| Extent: .8 meters |
| Arrangement: Chronologic |
| Scope and Content: The bulk of this collection contains documents related to community accounts, especially records of membership dues or fees, various bills or receipts received, and budgetary documents. Almost all the material is from the post-war period, with the bulk being from the first five years during the reestablishment of the community (1945-1949). There are also several folders that provide more detailed insight into the functioning, operations, and concerns of the reestablished community, such as those containing meeting minutes, correspondence, and community newsletters or bulletins. Please note the files were sorted post-processing by date for the purposes of the finding aid, thus the list below is chronological but does not reflect folder order within a box. Please read carefully box and folder indications to locate the respective folder. |
| Box | Folder | Title (English translation) | Language | Date |
| C-8 | 2 | Minutes of meetings | Hungarian; Romanian | 1919-1949 |
| C-1 | 4 | Various blank forms, blank receipts | Romanian; Hungarian | 1930s; 1940s; undated |
| C-8 | 1 | Annual budget documents | Hungarian | 1941-1943 |
| C-7 | 1 | Community announcements regarding dues | Hungarian | no date (1940s) |
| C-2 | 4 | Payments made by members | Hungarian | 1945 |
| C-3 | 4 | Community election documents, member lists, membership fees/taxes, accounting papers | Hungarian | 1945 |
| C-5 | 3 | List of Neologue community members, community taxpayers | Romanian; Hungarian; English | 1945 |
| C-7 | 2 | Community announcements regarding the reorganization of the community, registering, etc. | Hungarian | 1945 |
| C-2 | 2 | Fees for temple seats, dues/fees | Romanian; Hungarian | 1945-1946 |
| C-3 | 3 | Payment requests or orders, notices | Romanian; Hungarian | 1945-1947 |
| C-7 | 6 | Misc. documents: member lists, property disputes, meeting minutes, correspondence with Union of Jewish Communities in Transylvania, issues with Orth. Comm. | Romanian; Hungarian | 1945-1947 |
| C-6 | 4 | Accounts register; register of tax-paying members | Romanian; Hungarian | 1945-1948 |
| C-4 | 1 | Receipts and related paperwork regarding reconstruction of synagogue | Romanian; Hungarian; English | 1946 |
| C-6 | 5 | Lists of employees and social taxes paid | Romanian | 1946 |
| C-7 | 4 | Register of community taxes, arrears (alphabetic) | Hungarian | 1946 |
| C-5 | 2 | Receipt books (carbon copies) of Jewish community | Romanian; Hungarian; English | 1946-1947 |
| C-6 | 6 | Misc. documents related to welfare payments for impoverished, receipts of food/drink purchased by community | Romanian; Hungarian | 1946-1947 |
| C-7 | 7 | Minutes of board meetings and related correspondence/paperwork | Romanian; Hungarian | 1946-1948 |
| C-7 | 5 | Membership lists, statutes (drafts), board meeting minutes, papers regarding employing Rabbi Hoffmann | Romanian; Hungarian | 1946-1949 |
| C-1 | 2 | Receipts regarding reconstruction of synagogue | Romanian | 1947 |
| C-4 | 2 | Diverse receipts of payment from/to the Neologue community | Romanian; Hungarian; English | 1947 |
| C-6 | 1 | Receipts and related paperwork regarding reconstruction of synagogue | Romanian; Hungarian | 1947 |
| C-7 | 3 | Invitations to: reinauguration of synagogue; memorial for Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; Pessach services | Romanian; Hungarian | 1947; 1948 |
| C-1 | 3 | List of members with address, and matzah order (?) | Romanian | 1947-1948 |
| C-1 | 5 | Various receipts for work on synagogue (gas), rent | Romanian; Hungarian | 1947-1949 |
| C-3 | 2 | Community receipts | Romanian | 1947-1949 |
| C-2 | 1 | Receipts, accounting papers, donations, register of deliveries | Romanian | 1947-1950 |
| C-2 | 3 | Receipts, water and electricity bills, budget documents | Romanian; Hungarian | 1947-1950 |
| C-3 | 1 | Receipts, bills, accounting papers | Romanian; Hungarian | 1947-1951 |
| C-4 | 3 | Diverse receipts of payment from/to the Jewish community | Romanian; Hungarian; English | 1948 |
| C-2 | 5 | Bills related to the memorial plaques for the deported and commemoration ceremony | Romanian; Hungarian | 1949 |
| C-5 | 1 | Diverse receipts of payment from/to the Jewish community | Romanian; Hungarian; English | 1949 |
