Title: Congregation Anshe Sfard (Milwaukee, Wis.) Records
Inclusive Dates: 1948-1970

Creator:

• Congregation Anshe Sfard (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Call Number: Milwaukee Mss EG

Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ Archives Department / Milwaukee Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of an Orthodox Milwaukee Jewish congregation founded in 1893, containing constitutions of the congregation and its men's club; burial , death, birth, and family information; contracts for using the synagogue's facilities; and financial records.

Language: English

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Anshe Sfard, an orthodox Jewish congregation in Milwaukee, was founded in 1893, taking its name from the Sfardic ritual which it has followed. A twenty-four member board of directors is selected to govern the affairs of the congregation; the rabbi is seen as primarily a spiritual leader.

The records consist of the constitutions of the congregation and of its men's club; clergymen's records, such as burial, birth, death, and family information; contracts for using the synagogue's facilities; and financial records. They are organized alphabetically by type of record and chronologically thereunder. The Applications for Reservations of Facilities are requests made by members of the congregation for use of the meeting hall, kitchen, chapel, and synagogue for special occasions, such as anniversary parties, bar mitzvahs or weddings. The relative completeness of the Death Records cannot be ascertained; however, they are a significant genealogical source, because the next of kin are generally named and the origin of the older generation of the congregation, most of whom were born in Eastern Europe about the turn of the century, is given. The Men's Club records consist of the constitution of that organization and a book containing notes of procedural and financial matters.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Congregation Anshe Sfard via Bruce Fetter, Milwaukee, Wis., June 30, 1976. Accession Number: M76-279

Processing Information

Processed by V. Paul Rood and Joanne Hohler, January 1979.

	Applications for Reservation of Facilities
Box   1 Folder   1	1959
Box   1 Folder   2	1960
Box   1 Folder   3	1961
Box   1 Folder   4	1962
Box   1 Folder   5	1963
Box   1 Folder   6	Constitution of Congregation Anshe Sfard, undated
	Death Records
Box   1 Folder   7	1958-1965
Box   1 Folder   8	1962-1966
Box   1 Folder   10	Historical Information, 1924
	Membership Dues Ledgers
Box   1 Volume   1	1962-1964
Box   1 Volume   2	1962-1964
	Men's Club
Box   1 Folder   9	Constitution, undated
Box   1 Folder   9	Seating Arrangement, 1961-1962, 1969-1970
Box   1 Folder   11	Obituaries, 1963, undated