- unitid
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{"value"=>"188369", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b22253811", "type"=>"local_b"}
{"value"=>"Sc MIRS Beth 1995-24", "type"=>"local_mss_av"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 188369", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"circa 1960s-1970s", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1960/1979", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
{"value"=>"1961", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1961"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Beth Ha-Tefilah Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation audio collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 audio_recordings", "unit"=>"audio_recordings"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Beth Ha-Tefilah Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation was founded in 1972 by Rabbi Yeshua ben Yahonaton and Rabbinit Leana Yahonatan in St. Albans, Queens, as a spiritual branch of the headquarters of Commandment Keepers Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation in Harlem. The collection consists of three audio recordings including two radio programs with Rabbi Wentworth Arthur Matthew."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Beth Ha-Tefilah Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation (Mount Vernon, N.Y.)", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Beth Ha-Tefilah Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation was founded in 1972 by Rabbi Yeshua ben Yahonaton (d. circa 2008) and Rabbinit Leana Yahonatan (1926-2020) in St. Albans, Queens, as a spiritual branch of the headquarters of Commandment Keepers Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation in Harlem. By the early 1980s, the Beth Ha-Tefilah Congregation had relocated to Mount Vernon, New York. Although the temple was still in existence as of 2005, there is no congregation.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of three audio recordings including two radio programs with Rabbi Wentworth Arthur Matthew (Rabbi W.A. Matthew, 1892-1973) dated 1961, and one music recording. They are arranged chronologically. The music recording's original format is an audio cassette and contains two parts.</p> <p>Rabbi W.A. Matthew founded the Commandment Keepers of the Living God (Commandment Keepers Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation) in 1919, in Harlem. In 1962, the congregation moved into its historic Harlem location at 1 West 123rd Street. The two radio programs in this collection discuss the congregation's need for a new synagogue prior to its relocation.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Rabbinit Leana Yahonatan, and Zakor: Israelite History and Archives Project, 1995.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>See the Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division for the Beth Ha-Tefilah Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation records, Sc MG 568.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>See the Photographs and Prints Division for the photographs.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection inventoried by <span class=\"name\">Nathan Evans</span>. Collection processed and described by <span class=\"name\">Ornella U. Baganizi</span>, archivist. Finding aid published in <span class=\"date\">2025</span>.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>The Schomburg Center acquired the following collections under the Zakor: Israelite History and Archives Project: See the Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division for the Beth Elohim Hebrew Congregation records, Sc MG 573; B'nai Adath Kol Beth Yisroel collection, Sc MG 577; Commandment Keepers Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation records, Sc MG 574; Congregation Mount Horeb records, Sc MG 591; Ethiopian Hebrews Falasha Congregation collection, Sc MG 653; Hatzaad Harishon records, Sc MG 576; and Kohol Beth B'nai Yisroel records, Sc MG 575.</p> <p>The Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division holds these counterpart collections: Beth Elohim Hebrew Congregation audio collection, Sc MIRS Beth 1995-25; and Congregation Mount Horeb audio and moving image collection, Sc MIRS Congregation 1995-58.</p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"An anonymous donor funded preliminary processing for this collection. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supported a research library-wide grant for the digitization, and funded the Schomburg for the description and production of the finding aid as part of The Next Century of Black Studies Project."}
- date_start
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1960
- keydate
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1960
- date_end
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1979
- date_inclusive_start
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1960
- date_inclusive_end
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1979
- date_bulk_start
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1961
- date_bulk_end
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1961
- extent_statement
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3 audio_recordings
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Beth Ha-Tefilah Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation audio collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library"}