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Orsova, Romania. Records of a wide variety of matters handled by the Jewish community of Orsova during the time of World War II. Includes communications from other Jewish communities in Transylvania and Bucharest. In Romanian. Approx. [100] pp.; 42 cm.

Miskolc, Hungary. Bound book with loose pages in pocket. Book of accounts of Israelite boys' and girls' school, including lists of names of children and parents, with amounts of contributions and arrears. In Hungarian and German.

Register of a communal welfare society n Bacau, Romania. The impressive title page has colorful calligraphy and illumination with columns, mythical creatures and official stamps of the community. The date on the title page is 5535 [1874 or 1875]. The register was written by the sexton Yaakov Shemuel Segal, the treasurer of the society, Shimon Rekht, and the secretary of the society, Hayim Ozer Kroiz. The volume contains by-laws of the society written in Yiddish followed by lists of yahrtzeits. The lists include names of men and women for each month of the year beginning with Nisan. [36] pages (11 blank); 31 centimeters. Original tooled leather binding, worn condition.

Campina, Romania. Memorial book from the Jewish community of Campina, Romania, inscribed with memorial prayers, names of leaders of the community, and the names and yahrzeits (anniversaries of deaths) of the community's men (p. 5-33) and women (p. 52-65). Original leather binding with title, spine decoration and geometric border embossed in gold ink. Heavyweight pages with names of deceased members of the community and their dates of death calligraphed inside printed black borders. Manuscript in Hebrew. Covers and title pages in Hebrew and Romanian. 100 leaves (46 filled in) ; 34 cm.

Györ, Hungary. Register from the Jewish community of Raab, now known as Gy¨or, on the northwestern border of Hungary. Includes historical records of institutions such as the hevrah kadisha, communal meetings, and decisions dating back to the late eighteenth century. Title page has note signed in 1897 by rabbi and head of the rabbinical court of Gy¨or and Gy¨or-Sziget, Gyula Fischer \("Ha-sefer ha-zeh matsanu bi-shenat 1897 Shalom Yehudah Fisher"\). In Hebrew, Yiddish, and German. 10 pp.; 43 cm.

Galatz [Romania]. Memorial book from community of Galaţi, Romania. Includes pages in memory of Theodor Herzl and men who were killed in World War I, as well as other men and women in the Jewish community. In Hebrew, with title page and engraved metal plaque on cover in Hebrew and German. Title page illuminated with gold and colored inks. [33] leaves; 38 cm.

Tsefat. List of contributors to the yeshivah at the tomb of Simeon bar Yohai and his son, Eleazar, in Meron. Extensively illuminated title page with calligraphy and decorative borders in different shades of gold ink. In Hebrew.

Hungary. Memorial book from a Jewish community in Hungary(?)--town not given. Includes memorial prayers and separate lists of names of men and women. Title page illuminated with colored paints. Cover has design in gold and silver ink. In Hebrew. [8] pp.; 44 cm.