Henry Victor Besso Collection, 1905-1992, bulk 1940-1976 - View Resource (original) (raw)

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Congregation Shearith Israel (New York, N.Y.)

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Congregation Shearith Israel - often called The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue – is the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States. It was established in 1654 in New Amsterdam by Jews who arrived from Dutch Brazil. Until 1825, when Jewish immigrants from Germany established a congregation, it was the only Jewish congregation in New York City....

Besso, Henry V.

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Henry Victor Besso, scholar in the field of Sephardic Studies, writer, teacher, lecturer, and bibliographer, was born in Thessalonikē, Greece in 1905. In 1920, after the death of both of his parents, Henry and his brother came to the United States and settled in New York. He earned a BA from the City College of New York in 1931, and an MA from the Graduate School of Columbia University in 1934. From January 1933 to May 1941, Besso worked in various capacities...