item lists.Added "undated" to unitdate field of collection and extended the date range to reflect the incorporation of new material.
Descriptive Summary | |
| Creator: | Joy Zacharia Appelbaum |
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| Title: | Papers of Joy Zacharia Appelbaum |
| Dates: | undated, 1888—2012 |
| Dates: | (bulk 1974-2004) |
| Abstract: | The collection documents the work and correspondence of Joy Zacharia Appelbaum and reflects various aspects of her life, personal research and writings in the field of Sephardic Jewish culture and society, mainly as they made their way here in the United States. Collection consists in large part of a large array of newspaper and magazine articles describing Sephardic life in various areas of the world, and especially in the United States. An extensive portion of the collection examines the various customs and traditions found among the Sephardim, including customs for the Jewish Holidays (and especially Passover). The collection also includes a significant quantity of information about the American Sephardi Federation, focusing a great deal on its conventions and activities in the late 1980s to early 1990s. There is also a sizable amount of information about the Sephardic communities in the Ottoman regions of Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans, with a considerable amount of material that focuses on the Quincentennial celebrations held to commemorate the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. |
| Languages: | The collection is in English, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic and Turkish. |
| Quantity: | 9.5 linear feet. (19 manuscript boxes) |
| Identification: | ASF AR 55 |
| Repository: | American Sephardi Federation at the Center for Jewish History |
Biographical Note
Joy Zacharia was born Dec. 4, 1937, in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of Morris Isaac Zacharia (of Castoria, Greece) and Clara Telias (whose parents came from Tuscany and Izmir). Her paternal grandfather, Rabbi Isaac Menahem Zacharia, was Haham Bashi of Greek Macedonia with headquarters in Castoria. His wife, the Rubisa, was Estamou Mevorah Zacharia. Her maternal grandparents were Isaac Telias, of Izmir, Turkey and Anna Ouriel Telias of Tuscany, Italy. Anna’s grandfather, a member of the Pappo Family, was Chargé d'Affaires at the Austrian Consulate in Constantinople, where she was raised.
Joy attended Abraham Lincoln H.S. after her family moved to Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, from 1951 to 1955. Then, from 1955 to 1958, she earned a BA with Honors in Spanish at Brandeis University. While there she wrote a thesis entitled: A Study of the Castoriali (Ladino) Dialect, a grammar, dictionary and cultural dissertation that is cited in David Bunis' Sephardic Studies: a research bibliography (1981). From Brandeis, Joy went on to New York University, where she earned a dual MA in Spanish and Education during the years 1958-1959. In 1958 she was married, and she subsequently bore two children: David Appelbaum and Cara Kagan.
Following college, Joy became a prolific writer and editor, writing extensively about Jews in general and Sephardim in particular. In 1977, she published The History of the Jews of Teaneck (New Jersey). Then, in 1991 she wrote a dissertation entitled Growing up in a Polyglot Sephardic Home for the "Second International Sephardic Studies Conference of SUNY Binghamton and later published under the title From Iberia to Diaspora: Studies in Sephardic History and Culture (Brill, 1999). Between these two works, Joy wrote numerous articles for a wide variety of Jewish-American newspapers, including The Jewish Week, The Jewish Standard, The Cleveland Jewish News, and the Sephardic Home News. At the same time, she was employed for 18 years as a Secondary School teacher of Romance Languages (Spanish, French, and Italian) in the New York City and Bergen County, NJ public schools. Joy was Treasurer of the Teaneck Jewish Community Council (1983-1987) and was an active participant in its Holocaust programs. She also was employed for a time as the Executive Director of the International Sephardic Education Foundation (ISEF), funding scholarships for Sephardim studying in Israel, as well as serving for several years (1988-1991) as the Director of Public Relations for the Brooklyn based Sephardic Home for the Aged. Finally, she participated actively in the American Sephardi Federation, and was one of the founding members of the American Association of Jewish friends of Turkey.
In 2010 Joy was invited by the Lower East Side Tenement Museum to deliver a series of lectures to the docents and administrators connected with its Confino apartment. The Confinos came from Castoria, Greece, and her lectures dealt with Castoriali customs and Ladino dialect. (Coincidentally, one of the Confino women was godmother to her father, Morris I. Zacharia.)
Return to the Top of PageScope and Content Note
The papers of Joy Zacharia Appelbaum are arranged in five series and include brochures, booklets, clippings, correspondence, notes, photographs, printed matter, reports, speeches, writings, memoirs, and materials which Joy Zacharia Appelbaum compiled over a thirty-six year period from 1975 to 2011.
