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Mlada Boleslav, also known as Jungbunzlau or Bumsla, in Northern Bohemia. Minutes of meetings of the Jewish community council concerning the rabbi, taxes, and other communal matters. Manuscripts, mainly in German, with many of the signatures in Hebrew. Includes numerous documents with signatures of women, such as "Rahel eshet R. Eliezer Bondi." 2 vols. (over 250 pp.); 36 cm.

Borculo, The Netherlands. Minute book of the "pious association" of the Jewish community of Borculo, a town in eastern Gelderland, the Netherlands. Includes names of members of the board, records of votes taken, amounts contributed by members, and outlays for communal expenses, such as upkeep of the synagogue, the burial society, and the teacher's salary. The book documents the activities of the Jewish community for almost 50 years and ends mid-sentence in 1941. Manuscript in Dutch with some Hebrew words. [140] p.; 21 cm. Bound with: , Winterswijk: G. Hartog, 1881, 19 p.

Cover title: Protokoll. [Vienna: minutes of a Jewish women's society, 1880-1921]. Floridsdorf (Vienna, Austria). Description based on material provided by vendor, Moshe Rosenfeld: minutes of meetings of the Israelitische Frauen-Verein, the Jewish women's society from the Floridsdorf district of Vienna, Austria, documenting the involvement of women in the social welfare activities of the Jewish community. The minutes are signed by the women on the board of the society, and sometimes by the rabbi , Dr. J.S. Bloch, or a lay leader of the community. Topics mentioned include: collection and disbursement of charitable funds, caring for the sick and needy, support for orphans and widows, support for communal institutions, and rules of conduct for women. Manuscript in German. [221 p.]; 37 cm.

Satu-Mare, Romania. In Hebrew and Romanian, with lavishly decorated pages in gold ink listing donations to the Jewish orphanage in honor of children born 1946-1947. With illustrations signed by the artist. Approx. 30 leaves: ill., 31 cm.

Register from the Mishnah study group of the Jewish community of Ivesti, Romania. Contains by-laws of the society, as well as notes and accounts. Manuscript in Hebrew.

Register of the Hevrah Kadisha (burial society) of the Jewish community of Craiova, Romania. The register contains by-laws and decisions signed by leaders and members of the society, as well as accounts of various events in the community, such as a dispute between a group of more modern Jewish people who wanted to transport the deceased to the cemetery in a new wagon, while members of the Hevrah Kadisha insisted on carrying the body according to the old custom on a stretcher by foot. The volume has two illuminated title pages. The first, dated 607 [that is, 1846 or 1847] is in colored ink and paint . At the top of the page a lion is depicted crouched within the arched frieze of a portal. On either side are two columns, supported beneath by a panel with marble-like decoration. The title is written in calligraphy in the middle of the page surrounded by fine geometric patterns which have been drawn or printed and applied to the page. The second title page is illuminated in black ink, with intricate lettering in different styles inside geometric and floral borders. This page is dated 5608 [1847 or 1848]. It is signed by Solomon Löbel. A page with a colorful painted border chronicles events in the community's history including the pogroms and expulsion of many of the Jews in 1885, signed by David Yosef ben Mosheh Yehuda Psalter Shats, the cantor of the synagogue, dated Kislev and Tishre 5668 [1907]. The register is written in Yiddish and in Hebrew. 44 pages; 42 centimeters.