At the present time, there is only one existing Przemysl Landsmanschaft. It is Congregation Tifereth Joseph Anshei Przemysl (est. in 1891) in New York.
For more information about this Landsmanschaft, please contact Gerry Meister, the President of the organization.
Also read information about the Przemysl Landsmanschaftn found in the Przemysl Yizkor Book. Go to the following chapters:
The American Jewish Committee's Yearbook for 1907-1908 lists the following
Przemysl organizations for 1907 in the
Directory Of Jewish Organizations in the United States chapter.
Secretary: | Sol. Blummer | 60 Cannon St. |
President: | Tepper | 522 Stone Ave. |
Secretary: | S. Pollak | 1822 Prospect Pk. |
Rabbi: | Ephraim Solomon Halpern | 124 Attorney St. |
Cantor: | L. Friedman | |
President: | J. Messer | 139 Glenmore Av., Brooklyn |
Treasurer: | A. Drucker | 42 Av. B; |
Secretary: | S. Horn | 196 E. 2d. |
Members: 72 Income: $600 Services: Sabbath and holidays, in Hebrew
Rabbi: | Ephraim Solomon Halpern | 124 Attorney St. |
President: | Jacob Altman | 10 Cannon |
Treasurer: | Louis Unger | 155 Norfolk |
Secretary: | Judah Melman | 232 Rivington St. |
Members: 70
Income: $600
Services: Sabbath and holidays
Hebrew School:
classes: 3, teachers: 1, pupils: 50, sessions: daily
President: | L. Kellner | 477 E. Houston St. |
Secretary: | C. Weinberg | 296 Delancey St. |
President: | J. Blaustein | 83 N. Chambers St. |
For a general guide see Rosaline Schwartz and Susan Milamed's A Guide to YIVO's Landsmanschaftn Archive. Published by Avotaynu. New York, 1986
Among the records held by YIVO
are those of the
First Przemysler Sick Benefit Society, RG 932.
These are records from 1906-1965 that include minutes, cemetery materials,
membership and financial records, and a memorial book.
The society was founded in 1889.
Many Przemysl Landsmanschaftn and congregrations mentioned above had their own cemeteries.
Przemysl Landsmanschaftn Cemeteries
contains information on many in the New York City metropolitan area.