The collection is composed largely of published materials (i.e., articles from magazines and newspapers) and attempts to document the efforts of Joy Zacharia Appelbaum to describe the Sephardic Jewish community which came to settle especially in the Ottoman Empire following their expulsion from the Iberian Peninsula at the end of the 15th Century. There is an abundance of material describing the settlement of the Sephardim in various communities throughout the world.
The collection is divided into five series: Sephardim and their traditions; Spain, the Expulsion and the Quincentenary; Sephardim in the Diaspora; Sephardim in America; and the American Sephardi Federation and its affiliates. The records are arranged alphabetically by topic within each series. In some cases topics of different series overlap.
The central theme of this collection is the description of the Sephardim throughout the world, as they radiated out from the Iberian Peninsula and the Middle East. This collection depicts the history of the numerous Sephardic communities, as well as describing some of their significant traditions. Finally, this collection seeks to describe some of the activities of the American Sephardi Federation and similar American Sephardi organizations.
Return to the Top of PageArrangement
This collection has been arranged topically into five series. The material located within each series were grouped together by subject and arranged in alphabetical order by folder title and then by chronology of the enclosed material. The description of each folder includes folder title and date.
- Series I: Sephardim and their Traditions
- Series II: Spain, the Expulsion and the Quincentenary
- Series III: Sephardim in the Diaspora
- Series IV: Sephardim in the Americas
- Series V: American Sephardi Federation and its affiliates
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
American Sephardi Federation, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY, 10011
email: info@AmericanSephardiFederation.org
or
Rbelinfante@ASF.CJH.org
Related Material
The American Sephardi Federation Archives and the Archives of the Quincentennial Foundation, also held by ASF.
Return to the Top of PagePreferred Citation
Published citations should take the following
form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Papers of Joy Zacharia Appelbaum;
AR 55; box number; folder number; American Sephardi Federation.
Acquisition Information
Collection was donated to the American Sephardi Federation on several instances ending in September, 2011 by Joy Zacharia Appelbaum.
Return to the Top of PageProcessing information
Processing the collection involved encapsulating photos in Mylar sleeves, photocopying of the most fragile newsprint and thermofaxes, re-boxing and re-foldering using acid-free archival supplies, removing rubber bands, staples, and paperclips (and other metal fasteners) where appropriate.
Return to the Top of PageAccess Points
Individuals:
- Amateau, Albert J., 1889-1996
- Angel, Marc
- Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia
- Dobrinsky, Herbert C.
- Levy, Leon, 1923-2008
- Levy, Louis N. (Louis Nissim), 1918-1994
- Sanua, Victor D.
- Stillman, Yedida Kalfon, 1946-1998
Organizations:
- American Association of Jewish Friends of Turkey
- American Sephardi Federation
- Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)
- Quincentennial Foundation of Istanbul
Subjects:
- Jews, Turkish
- Jews--Middle East
- Jews--New York (State)--New York
- Sephardim
Places:
- Balkan Peninsula
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Greece
- Middle East
- New York (NY)
- Turkey
- United States
Document Types:
- bulletins
- clippings (information artifacts)
- correspondence
- journals (periodicals)
- lecture notes
- periodicals
- photographs
- programs (documents)
- reports
Container List
Series I: Sephardim and their Traditions, undated, 1936-2009. | |||
| This series is in English, Ladino and Judeo-Arabic. | |||
| 2.0 linear feet (4 manuscript boxes). Box 1, Folder 1 to Box 3, Folder 18. | |||
Arrangement:This series has been arranged alphabetically by folder title. | |||
