Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Laymen’s Institute of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, New England Region Records
Collection
Identifier: I-477
Abstract
The Laymen’s Institute (now known as TheRetreat) is a summer weekend retreat started in 1946 and sponsored by the New England Region of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs. The records include correspondence, speeches, short sermons, programs, ephemera, and cassette recordings of lectures. There is also a scrapbook and framed photo collage.
Dates:
undated, circa 1951-2005
Morton Shanok Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-995
Abstract
Morton Shanok was the cantor at Temple Beth El in Lynn (and later Swampscott) for 32 years and, after his retirement, High Holiday Cantor at Temple B’nai Abraham and Religious Cultural Coordinator at the Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged. He served in the U.S. Army as assistant army chaplain from 1942-1945. He was a founding member of the Cantors Assembly and helped write the curriculum at the H.L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music of the Jewish Theological Seminary....
Dates:
undated, circa 1943-2002
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