Zionist Organization of America

Adolph Hubbard Papers

Collection

Identifier: P-647

Abstract Adolph Hubbard was a Boston area lawyer and co-founder of the Zionist Organization of America. In 1918, he was appointed as Administrator of the American Zionist Medical Unit by Louis D. Brandeis, and traveled to Palestine to aid in the provision of medical services and establish the American Jewish Hospital. From the 1930s to 1950s, Hubbard was an active and leading member of Zionist organizations. Following his death in 1971, $10,000 was given in his name to establish a Nahala through the...

Dates: undated, 1918-1972

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Adolph Hubbard Papers

Benjamin Rabalsky Papers

Collection

Identifier: P-153

Abstract

A Boston lawyer, Hebrew scholar and Yiddish orator, Benjamin Rabalsky was involved in the local Zionist movement. A member of the American Jewish Congress, American Zion Commonwealth, Boston West End Jewish Liberty Loan Committee, Zion Association of Greater Boston and New England Zionist Region, he dedicated much of his time to Zionist causes. This collection contains a small amount of business correspondence and family correspondence.

Dates: undated, 1913-1932

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Benjamin Rabalsky Papers

Harry Spiro Papers

Collection

Identifier: P-1005

Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, photos, newspapers and clippings, manuscripts, and financial records documenting the life of Harry Spiro following his immigration from the shtetl of Butrimantz in Lithuania, first to Havana, Cuba and then to the United States. Included in the collection are materials relating to his family, his Zionist activism both in Cuba and in the United States, and his building supply business, Best Lumber.

Dates: undated, 1905-1982

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Harry Spiro Papers

Kadimah Zionist Club (Boston, Mass.) Records

Collection

Identifier: I-116

Abstract There is little information on the Kadimah Zionist Club as an organization other than being a regional branch of the Zionist Organization of America. Past presidents included Benjamin Rabalsky, Morris Rabinovitz, and Max Miller. The club occupied two locations, 27 School Street in Boston in 1929 and by 1934 and 1935, Barristers Hall, also in Boston. This collection contains the records of the Kadimah Zionist Club, 1929-1935. It includes a membership list for January 1929, letters sent to...

Dates: undated, 1929-1935

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

Robert Silverman Papers

Collection

Identifier: P-1014

Abstract Robert Silverman was an early leader in American Zionism, taking part in and establishing multiple Zionist organizations in his more than forty years in the movement. This collection consists primarily of documents and photographs related to Silverman’s Zionist work. Documents include correspondence and printed materials from various organizations with which Silverman was involved and pamphlets, maps, and newspaper clippings related to Israel and Palestine. The photographs mainly depict...

Dates: undated, circa 1899-1965

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Robert Silverman Papers