HIAS (Agency)
Organization
Found in 2 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
Congregation Agudas Sholom (The Walnut Street Shul) (Chelsea, Mass.) Records
File
Identifier: JHCI-024
Abstract
Congregation Agudas Sholom or Agudath Shalom (known colloquially as the Walnut Street Shul or Synagogue) was chartered in 1887 by a minyan as Ohabei Shalom of Chelsea. In 1901, the congregation purchased a property at Walnut St and 5th. After the building was destroyed in the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908, the congregations of Agudas Achim and Ohabei Shalom of Chelsea merged membership and formed Congregation Agudas Sholom. This collection contains the business and activity records of Agudas...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1924 - 1994
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- Account books 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States 1
- Brochures 1
- Cemeteries (Jewish law). 1
- Chelsea (Mass.) 1
- Congregation Agudas Sholom (Chelsea, Mass.) 1
- Corporation reports 1
- Correspondence 1
- Federations, Financial (Social service) 1
- Financial records 1
- Free loan societies (Jewish law) 1
- Jewish women -- Societies and clubs 1
- Minutes (administrative records) 1
- Orthodox Judaism 1
- Orthodox Judaism -- Massachusetts 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Philanthropy -- United States 1
- Photographs 1
- Publications (documents) 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Synagogue records and registers 1
- Synagogue seating 1
- Synagogues -- Massachusetts -- Chelsea 1
- Synagogues -- Organization and administration 1
- Synagogues--Membership 1 + ∧ less
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