| C-6 | 2 | Register of incoming (names of tax-paying members), outgoing payments | Romanian | 1955 |
| C-2 | 6 | Meeting minutes, papers related to financial problems of the Neologue Temple | Romanian; Hungarian | 1954-1958 |
| C-1 | 1 | Lists of community members and taxes paid | Romanian | 1969-1972 |
| C-3 | 5 | Payments, receipts | Romanian; Hungarian | 1972-1974 |
| C-6 | 3 | Register of incoming (names of tax-paying members), outgoing payments | Romanian | 1975-1987 |
| Language: Hungarian; Romanian |
| Extent: 10 items (circa .3 meters) |
| Arrangement: Chronologic |
| Scope and Content: The small series consists of various registers, most of them record only incoming and outgoing correspondence. A notable exception is the register of converts to Judaism in box C-R1. |
| Box | Folder | Title (English translation) | Language | Date |
| C-R1 | Empty accounting register | Romanian; Hungarian | 1927 | |
| C-R1 | Register of converts (to Judaism), vol. II | Romanian; Hungarian | 1938-1942; 1948 | |
| C-R1 | Register of incoming and outgoing correspondence | Hungarian | 1940-1941 | |
| C-R1 | Register of incoming and outgoing correspondence | Hungarian | 1940-1941; 1946 | |
| C-R1 | Register of incoming and outgoing correspondence | Hungarian | 1943-1945 | |
| C-R2 | Register of income and expenditures | Hungarian | 1944-1946 | |
| C-R2 | Register of incoming and outgoing correspondence | Romanian; Hungarian | 1945-1947 | |
| C-R2 | Register of expenses for reconstruction of synagogue | Romanian | 1946-1947 | |
| C-R2 | Register of members paying community dues | Hungarian | 1948-1949 | |
| C-R2 | Register of incoming and outgoing correspondence | Romanian; Hungarian | 1948-1950 |
| Language: Hungarian; Romanian; German; French; English; Hebrew |
| Extent: .3 meters |
| Arrangement: Chronologic |
| Scope and Content: This series contains a collection of sermons, reports, and other shorter writings which were printed by professional presses. Most of the material is from the interwar period and includes numerous sermons or writings by the Neologue rabbi, Dr. Mózes Weinberger (later Moshe Carmilly Weinberger). Please note the files were sorted post-processing by date for the purposes of the finding aid, thus the list below is chronological but does not reflect folder order within a box. Please read carefully box and folder indications to locate the respective folder. |
| Box | Folder | Title (English translation) | Language | Date |
| C-S3-3 | 2 | Annual report and budget of the Jewish Community of Cluj | Hungarian | 1927-1933 |
| C-S3-2 | 1 | “The Situation of the Jews in the Talmud” by Dr. Weinberger Mózes | Hungarian | 1934 |
| C-S3-2 | 5 | “For God – for man” by Dr. Weinberger Mózes | Hungarian | 1934 |
| C-S3-1 | 2 | Biblical devotions (Bibellesezettel) | German | 1934-1939 |
| C-S3-3 | 9 | Report on retirement institutions and those related to widows and orphans | Hungarian | 1937 |
| C-S3-2 | 3 | “Strength and Spirit. Prayers and Discussion”, by Dr. Weinberger Mózes | Hungarian | 1939 |
| C-S3-2 | 4 | “The Souls of the Templars” (?), Dr. Weinberger Mózes | Hungarian | 1939 |
| C-S3-3 | 1 | Report on the leadership functions of the Israelite community of Cluj | Hungarian | 1942-1943 |
| C-S3-2 | 2 | “Forbidden Hebrew Books” by Dr. Weinberger Mózes | Hungarian | 1943 |
| C-S3-3 | 3 | Report for 1942 and budget for 1943 | Hungarian | 1943 |
| C-S3-1 | 1 | In Memoria Martirilor Deportați / To the Memory of the Deported Martyrs | Romanian; English; French; Hebrew | 1945-1946 |
| C-S3-3 | 8 | Program of the World Jewish Congress | Hungarian | 1946 |
| C-S3-3 | 4 | Community report for April 1947 | Hungarian | 1947 |
| C-S3-3 | 5 | Community report, May-June 1947 | Hungarian | 1947 |
| C-S3-3 | 6 | Community report, March 1947 | Hungarian | 1947 |
| C-S3-3 | 7 | Community report, March-Dec. 1944 (?), February 1947 | Hungarian, Romanian | 1947 |
| Language: Hungarian; Romanian; Hebrew; Yiddish |
| Extent: .4 meters |
| Arrangement: Chronologic |