Scope and Content:This series consists mostly of secondary documents, including such things as newspaper and magazine articles relating to the topic of the Sephardim and their traditions. The assemblage attempts to describe a wide array of topics dealing with the Sephardim, ranging from Sephardi cookery to the Holocaust, as it impacted on the various groups of Sephardim. Series describes a particularly extensive amount of space to the Jewish Holidays, and especially Passover, or Pesah. This includes several folders on the topic of Passover, as well as additional folders containing various Haggadot of the Sephardim. In box one-A of this series are contained several folders dealing with languages found among the Sephardim, most notably Judeo-Arabic and Judeo-Spanish or Ladino. The latter is particularly significant to Joy Zacharia Appelbaum, and has led her to write several articles on the topic. In box three of this series also are contained information on a number of the more notable Sephardim figures from many centuries of Sephardic history. Through the use of news articles from various magazines, newspapers, and other sources, Appelbaum pieces together biographies of a number of distinguished Sephardim. | |||
Sephardim | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 1 | 1 | Artists, Dramatists, and Musicians - Sephardim (14 articles, 1 playbill) | 1976-2007 |
| 1 | 2 | Cookery - Sephardim (2 articles) | 1977-1981 |
| 1 | 3 | Holocaust - Sephardim (16 articles) | 1987-2003 |
| 1 | 4 | Identity - Rabbi Marc D. Angel (17 articles) | 1975-1991 |
| 1 | 5 | Identity - Sephardim: Brooklyn Sephardic Archives | 1936-2008 |
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| 1 | 6 | Music Information - Sephardim | 1977-2003 |
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| 1 | 7 | Music - Sephardim - Voice of the Turtle | 1986-1987 |
| 1 | 8 | Our Story - The Jews of Sepharad (3 volumes) | 1991 |
| 1 | 9 | Rabbinic Astronomers - Sephardim (3 articles) | 1973-1990 |
| 1 | 10 | Yeshiva University's 19th Annual Conference of the American Society of Spehardic Studies | 1986 |
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Sephardim: Languages | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 1A | 1 | Judeo-Arabic - A corpus of Judeo-Arabic Texts | undated |
| 1A | 2 | Judeo-Spanish - Ladino Language | 1962-1988 |
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| 1A | 3 | Judeo-Spanish - Ladino Language (Joy Zacharia Applebaum’s writings) | 1986-1987 |
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Sephardim: Holidays | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 2 | 1 | Holiday Observances (other than Passover) (25 articles, 6 posters) | 1973-1998 |
| 2 | 2 | Passover - Part I (1 letter, 21 articles) | 1976-2001 |
| 2 | 3 | Passover - Part II | undated |
| 2 | 4 | Passover - Part III - Writings by several Scholars | undated |
| 2 | 5 | Passover - Part IV - Sephardic Seders - by Joy Zacharia Appelbaum | 1987-1988 |
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| 2 | 6 | Passover | undated |
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| 2 | 7 | Passover - Hagada de Pasqua (Greek) and Greek Seder (Rabbi Alcalay) | 1978 |
| 2 | 8 | Passover - Hagada Matzliah (multi-lingual) | undated |
| 2 | 9 | Passover - Haggadah of the Chinese Jews | 1967 |
| 2 | 10 | Passover - Palestinian Haggada | 1938 |
Famous Sephardim | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 3 | 1 | Biographies - Sephardim - 20th Century and earlier (29 articles) | 1969-1997 |
| 3 | 2 | Abrabanel, Don Isaac and his descendents (6 articles,1 symposium program) | 1977-2006 |
| 3 | 3 | Benjamin, Judah (1811-1884) (5 articles) | 1975-2003 |
| 3 | 4 | Canetti, Elias (1905—1994) (3 articles) | 1991-1994 |
| 3 | 5 | Cardozo, Benjamin (1870-1938) 3 articles, lecture notes | 1986-2004 |
| 3 | 6 | Dreyfus, Alfred (1859-1935) (9 articles) | 1987-1988 |
| 3 | 7 | Elias, Joe (2 photos, 1 flyer, 2 letters, 2 articles) | 1986-1990 |
| 3 | 8 | Halevi, Yehudah ben Samuel (1070/75 - circa1141) | 1941 |
| 3 | 9 | Kadoorie Family of Hong Kong (1 article) | 1983 March |
| 3 | 10 | Levi, Primo (1919-1987) (4 articles) | 1987-1999 |
| 3 | 11 | Maimonides (1135-1204) (6 articles) | undated |
| 3 | 12 | Matarasso, Albert (1890-) | 1969 |
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| 3 | 13 | Nadjari, Maurice (11 articles) | 1972-1976 |
| 3 | 14 | Noah, Mordecai Manuel (1785-1851) (3 articles) | 1974 |
| 3 | 15 | Perahia, Murray (1947-) (4 articles) | 1972-1975 |
| 3 | 16 | Salomon, Haym (1740-1785) (Polish) (6 articles) | 1973-1975 |
| 3 | 17 | Schinasi Brothers, by Albert J. Amateau | 1989 |
| 3 | 18 | Spinoza, Baruch (1632-1677) (3 articles) | 1977-2009 |
Series II: Spain, the Expulsion, and the Quincentenary, undated, 1957-2008. | |||
| This series is in English. | |||
| 1.5 linear feet (3 manuscript boxes). Box 4, Folder 1 to Box 6, Folder 6. | |||
Arrangement:This series has been arranged alphabetically. | |||
