Moritz Stern Archive
Item
Country
IL
Name of institution (English)
The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
heb
Contact information: postal address
Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91010
Contact information: phone number
00972 2-6586249
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
cahjp@nli.org.il
Reference number
P17
Type of reference number
Call number
Title (official language of the state)
Moritz Stern Archive
Language of title
eng
Creator / accumulator
Moritz Stern
Date(s)
11th century/20th century
Language(s)
deu
heb
ita
lat
yid
Extent
1,320 files
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
This collection is the result of the research undertaken by Moritz Stern. It covers the period from the 11th to the 20th centuries and contains documents and copies on German and Italian Jewry. The collection consists of original documents and files (mainly relating to the Berlin community in the 19th century), copies of documents from various archives and libraries, excerpts from documents and books, newspapers and newspaper clippings.
It includes some materials related to Sephardic communities and New Christians, such as the following:
1214: copies of documents taken from the Carte Farnesiane concerning the New Christians of Portugal.
1217: Copies of documents concerning the Abravanel family and Sephardic Jews in the kingdom of Naples, 16th-17th century.
1254: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Cod. XXIV, 4, p. 341: "Lusitanis iudaizantibus denegata est indulgentia petita" (The requested indulgence was denied to the Judaizing Portuguese).
1261: Biblioteca Vallicelliana, Cod. C.16, pp. 124-135: "Judaeorum conversio in Balearibus per Severum Episcopus descripta" (The conversion of the Jews in the Balearics described by Bishop Severus).
1264: Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana, Cod. 1412, pp. 257-274: "Informazione sopra la conversione delli nuovi Christiani di Portogallo et di molti accidenti eseguiti contra di loro" (Information on the conversion of the New Christians of Portugal and on many incidents commited against them).
1267: Biblioteca Casanatense, Cod. XX.VII 4 - Cod. 2622: S. Offizio del Portogallo (Holy Office of Portugal): "Supplica alla S. Sede sotto Clemente X contro allo stile della Inquisitione di Portogallo nell'inquisire e giudicare il delitto di Giudaismo" (Supplication to the Holy See under Pope Clement X against the proceedings of the Portuguese Inquisition in investigating and judging the crime of Judaism).
1268: Biblioteca Angelica, Cod. Angelica S. 3. 27: "Riflessioni in risposta di due Scritture presentate dal Tribunale del S.Officio di Portogallo […] contro il ricorso delli Christiani di Sangue Hebreo […]" (Reflections in response to two Scriptures presented by the Tribunal of the Holy Office of Portugal […] against the appeal of the Christians of Jewish Blood […])".
1280: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Cod. Ottob. 1439, p. 116: "Bulla Pauli III super defensionibus non denegandis pro Judaeis Portugalliae" (Bull of Pope Paul III on not denying defences to the Jews of Portugal).
It includes some materials related to Sephardic communities and New Christians, such as the following:
1214: copies of documents taken from the Carte Farnesiane concerning the New Christians of Portugal.
1217: Copies of documents concerning the Abravanel family and Sephardic Jews in the kingdom of Naples, 16th-17th century.
1254: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Cod. XXIV, 4, p. 341: "Lusitanis iudaizantibus denegata est indulgentia petita" (The requested indulgence was denied to the Judaizing Portuguese).
1261: Biblioteca Vallicelliana, Cod. C.16, pp. 124-135: "Judaeorum conversio in Balearibus per Severum Episcopus descripta" (The conversion of the Jews in the Balearics described by Bishop Severus).
1264: Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana, Cod. 1412, pp. 257-274: "Informazione sopra la conversione delli nuovi Christiani di Portogallo et di molti accidenti eseguiti contra di loro" (Information on the conversion of the New Christians of Portugal and on many incidents commited against them).
1267: Biblioteca Casanatense, Cod. XX.VII 4 - Cod. 2622: S. Offizio del Portogallo (Holy Office of Portugal): "Supplica alla S. Sede sotto Clemente X contro allo stile della Inquisitione di Portogallo nell'inquisire e giudicare il delitto di Giudaismo" (Supplication to the Holy See under Pope Clement X against the proceedings of the Portuguese Inquisition in investigating and judging the crime of Judaism).
