Brandeis University

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Farband Labor Zionist Order (Boston, Mass.) Records

Collection

Identifier: I-534

Abstract

The Farband Labor Zionist Order was a Jewish fraternal organization founded in 1910 and chartered in New York in 1913. With branches across the United States and Canada, it functioned as a mutual aid society aligned with the Socialist and Zionist political party Poale Zion. The material in the collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, press releases, photographs, meeting minutes, brochures, and memos.

Dates: undated, 1941-1984

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Farband Labor Zionist Order (Boston, Mass.) Records

Philip W. Lown Papers

Collection

Identifier: P-162

Abstract Philip W. Lown was a businessman, philanthropist, and leading figure in the Jewish Community. In 1926, he became a joint owner of the Pilgrim Shoe Company in Auburn, Maine, and later president of Penobscot Shoe Company and Lown Shoes Inc. Starting in 1937 and up to his death, Lown worked philanthropically within the Jewish community, most notably in Jewish education. He served on such boards as the American Association for Jewish Education, the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundations, and the World...

Dates: undated, 1913-1975

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Philip W. Lown Papers

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Brandeis University

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Farband Labor Zionist Order (Boston, Mass.) Records

Philip W. Lown Papers

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