Scope and Content:This series is made up largely of secondary documents, including such things as newspaper/magazine articles, pamphlets, and small booklets. In this series the items deal mainly with the Iberian Peninsula; the Expulsion that drove Jews away from this region; and the Ottoman empire (and especially Turkey) where many Jews found refuge after that expulsion. Box 4 contains materials that are descriptive of Spain, Portugal, etc. where the Sephardim once experienced a Golden Age of significant legal, philosophical, and literary expression. This box also contains materials dealing with the Expulsions from the Iberian Peninsula, which saw the departure of nearly all those Jews who had previously resisted the pressure to convert to Christianity. This box also contains material dealing with Christopher Columbus, whose departure for the New World is said to have coincided with the expulsion of the Jews. Finally, this box contains materials dealing with the phenomenon of the “Crypto-Jews”, a collection of people who believe that they can trace their ancestry back to the time of the persecution of the Jews both prior to, and after the expulsion. Box 5 deals mainly with Turkey, which offered one of the primary refuges for the Jews who fled the Iberian Peninsula at the end of the fifteenth Century. Because of their kindness toward the Jews, and because such a large number of Sephardim made their homes there, Turkey and the Turks are generally recalled with fondness, as is indicated by an abundance of Turkish-Jewish organizations, references to which may be found in this box. These include some of the writings and correspondence of Mr. Albert Amateau, an individual of Turkish extraction, who proved to be a strong advocate of Turkish Jewish relations. Box 6 contains some of the papers of the Quincentennial Celebration held in 1992 to recall the 500th anniversary of the expulsion from Spain and the relocation of a population of Sephardi Jews in the Ottoman Empire, and particularly Turkey. The box contains folders dealing with Spain, with Turkey, and with the project that united the two. One interested in this material might also wish to investigate the archival papers of the Quincentennial Foundation, also held by American Sephardi Federation. | |||
Spain, Portugal and the Expulsion | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 4 | 1 | Portugal (1 booklets, 13 articles) | 1970-2004 |
| 4 | 2 | Spain (63 articles) | 1971-1993 |
| 4 | 3 | Spain (9 pamphlets) | 1979-1990 |
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| 4 | 4 | Spain (3 maps, 1 book of maps) | undated, 1957 |
| 4 | 5 | Spanish Inquisition and Expulsion | undated, 1987-1992 |
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| 4 | 6 | Spanish Inquisition and Expulsion - Joy Zacharia Appelbaum’s writings | 1990 June 20 |
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| 4 | 7 | Columbus (29 articles) | 1989-2008 |
| 4 | 8 | Columbus and the Ibero-American Heritage Project | 1988-1989 |
| 4 | 9 | Crypto Jews (24 articles) | 1977-1992 |
Turkey | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 5 | 1 | Turkey (41 articles) | 1973-1992 |
| 5 | 2 | Turkey – Writings | 1988-1994 |
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| 5 | 3 | Turkey: "Albert J. Amateau and the Turks" | 1987-1988 |
| 5 | 4 | Turkey: Amateau, Albert - Correspondence Regarding the Armenians | 1988-1990 |
| 5 | 5 | Turkey and the Armenians | 1987-1988 |
| 5 | 6 | Turkey: Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) | 1988 October |
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| 5 | 7 | Turkey: Association of the American Jewish Friends of Turkey | 1989-1991 |
| 5 | 8 | "Turkish-Jewish Relations in the Ottoman Empire" by Halil Inalcik, Leon Picon, Kerim C. Kevenk | 1982 |
| 5 | 09 | Turkish-Jewish Relations | 1987-1988 |
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| 5 | 10 | Brandeis University Conference on “Jews of the Ottoman Empire” | 1987 |
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| 5 | 11 | Turkish-Jewish Relations - Joy Zacharia Appelbaum’s writings | 1988-1989 |
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Quincentenary | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 6 | 1 | Pre-Quincentennial Conference—Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) | 1988 October |
| 6 | 2 | Quincentenary Jubilee | 1988-1992 |
| 6 | 3 | Quincentenary Project (Queen Isabella, etc.) | 1989-1992 |
| 6 | 4 | Spain and the Quincentennial | 1987-1992 |
| 6 | 5 | Turkey and the Quincentennial | 1990-1992 |
| 6 | 6 | Turkey and the Quincentennial Foundation | 1992 |
Series III: Sephardim in the Diaspora, undated, 1971-2009. | |||
| This series is in English. | |||