| Scope and Content: At some point in time in the post-war period, probably after 1990 and definitely prior to 2016, a member of the Cluj community sorted through the communal archival material and made selections of what he determined to be particularly relevant to the history of the community. These were at one time removed to his private residence and later returned to the community. LBI archivists decided to leave this material as a separate series since it would have been complicated and speculative to insert it into the other series created before we were aware of the existence of this material. The material is also, thus, a selection of what one individual deemed to be particularly significant for the history of the Cluj Jewish community. Please note the files were sorted post-processing by date for the purposes of the finding aid, thus the list below is chronological but does not reflect folder order within a box. Please read carefully box and folder indications to locate the respective folder. |
| Box | Folder | Title (English translation) | Language | Date |
| C-K3 | 1 | Sermons for Shabbat and Holidays | Hungarian | 1904-1925 |
| C-K3 | 2 | Misc. items donated by individuals: postcards, copies of athletic documents, child's drawing | Hungarian; Romanian; Yiddish | 1926-1944 |
| C-K3 | 3 | Architectural plans for synagogue, mausoleum (proposed), school | Hungarian; Romanian | 1927-1947 |
| C-K4 | 16 | Document from the Chevra Kadisha society | Hungarian, Romanian | 1929, 1942-1947 |
| C-K4 | 1 | Documents related to the Union of Communities of the Western Rite of Transylvania and Banat, rabbinate, the Joint, religious affairs | Hungarian, Romanian | 1930-1949 |
| C-K1 | 7 | Community statutes (1934); Letter from Transylvanian Zionist organization | Hungarian; Romanian | 1934; 1939 |
| C-K2 | 6 | Misc. ephemera and pieces of unknown origin | Hungarian; Romanian; Hebrew | 1939-? |
| C-K1 | 6 | Diverse correspondence and administrative paperwork | Hungarian | 1941 |
| C-K1 | 8 | Correspondence from the Orthodox Jewish community of Cluj | Hungarian; Romanian | 1941-1947 |
| C-K4 | 3 | Rental contracts, accounting documents | Hungarian, Romanian | 1941-1951 |
| C-K1 | 4 | Diverse correspondence and administrative paperwork | Hungarian | 1943-1944 |
| C-K2 | 1 | Member registration slips | Hungarian | 1944-1945 |
| C-K1 | 5 | Diverse correspondence and administrative paperwork | Hungarian; Romanian | 1945 |
| C-K4 | 2 | Invitations for cultural events, commemorations, meetings, postcards | Hungarian, Romanian | 1945-1948 |
| C-K2 | 7 | Copies of other documents (selected by A. Klein) | Hungarian; Romanian | 1945-1949 |
| C-K3 | 5 | Lists of community members and community leadership | Hungarian; Romanian | 1945-1949 |
| C-K4 | 9 | Documents about the Jewish cemeteries | Hungarian, Romanian | 1945-1949 |
| C-K1 | 1 | Diverse correspondence and administrative paperwork | Hungarian; Romanian | 1946 |
| C-K2 | 2 | Member registration slips | Hungarian | 1946 |
| C-K3 | 4 | Correspondence, meeting records, plans related to reconstruction of synagogue | Hungarian; Romanian | 1946-1947 |
| C-K4 | 4 | Documents regarding the reestablishment of Jewish life, reconstruction of the synagogues | Hungarian, Romanian | 1946-1948 |
| C-K4 | 13 | Diverse correspondence | Hungarian, Romanian | 1946-1949 |
| C-K4 | 8 | Documents on community property (buildings) | Romanian | 1946-1950 |
| C-K1 | 2 | Diverse correspondence and administrative paperwork | Hungarian; Romanian | 1947 |
| C-K2 | 3 | Member registration slips | Romanian | 1947 |
| C-K4 | 11 | Document related to the belongings of Jews who were deported | Hungarian, Romanian | 1947 |
| C-K4 | 6 | Announcements of the Cluj regional school inspectorate, community newsletters, articles from various newspapers | Hungarian, Romanian | 1947-1948 |
| C-K4 | 7 | Meeting minutes, council decisions | Hungarian, Romanian | 1947-1948 |
| C-K3 | 6 | Statutes project, list of employees | Hungarian; Romanian | 1947-1949 |
| C-K1 | 3 | Diverse correspondence and administrative paperwork | Hungarian; Romanian | 1948 |
| C-K2 | 4 | Member registration slips | Hungarian; Romanian | 1948 |
| C-K4 | 12 | Attestations (?) – Goldmark Philharmonic | Romanian | 1948 |
| C-K4 | 15 | Documents about athletic club Haggibbor (field) | Hungarian, Romanian | 1948 |
| C-K4 | 10 | Documents related to O.R.T. (Organisation, Reconstruction, Training) | Hungarian, Romanian | 1948-1949 |
| C-K2 | 5 | Member registration slips | Romanian | 1949 |
| C-K4 | 5 | Various photographs, drawings | no date | |
| C-K4 | 14 | Envelopes, blank forms | Hungarian, Romanian | no date |
| Language: German; Hungarian |
| Extent: 1 meter |
| Arrangement: Alphabetic by composer |
