Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.)
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Records
Collection
Identifier: I-220 and I-220A
Abstract
The Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) of Boston, Massachusetts is the oldest federated Jewish philanthropy in the United States. The current incarnation of CJP was formed in 1960, when two separate federated philanthropies – the Combined Jewish Appeal and Associated Jewish Philanthropies – merged to create a single organization dedicated to serving the needs of Boston’s Jewish community. CJP’s records contain the history of several other organizations, from the forerunners of the current...
Dates:
undated, 1865-2006
Evelyn B. and Janot S. Roskin Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-685
Abstract
This collection contains items relating to the Roskin, Borofsky, and Grosbayne families, with special focus on the musical contributions of Evelyn B. (née Borofsky) and Janot S. Roskin, which make up the bulk of the collection. A smaller portion of the collection comes from the Borofsky and Grosbayne families, including Jacob and Ida Borofsky, Evelyn's sister, Edith Borofsky and her husband, Mitchell Grosbayne and his brother, Benjamin. The collection includes publicity photographs,...
Dates:
undated, circa 1903-1989
Mary Wolfman Epstein Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-998
Abstract
Mary Wolfman Epstein was a singer, playwright, director, vocal teacher, and talent manager in the Boston area. Epstein worked with many Jewish and secular organizations, and she co-founded the New England Jewish Music Forum. She wrote over 30 original musicals, most of which were based on Jewish themes or individuals. This collection contains news clippings, photographs, recordings, correspondence, sheet music, scripts, and performance programs.
Dates:
undated, 1908-1998
Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-636
Abstract
This collection contains speeches and lectures in both draft and final form.
Dates:
1940-1947
Richard Winer Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-983
Abstract
Richard Winer was born in 1927 in Salem, Massachusetts. An active member of the Jewish community, he was a past President of Temple Shalom and founder and former President of the Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore. This collection includes a variety of marriage, birth and naturalization certificates, photographs, news clippings, and programs pertaining to family activities and family members, including Max Winer, Louis Winer, Benjamin Winer and Dorothy Winer.
Dates:
undated, 1891-1999
Temple Israel (Boston, Mass.) Records
Collection
Identifier: I-458
Abstract
Temple Israel was founded as Congregation Adath Israel in 1854 when a group of German Jews broke from Congregation Ohabei Shalom. The congregation was also known as the Pleasant Street Synagogue. In 1859, the congregation purchased cemetery land in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The synagogue was, and remains, a Reform congregation, and has been home to well known Rabbis, including Joshua Loth Liebman and Roland B. Gittelsohn. This collection contains flyers, newsletters, pamphlets, sermons and a...
Dates:
1924-1996
Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) Records
Collection
Identifier: I-459
Abstract
Temple Ohabei Shalom was founded on February 26, 1843 by several Boston Jewish families, and is the first synagogue established in Massachusetts. After meeting in the homes of both a founding congregant and the first elected Rabbi, Abraham Saling, Ohabei Shalom dedicated its first building on Warren (now Warrenton) Street in Boston in 1852. In 1855, the German Jewish congregants left Ohabei Shalom and founded Congregation Adath Israel (now Temple Israel in Boston.) The Polish Jewish...
Dates:
undated, 1909-1991
Wyner Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-803
Abstract
The Wyner Family Papers document the personal, professional, organizational and philanthropic activities of three generations of a prominent Boston Jewish family. The documents describe the operations of the family knitting and textile businesses, the building and management of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel of Boston and the development and operations of the Beth Israel Hospital of Boston (1926-2001.) This collection describes the Wyner family's involvement in a wide variety of organizations, both...
Dates:
undated, 1863-2004
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- Boston (Mass.) 7
- Brochures 4
- Brookline (Mass.) 4
- Correspondence 4
- Photographs 4
- Clippings (information artifacts) 3
- Programs (documents) 3
- Publications (documents) 3
- Newsletters 2
- Scrapbooks 2
- Sheet music 2
- Sound recordings 2
- Synagogues 2
- Account books 1
- Addresses 1
- Advertisements 1
- Announcements 1
- Artifacts (object genre) 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States -- Political activity 1
- Audiocassettes 1
- Audiotapes 1
- Bank statements 1
- Business records 1
- Certificates 1
- Composition (Music) 1
- Concert agents 1
- Concerts 1
- Corporation reports 1
- Diaries 1
- East Boston (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Emigration and immigration 1
- Factories 1
- Federations, Financial (Social service) 1
- Financial records 1
- Folk music 1
- Genealogies (histories) 1
- Hotels 1
- Indianapolis (Ind.) 1
- Israel 1
- Jewish businesspeople 1
- Jewish dentists 1
- Jewish hospitals 1
- Jewish musicians 1
- Jewish sermons 1
- Jewish singers 1
- Jewish theater 1
- Jews -- Massachusetts -- Salem 1
- Jews -- New England -- Music. 1
- Jews, East European -- Massachusetts -- Salem 1
- Jews, German -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- Jews, Polish -- United States -- Cultural assimilation 1
- Judaism and psychology. 1
- Judaism and social problems. 1
- Judaism. 1
- Kaunas (Lithuania) 1
- London (England) 1
- Malmesbury (South Africa) 1
- Marriage records 1
- Mills and mill-work 1
- Minutes (administrative records) 1
- Music 1
- Music -- Instruction and Study 1
- Musical accompaniment 1
- Naturalization records 1
- New York (N.Y.) 1
- Newton (Mass.) 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Patents 1
- Philanthropy -- United States 1
- Reports 1
- Salem (Mass.) 1
- School records 1
- Scripts (documents) 1
- Seals (artifacts) 1
- Songbooks, Hebrew 1
- Songbooks, Yiddish 1
- Songs, Yiddish 1
- Speeches (documents) 1
- Stoughton (Mass.) 1
- Synagogues -- Massachusetts -- Salem 1
- Talmud 1
- Tape reels 1
- Textile factories 1
- Theater, Yiddish 1
- Tickets 1
- Vilnius (Lithuania) 1
- West Bridgewater (Mass. : Town) 1
- Women organists 1
- Yearbooks 1 + ∧ less
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