| 1.5 linear feet (3 manuscript boxes). Box 7, Folder 1 to Box 9, Folder 8. | |||
Arrangement:This series has been arranged alphabetically. | |||
Scope and Content:In this series, the items deal mainly with the various sites of the Sephardi world. Several of these sites, such as Greece and the Middle East, held Sephardim before the expulsion long before the expulsion from the Iberian Peninsula at the end of the 15th Century, only to be supplemented with more at the time of the expulsion itself. Other sites, such as Africa and the Low countries of northern Europe saw Sephardim arrive at a later date. Box 7 contains materials dealing mainly with Greece and the Balkans. Particularly prominent in this box are materials from the Jewish Museum of Greece. Located in Athens, this organization is quite proud of the relations between the Jews and the nation of Greece. In addition, there are a number of items dealing with some of the more prominent countries of the Balkans (i.e, most notably the former state of Yugoslavia). Box 8 is much more eclectic, containing materials from such ancient Sephardic sites as Egypt and Iraq to more modern sites as Sub-Saharan Africa. Significant is the discussion of the Egyptian Jews, a collection which may well be supplemented by the papers on Egyptian Jewry created by Dr. Victor Sanua, and which are also held by American Sephardi Federation. In Appelbaum's collection as well, herein there is a large collection of articles dealing with the Asian Jewish communities, sites where Sephardim settled very early in history. Finally, this box contains materials dealing with the phenomenon of the “Lost Tribes of Israel,” a phenomenon frequently associated with the Sephardim that are scattered across the earth. Box 9 deals mainly with the Sephardim of Europe. It contains particularly large collections of information dealing with the modern nations of France (which has recently become a major refuge for Sephardim—especially those driven out of Northern Africa and the Middle East following the creation of the state of Israel) and of Italy (which is the residence not merely of a large number of the descendants of those Sephardim driven from Spain; but also, of a much older community of Jews who have dwelled in Italy since long before the Expulsion). | |||
Greece and the Balkans | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 7 | 1 | Bulgaria (i.e.,Jews, Sofia) (16 articles, 1 set lecture notes) | 1974-2004 |
| 7 | 2 | Jewish Museum of Greece (11 issues of Newsletters, 6 pamphlets, 22 articles, postcards) | 1986-1990 |
| 7 | 3 | Jewish Museum of Greece - American Friends of | 1986-1987 |
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| 7 | 4 | Jews of Greece (40 articles) | 1975-2004 |
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| 7 | 5 | Jews of Greece - Ioannina (Dr. Rachel Dalven) | 1973-2006 |
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| 7 | 6 | Jews of Greece - Kastoria/ Monastir - 12 “Fotocolor” pictures of Castoria | undated |
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| 7 | 7 | Jews of Greece—Rhodes (6 articles) | 1978-2002 |
| 7 | 8 | Jews of Greece - Thessaloniki (7 articles) | 1979-2002 |
| 7 | 9 | Kol ha-Kehila - Newsletter of the Jewish Monuments of Greece | 1999-2001 |
| 7 | 10 | Romania (Jews—Not really Sephardic) (19 articles) | 1973-2009 |
| 7 | 11 | Yugoslavia (Sarajevo, Croatia) (16 articles, 1 pamphlet) | 1977-2007 |
Middle East, Asia, and Africa | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 8 | 1 | Africa (4 articles) | 2001-2002 |
| 8 | 2 | Asian Jewish Communities (44 articles) | 1975-2006 |
| 8 | 3 | Cairo Geniza (3 articles) | 1996-1999 |
| 8 | 4 | Egyptian Jews (i.e. Dr. Victor Sanua) (10 articles) and Sudan (1 article) | 1997-2007 |
| 8 | 5 | India and Jews (28 articles, 1 invitation) | 1975-2006 |
| 8 | 6 | Iraqi Jews (3 articles) | 1990-2004 |
| 8 | 7 | Jewish Women from Muslim Societies Speak | 2003 |
| 8 | 8 | Jews in Levant, by Leon Picon | 1983 October |
| 8 | 9 | Karaite Jews of Cairo, by Boruch K. Helman | 1979 March |
| 8 | 10 | Lost tribes of Israel (3 articles) | 1990-2000 |
| 8 | 11 | Mashhadi Jewry (1 letter, 4 articles) | 1981-1990 |
| 8 | 12 | Muslim lands and Jews (6 articles, 2 pamphlets, 1 letter from a Forgotten Jew (David Harris) and 1 book) | 1969-2011 |
| 8 | 13 | Sudan-Tunisia (Djerba) (3 articles) | 1997-2008 |
Europe | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 9 | 1 | Belgium - Antwerp (1 article); Brussels (1 article) | 2001-2007 |
| 9 | 2 | Czech Republic (11 articles, 2 pamphlets) | 1971-1998 |