| Scope and Content: The Goldmark orchestra, named after a popular 19th century Hungarian-Jewish composer, existed in Cluj / Kolozsvár from 1934-1942. It was founded by conductor and composer Alexander Boskovich (also spelled Boskovits), as a response to Romanian legislation curbing Jewish participation in cultural organizations. Boskovich directed the orchestra from 1934-1938, when he was invited to attend the premiere of his composition “Chansons Populaires Juives” (later renamed “The Golden Chain“) in Tel-Aviv and decided to remain in Palestine. Boskovich went on to become a well-known Israeli composer; the decision to spontaneously remain in Palestine probably saved his life as the vast majority of Cluj Jews, including Boskovich’s parents, were deported in spring 1944 to Auschwitz. The orchestra performed at a high level, member names can be seen in box G-10, which contains a register of rehearsal attendance. From this source we know that György Ligeti, the famous avant-garde composer, himself from nearby Târnăveni, played tympani with the Goldmark Philharmonic in 1940. |
| Box | Folder | Title (English translation) | Composer; arranger | Date |
| G-1 | Symphonie Nr 2 in D major | Ludwig van Beethoven | no date | |
| G-1 | Symphonie Nr 3 in E major (Eroica) | Ludwig van Beethoven | no date | |
| G-1 | Overture to Fidelio | Ludwig van Beethoven | no date | |
| G-2 | Egmont Ouvertüre, op. 84 | Ludwig van Beethoven | no date | |
| G-2 | Violin Concerto, D major | Ludwig van Beethoven | no date | |
| G-2 | L'Arlesiene, suite I and II | Georg Bizet | 1928; 1940-1941 | |
| G-3 | Baal-Sem | Ernest Bloch, arr. by Alex Boskovits | 1936 (handcopied) | |
| G-3 | Overture to Anakreon | Luigi Cherubini | no date | |
| G-3 | Ouvertüre zur Oper "Hunyady László" | Franz Erkel, arr. by Julius Kochmann | 1921 | |
| G-4 | Ouvertüre zur Oper: Iphigenia in Aulis | Christoph W. Gluck, end arr. by Richard Wagner | no date | |
| G-4 | Ouverture zur Sakuntala | Carl Goldmark | no date | |
| G-4 | Jüdische Trilogie, op. 19 | Asger Hamerik | no date | |
| G-5 | Israel in Aegypten | Georg Friedrich Handel | no date | |
| G-5 | Symphonie dmoll (die Uhr), nr. 101 | Joseph Haydn | no date | |
| G-5 | Lied ohne Worte No. 3 | Felix Mendelsohn-Bartholdy | no date | |
| G-6 | Klavier-Konzert Nr. 1 in G minor | Felix Mendelsohn-Bartholdy | no date | |
| G-6 | Violin-Konzert in E minor, op. 64 | Felix Mendelsohn-Bartholdy | no date | |
| G-6 | Ouverture zu den Hebriden (Fingals-Höhle) | Felix Mendelsohn-Bartholdy | no date | |
| G-7 | Symphonie Nr 39, Esdur | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | no date | |
| G-7 | Symphonie Nr. 41 (Jupiter) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | no date | |
| G-7 | Overture to the Marriage of Figaro | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | no date | |
| G-8 | Gopak | Modest Petrovich Mussorgski, arr. by Hans Förster | no date | |
| G-8 | Mein Vaterland, Nr. 2 Moldau | Friedrich Smetana | no date | |
| G-8 | 3 Walzer (Blaue Donau. Wein, Weib und Gesang. Du und Du) | Johann Strauss | no date | |
| G-8 | Die Fledermaus : Ouvertüre | Johann Strauss | no date | |
| G-9 | Quatre Danses Hebraiques | Joachim Stutschewsky, arr. by Alex Boskovits | no date | |
| G-9 | 2nd Concerto, op. 22 | Henri Wieniawski | no date | |
| G-9 | Diverse sheet music (mostly solo instrumental) | |||
| G-10 | Inventory of sheet music belonging to the Goldmark Philharmonic Society of Cluj | 1930s | ||
| G-10 | Register of rehearsal attendance | 1939-1942 |
| Language: NA |
| Extent: .2 meters |
| Arrangement: By genre |
| Scope and Content: The series contains handwritten and printed liturgical music for synagogue services. Unfortunately there is no other information on the background of the music and in the limited time-frame in which LBI archivists were working, we were not able to determine more details about the music, such as to what liturgical tradition it belongs and so forth. |
| Box | Folder | Title (English translation) | Composer | Date |
| Chor-1 | Gesänge für gemischten Chor, opus 44 | Arnold Mendelssohn | no date | |
| Chor-1 | Serenade für Streichorchester | A. Bena | no date | |
| Chor-1 | Cantorial music (handwritten) | Unknown | no date | |
| Chor-2 | Four-part handwritten choir books (incomplete, seriously damaged) | Unknown | no date |