1268: Biblioteca Angelica, Cod. Angelica S. 3. 27: "Riflessioni in risposta di due Scritture presentate dal Tribunale del S.Officio di Portogallo […] contro il ricorso delli Christiani di Sangue Hebreo […]" (Reflections in response to two Scriptures presented by the Tribunal of the Holy Office of Portugal […] against the appeal of the Christians of Jewish Blood […])".
1280: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Cod. Ottob. 1439, p. 116: "Bulla Pauli III super defensionibus non denegandis pro Judaeis Portugalliae" (Bull of Pope Paul III on not denying defences to the Jews of Portugal).
Archival history
After Stern's death, his family immigrated to Mandatory Palestine and took Moritz Stern's entire collection of documents with them. Dr. Josef Stern handed over his father's estate to the Jewish Historical General Archives in 1941. Moritz Stern's papers were deposited at the CAHJP in 1959.
Administrative / Biographical history
Moritz Stern was a German rabbi, historian, and librarian. He was born in 1864 in Steinbach, Hesse-Nassau, to Jacob and Rosalie Stern.
Early in childhood, Stern moved with his family to Berlin, where he attended the Joachimsthaler and Köllner Secondary School. Stern studied history from 1883 to 1890 and received his doctorate from the Humbolt University of Berlin in 1889. In addition, Stern was trained at the Orthodox Rabbinical Seminar in Berlin and taught at the religious school of the Adass Israel Community.
From 1891 to 1998, Stern served as rabbi in Kiela, and from 1998 to 1899, he was director of the Jewish Secondary School in Fuerth, Bavaria. In 1898, he married Sara Carlebach (1880-1928), daughter of Salomon Carlebach, rabbi of Lübeck. In 1900, Stern was nominated director of the Jewish boy's school in Berlin and, from 1905, served as director of the Jewish Community Library, which had opened in 1902. In 1920, Stern was appointed to the position of chief librarian, which he held until 1932. Under him, the Library developed into one of the most important institutions of its kind in Europe, gathering over 70,000 volumes. In addition to his other occupations, Stern also acted as curator of the art collection of the Berlin community from 1917 to 1930 and organised the Moses Mendelssohn bicentenary exhibition in 1929.
His research interests were mainly related to the history of the Jews in Germany. He mainly focused on anti-Judaism in the Middle Ages, the participation of the Jews in the Wars of Liberation of 1813-1815, and their struggle for civil equality in the first half of the 19th century. The history of the Jews in Italy also took up a significant part of his research work. Josef Stern, Moritz Stern's son, published a bibliography of his father's publications in German and Hebrew.
Moritz stern died in Berlin in 1939.
Early in childhood, Stern moved with his family to Berlin, where he attended the Joachimsthaler and Köllner Secondary School. Stern studied history from 1883 to 1890 and received his doctorate from the Humbolt University of Berlin in 1889. In addition, Stern was trained at the Orthodox Rabbinical Seminar in Berlin and taught at the religious school of the Adass Israel Community.
From 1891 to 1998, Stern served as rabbi in Kiela, and from 1998 to 1899, he was director of the Jewish Secondary School in Fuerth, Bavaria. In 1898, he married Sara Carlebach (1880-1928), daughter of Salomon Carlebach, rabbi of Lübeck. In 1900, Stern was nominated director of the Jewish boy's school in Berlin and, from 1905, served as director of the Jewish Community Library, which had opened in 1902. In 1920, Stern was appointed to the position of chief librarian, which he held until 1932. Under him, the Library developed into one of the most important institutions of its kind in Europe, gathering over 70,000 volumes. In addition to his other occupations, Stern also acted as curator of the art collection of the Berlin community from 1917 to 1930 and organised the Moses Mendelssohn bicentenary exhibition in 1929.
His research interests were mainly related to the history of the Jews in Germany. He mainly focused on anti-Judaism in the Middle Ages, the participation of the Jews in the Wars of Liberation of 1813-1815, and their struggle for civil equality in the first half of the 19th century. The history of the Jews in Italy also took up a significant part of his research work. Josef Stern, Moritz Stern's son, published a bibliography of his father's publications in German and Hebrew.
Moritz stern died in Berlin in 1939.
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The collection can be accessed in the reading room and in rooms with microfilm readers.
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Author of the description
Joana Rodrigues, 2023
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