| 9 | 3 | France (41 articles) | 1972-1999 |
| 9 | 4 | Gibraltar (3 articles) | 1986-1987 |
| 9 | 5 | Italy (62 articles, 1 packet, 4 pamphlets, 2 postcards) | 1971-2009 |
| 9 | 6 | Malta (2 articles) | 1989-2005 |
| 9 | 7 | Netherlands | 1976-1992 |
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| 9 | 8 | United Kingdom/Great Britain (24 articles, 1 pamphlet, 1 cassette tape) | 1972-2006 |
Series IV: Sephardim in the Americas, 1962-2007. | |||
| This series is in English. | |||
| 1.0 linear feet (2 manuscript boxes). Box 10, Folder 1 to Box 11, Folder 3. | |||
Arrangement:This series has been arranged alphabetically. | |||
Scope and Content:Series IV contains historical materials describing the most prominent Sephardic communities in the Americas. Box 10 contains an assemblage of articles dealing with the early communities in North America, including Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue in New York City, which, dating back to 1654, claims to be the first Jewish community to settle in North America. Also, there are a booklet and a pamphlet discussing Touro Synagogue in Newport, RI, which lays claim to possessing the oldest Synagogue building in North America, which has managed to remain since it was constructed in 1758. This box also contains materials regarding the Seattle Sephardic community, an important area of Sephardic settlement which began to emerge with the migration of Sephardim to the west at the beginning of the 20th Century. Finally, this box contains a collection of Sephardic American biographies of Sephardim of note. Box 11 contains a wide variety of materials focusing on Sephardim from Central America, South America, and around the Caribbean. | |||
Sephardim in the United States of America | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 10 | 1 | American Jews (General) (26 articles) | 1969-1992 |
| 10 | 2 | American Sephardim (5 writings, 1 questionnaire) | 1967-1987 |
| 10 | 3 | American Sephardim (18 articles) | 1972-2004 |
| 10 | 4 | Congregation Shearith Israel (NY) | 1973-2004 |
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| 10 | 5 | Early American Sephardim, Bicentennial (5 pamphlets) | 1976 |
| 10 | 6 | Early American Sephardim, Jacob R. Marcus (4 articles) | 1962-1976 |
| 10 | 7 | New Jersey and New York - Sephardim (22 articles) | 1977-2007 |
| 10 | 8 | Other States - Sephardim (13 articles) | 1972-2002 |
| 10 | 9 | Sephardic American Biographies (35 articles) | 1972-2007 |
| 10 | 10 | Touro Synagogue (Newport, RI) (1 book, 1 pamphlet) | 1975 |
| 10 | 11 | Washington (Seattle) - Sephardim (6 articles) | 1981-2007 |
Sephardim in Central and Latin America (Including Caribbean) | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 11 | 1 | Brazil (4 articles); Columbia (1 article) | 1973-2005 |
| 11 | 2 | Central American and Caribbean (10 articles, 1 pamphlet) | 1973-2004 |
| 11 | 3 | Chile: "Temuco: Genesis of a Community" by Moises Hasson Cambi | undated |
| 11 | 4 | Mexico (19 articles) | 1967-1976 |
| 11 | 5 | Historia de una Famiyia: Letra de Alberto Levy de Argentina | undated |
Series V: American Sephardi Federation (ASF) and its affiliates, undated, 1888-2012. | |||
| This series is in English, Ladino, and Turkish. | |||
| 3.5 linear feet (7 manuscript boxes). Box 12, Folder 1 to Box 19, Folder 1. | |||
Arrangement:This series has been arranged alphabetically. | |||
Scope and Content:This series is composed of both primary and secondary source materials. It deals in large part with the American Sephardi Federation and some of the major events in which this organization took part in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, a time when the Federation was especially actively involved in Sephardi affairs. In addition to such materials as annual reports and correspondence involving ASF’s long time president, Mr. Leon Levy, there is also promotional materials dealing with ASF’s five major conventions held in January 1987, November 1987, 1989, 1990, and 1993. One interested in this material might also wish to investigate the archival papers of the American Sephardi Federation, also held by ASF. In box 14, there is also information regarding several of the major organizations (i.e., World Sephardi Federation, a division of WSF called the Italian Sephardi Federation, and Sephardic House) that were affiliated with ASF, and are worthy of note because of the vital role that Joy Zacharia Appelbaum played in many of their operations. Box 15 contains material from the Sephardic Home for the Aged in Brooklyn, NY. Erected in the late 1940’s, this institution was erected to offer services to the