44 E. Broadway building. Upper floors occupied by Congregation Anshei Emes of Mariampol, where founding meeting of RIETS took place in January, 1897 and where classes were held for a brief time. Fo... Show more44 E. Broadway building. Upper floors occupied by Congregation Anshei Emes of Mariampol, where founding meeting of RIETS took place in January, 1897 and where classes were held for a brief time. Founding meeting of Yeshivat Etz Chaim in 1886 also held there. Show less
85 Henry Street building, purchased on behalf of Yeshivat Etz Chaim through the efforts of philanthropist Harry Fischel and occupied by it from about 1900 until its merger with the Rabbi Isaac Elch... Show more85 Henry Street building, purchased on behalf of Yeshivat Etz Chaim through the efforts of philanthropist Harry Fischel and occupied by it from about 1900 until its merger with the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 1915. Show less
9-11 Montgomery Street , first home of combined Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and Yeshivat Etz Chaim (renamed the Rabbinical College of America), between 1915-1921. The high school divi... Show more9-11 Montgomery Street , first home of combined Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and Yeshivat Etz Chaim (renamed the Rabbinical College of America), between 1915-1921. The high school division, the Talmudical Academy, was also housed there upon its opening in 1916. Show less
301 E. Broadway building - site of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, 1921-1929. Also housed its high school, the Talmudical Academy, and its Teacher's Institute, absorbed in 1921 from Mizr... Show more301 E. Broadway building - site of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, 1921-1929. Also housed its high school, the Talmudical Academy, and its Teacher's Institute, absorbed in 1921 from Mizrachi Organization of America. Show less
View of 185th-186th Streets and Amsterdam Ave., looking northwest. Street had empty lots, trolley car power station, old army barracks. Currently site of Mendel Gottesman Library building.
Rabbis and other leaders of RIETS (Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary) celebrating moving Torah scrolls from 301 E. Broadway to Yeshiva's new main building in Washington Heights. Pictured in... Show moreRabbis and other leaders of RIETS (Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary) celebrating moving Torah scrolls from 301 E. Broadway to Yeshiva's new main building in Washington Heights. Pictured in front, center is President Bernard Revel, flanked by philanthropist Harry Fischel and Rabbi Moses S. Margolies (with Torah scroll). Show less
Original faculty of Yeshiva College. Seated, left to right: Dr. Jacob Silverman, Instructor in Science; Dr. Isaac Husik, Professor of Philosophy; Dr. Charles F. Horne, Professor of English; Dr. Ber... Show moreOriginal faculty of Yeshiva College. Seated, left to right: Dr. Jacob Silverman, Instructor in Science; Dr. Isaac Husik, Professor of Philosophy; Dr. Charles F. Horne, Professor of English; Dr. Bernard Revel, President of Yeshiva College; Dr. Shelley R. Saphire, Professor of Biology and Dean of Yeshiva College; Dr. Nelson P. Mead, Professor of History; Dr. Bernard Drachman, Instructor in German; Mr. Jekuthiel Ginsburg, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Standing, left to right: Mr. Abraham B. Hurwitz, Instructor in Health Education; Dr. George Falion, Instructor in Latin; Dr. Solomon A. Rhodes, Instructor in French; Mr. Gustav A. Schultz, Instructor of Public Speaking; Dr. Moses L. Isaacs, Instructor in Chemistry. Show less
