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Register book of the Jewish burial society (Ḥevrah Ḳadisha) of Győr, Hungary. The pages of the book are printed mainly in Hungarian, with Hebrew and Hungarian headings at the top of each page. Over 400 of the pages are filled in with handwritten particulars in Hebrew and Hungarian about each member of the community who died. Information includes Hebrew and Hungarian names, dates of death and burial, age, names of parents, contributions and expenses. 240 [that is, 480] pages; 36 centimeters.

Cover title: Sefer ha-zikaron hevrah Ezer-yoledet. Yerushala[y]im. Extensively illuminated, colorful title page. By-laws and membership list of an aid society for women giving birth, signed by the women who founded it with official stamps of rabbinical courts in Jerusalem. Includes names of important women in the Jerusalem's Jewish community before the creation of the state of Israel. According to the vendor, this is the only known register created by women in pre-1948 Israel. [22] pp.

Register from the Jewish community of Nitra. Although not a large city, Nitra was an important center of Jewish life in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This register includes by-laws of the congregation, entries concerning local conditions, issues and controversies, and demographic information such as occupations of members of the community. The name of the town appears in several different spellings within this volume. Manuscript in Hebrew and Yiddish. Approximately 200 pages; 32 centimeters.

Alberti-Irsa,Hungary. Various handwritten, printed, typewritten, and mimeographed documents bound together. Mainly in Hungarian. Over half are documents relating to the Jewish Community Council of Alberti-Irsa. The rest are miscellaneous documents from other cities and towns in Hungary. Includes the film script of the "Legend Rabbi Bar Bar Chana" and associated material. Written on title page: Az alb. irsai izr. el. Nepiskola I.II. osztalyu tanuloinak Nevsora Az 1907-8-i tanevrol (Register of names of the pupils in the first and second grades of the Israelite grade school of Alberti-Irsa in the 1907-1908 school year); also what appears to be a name, Kelsman Alberti; second line hard to read. Approx. 80 pp.; 36 cm.

The register seems to belong to the same set as the other pinkas from Považská Bystrica, Slovakia. It includes records of meetings signed by leaders of the community, contributions and expenditures. There are diagrams showing the men's and women's sections of the synagogue. Parts of the manuscript are in Yiddish, Hebrew, German, Latin, and Hungarian. [48] leaves; 43 centimeters. Original leather binding.

Register of a Jewish community now known as Považská Bystrica, Slovakia and formerly as Vag Besztercze (Hungarian) and Waag Bistritz (German). The title page is lacking. The first page (p.2) contains a poem in Hebrew praising the faithful founders of the community. It is signed in an acrostic by the scribe Kalman Kohn. Pages 3-9 contain several introductory statements in German, Hebrew and Yiddish signed by officials and leaders of the community. Following these is an index to over one hundred by-laws of the congregation, which are written in Yiddish script on pages 10b-19. The by-laws cover such topics as obligations of community members, prayers and synagogue protocols, and disbursement of funds for communal and charitable needs. After the by-laws are several more official declarations in various languages including four pages written in Latin, signed and stamped with red wax seals. The bulk of the volume contains individual pages for each member of the community. The members' names are written in large Hebrew letters. Below each name are notations concerning the member's contributions and the assigned seats in the men's and women's sections of the synagogue. 184 leaves; 43 centimeters. Original leather binding.

Mantua, Italy. The register contains lists of local yeshivot, decisions of the community council, and accounts of events that took place in the community in the beginning of the seventeenth century. This appears to be a rare document that was saved from the destruction of the ghetto and expulsion of the Jews during the war of 1629-30 (see Shlomo Simonsohn's History of the Jews in the Duchy of Mantua). In Hebrew. Original marbled paper cover. 26 leaves; 31 cm.

Alsace, France. The notebook, dating from the time of Napoleon, contains records with income and expenses of various Jewish communities in the Alsace area, including many small and otherwise unknown communities. Taxes and other payments to government officials such as "geheshbund mit der medinah" and "karke gelt" are listed. [48] leaves; 19 cm.