Sephardim who were not often understood by similar Ashkenazi institutions. In this box there are not only information concerning the constitution and operations of the institution, but there are also a collection of the Sephardic Home News, a newspaper published monthly by the Sephardic Home and directed, edited, and contributed to by Appelbaum from 1988 to 1991. In box 16, there are some of Appelbaum’s own writings, including papers, speeches, and news articles which she wrote for various organizations in the mid-1980’s. Also contained in this box is a small collection of correspondence that was written by various people which involves Appelbaum in one way or another. For further information about Ladino, one might wish to examine Appelbaum’s A Study of the Castoriali (Ladino) Dialect. In box 17 there is a collection of the Turkish-Jewish newspapers, entitled Shalom: Haftalik Siyasi ve Kültürel Gazete. There are 37 issues of the newspaper which is in Turkish and they range from May, 1993 to February (Subat) 2009. In box 18, there is a collection of the Ladino-Jewish newspapers, entitled El Amaneser. There are 32 issues of the newspaper which is in Ladino and they range from March, 2005 to February, 2009. The paper was originally published as an insert to the previously mentioned newspaper Shalom. In box 19, there is a collection of oversize items, including the Ketubah (Marriage contract) of Ms. Appelbaum’s parents: Morris Isaac Zacharia and Clara Isaac Telias; a photograph of the Inauguration Banquet arranged by the Schacco Relief Ass’n; and an oversized booklet entitled Sephardic Home Book of Remembrance. | |||
American Sephardi Federation (ASF) | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 12 | 1 | ASF - Annual Report | 1991-1992 |
| 12 | 2 | ASF - Committee Meetings | 1988 |
| 12 | 3 | ASF - Correspondence of Leon L. Levy | 1988 |
| 12 | 4 | ASF - Definition – Encyclopaedia Judaica | 1988 |
| 12 | 5 | ASF - Founding and Expansion | 1973-1989 |
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| 12 | 6 | ASF - Haham Solomon Gaon - Principe de Astrurias Concord Prize | 1990 |
| 12 | 7 | ASF - Judezmo Society: Working Papers in Sephardic and Oriental Jewish Studies - Working Papers Numbers 1-3 | 1975-1977 |
| 12 | 8 | ASF - Leon Levy | 1985-1991 |
| 12 | 9 | ASF - Reception - Celebrating Relations between Spain and Israel | 1986 September |
| 12 | 10 | ASF - Sephardi Activities | 1986-1992 |
| 12 | 11 | ASF - Sephardi(c) World - Sephardi Voice | 1976-1986 |
| 12 | 12 | ASF - Sephardic Connection, vol. 6, #1 - Articles by Joy Zacharia Appelbaum | 1986 November-December |
| 12 | 13 | ASF - Sweet Lorraine (Show premier—sponsor) | 1987 March |
ASF Conventions | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 13 | 1 | ASF - Convention, Philadelphia, PA | 1987 January 2-5 |
Liturgical booklet with Friday Evening Service, Kiddush, Pizmonim, and Grace | |||
| 13 | 2 | ASF - Convention, Miami Beach | 1987 November |
| 13 | 3 | ASF - Convention, Seattle, Washington | 1989 May 28-31 |
| 13 | 4 | ASF - Convention, Chicago, Illinois | 1990 September 2-4 |
| 13 | 5 | ASF - Convention, New York, NY | 1993 May 28-June 1 |
ASF Affiliates and Miscellaneous | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 14 | 1 | Adelantre (the Judezmo Society)—Ke Xaber?—Issues 1-6 | 1976—1977 |
| 14 | 2 | Institute for Sephardic Studies - CUNY Graduate Center | 1986 November-December |
| 14 | 3 | International Sephardic Education Foundation (Nina Weiner) | 1987 |
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| 14 | 4 | Mikveh Israel (of Philadelphia) | 1973 |
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| 14 | 5 | Yedida Kalfon Stillman Memorial Lecture | 2011 February 21 |
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| 14 | 6 | Sephardic House - Aish Ha-Torah’s Discovery Seminar | 1995 June 11 |
| 14 | 7 | Statistics (including Sephardi-2001) - Info - 3 booklets | 1980-2002 |
| 14 | 8 | SUNY Binghamton Conferences on Sephardic Jews | 1987-1991 |
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| 14 | 9 | World Sephardi Federation (Bulletins) | 1972-1989 |
| 14 | 10 | World Sephardi Federation (Press) | 1960-1988 |
| 14 | 11 | WSF - Italian Sephardi Federation - Report | 1980-1986 |
| 14 | 12 | Yeshiva University (articles by Joy Zacharia Appelbaum) | 1986-1991 |
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| 14 | 13 | Yeshiva University - Sephardic Reference Room (Catalog) | 1982 |
| 14 | 14 | Zionism (16 articles, 2 booklets) | 1971-2004 |
Sephardic Home for the Aged | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 15 | 1 | Sephardic Home for the Aged (NY) - Brochure | undated |
| 15 | 2 | Sephardic Home for the Aged (NY) - Constitution | 1973-1990 |
| 15 | 3 | Sephardic Home for the Aged (NY) - Joy Zacharia Appelbaum’s writings | 1989-1991 |
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| 15 | 4 | Sephardic Home for the Aged (NY) - Press Releases | 1990-1991 |
| 15 | 5 | Sephardic Home News (Joy Z. Appelbaum-News Director) | 1988-1989 |
| 15 | 6 | Sephardic Home News (Joy Z. Appelbaum-News Director) | 1990 |
| 15 | 7 | Sephardic Home News (Joy Z. Appelbaum-News Director) | 1991 January-Summer |
Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia - Writings | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 16 | 1 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia - Biography | 1937-1988 |
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| 16 | 2 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia - Bookstaver Park Dedication | 1976-1977 |
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| 16 | 3 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia - Congregation Shearith Israel | 1979-1987 |
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| 16 | 4 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia - Correspondence | 1969—1979 |
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| 16 | 5 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia - Correspondence | 1980-1989 |
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| 16 | 6 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia - Correspondence | 1990-2011 |
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| 16 | 7 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia - Hadassah | 1971-1982 |
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| 16 | 8 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia - “The History of the Jews of Teaneck” | 1976-1977 |
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| 16 | 9 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia - “The History of the Jews of Teaneck” - Memorabilia concerning the writing of | 1977-1994 |
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| 16 | 10 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia - Lecture Announcements | 1992 |
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| 16 | 11 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia - Memorabilia from education career | 1960-2002 |
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| 16 | 12 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia - Miscellaneous | 2003-2012 |
| 16 | 13 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia - News Articles | 1973-1990 |
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| 16 | 14 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia – Reviews | 1975-1985 |
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| 16 | 15 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia - US Presidents | 1986 |
| 16 | 16 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia - Writings (5 papers) | 1984-1992 |
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| 16 | 17 | Turkish documents and photographs from Joy Zacharia Appelbaum’s family in Istanbul--Zaharya Ançel families | 1964-1999 |
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| 16 | 18 | Appelbaum, Joy Zacharia: Zacharia family | 1911-2011 |
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| 16 | 19 | Zacharia, Morris I - Ladino songs - Music | 1975 August |
Music recorded by Lucy Brody, includes note regarding David Bunis and Morris Isaac Zacharia. | |||
Serial Publications | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 17 | Serial: Shalom: Haftalik Siyasi ve Kültürel Gazete (Turkish) (37 issues) | 1993-2009 May-February | |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 18 | Serial: El Amaneser (Ladino) (32 issues) | 2005-2009 March-February | |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 19 | 1 | School classroom photograph | undated |
| 19 | 2 | Inauguration Banquet arranged by the Schacco Relief Association | 1924 March 19 |
| 19 | 3 | Ketubah of Morris Isaac Zacharia and Clara Isaac Telias | 1932 September 10 |
| 19 | 4 | Sephardic Home Book of Remembrance | 1976 |
| 19 | 5 | Ketubah involving Haham Bashi Isaac Menahem Zacharia of Kastoria (1871—1925) and Estamou (Stella) Mevorach (1873—1959) | 1888 |
| 19 | 6 | Gold lamé lady’s collar - Hand crocheted by Castorialias, women from Castoria | 1930 |
| 19 | 7 | Cotton lace lady’s collar - Hand crocheted by Castorialias, women from Castoria | 1930 |
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