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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston

 Organization

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin Ulin Oral History (Transcript Only)

 Collection
Identifier: P-798
Abstract Benjamin Ulin was born in Boston on Oct. 21, 1899. He attended Harvard and later graduate school at the London School of Economics. He was highly active in the Jewish community and Boston community. He served as President for the Boston board of the Associated Jewish Philanthropies (1953-1956) and the Combined Jewish Philanthropies (1962-1964). He served as Vice President for the Zionist Council (1943-1960) and Vice President and founder of Zionist House (1945-1988). He was founder and...
Dates: 1987

Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-497
Abstract The Bureau of Jewish Education (BJE) in Boston, Massachusetts, was founded in 1920 when the Associated Boston Hebrew Schools and Bureau of Jewish Religious Schools merged under the leadership of Louis Hurwich. While not the first centralized Jewish education organization in the country, the BJE was the first to receive support from its local Federation. From 1920 to 2009, the BJE provided consultation, evaluation and teacher training services using a variety of methods and tools. It worked...
Dates: undated, 1919-2009

Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-120
Abstract The Bureau of Jewish Education (BJE) in Boston, Massachusetts, was founded in 1920 when the Associated Boston Hebrew Schools and Bureau of Jewish Religious Schools merged under the leadership of Louis Hurwich. While not the first centralized Jewish education organization in the country, the BJE was the first to receive support from its local Federation. From 1920 to 2009, the BJE provided consultation, evaluation and teacher training services using a variety of methods and tools. It worked...
Dates: undated, 1926-1992

Central Jewish Organization (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-212
Abstract

The Central Jewish Organization (previously known as the Central Jewish Committee) was founded in 1909 in Boston, Massachusetts and was mainly concerned with the welfare of Jewish prisoners and their family. This collection contains a cash book recording the organization's income and expenses from 1913-1916.

Dates: 1913-1916

Chelsea-Revere Hebrew School (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-313
Abstract

The Chelsea-Revere School was established by Monas Berlin in 1896 and served the Chelsea, Massachusetts Jewish community until 1979. The collection contains the records of the institution and its activities including meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, personnel manifests, memos, publications, photographs, memorial documents, and school function notices, as well as press materials in the form of newspaper clippings.

Dates: undated, 1939-1981

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

Concerned Jewish Students of Greater Boston Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-157
Abstract Contains material pertaining to the establishment of the organization, including a list of incorporators, and lists of constituent members, minutes of meetings (November 1970-February 1972), a speech giving a review of the group's activities (1972), and financial records (July 1970-March 1972). Also contains general correspondence (March 1970-March 1972), correspondence with Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston (1970-1971), and information on the group's Chavurat Shabbat project...
Dates: 1969-1973

David R. and Muriel K. Pokross Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1041
Abstract

This collection contains awards and honors, business records, meeting minutes, financial documents, correspondence, manuscripts, interview transcripts, and speeches documenting the work and personal lives of lawyer and philanthropist David R. Pokross and his wife Muriel K. Pokross.

Dates: undated, 1898-2015

Dr. Samuel A. Levine and Rosalind Weinberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: JHCP-018
Abstract

This collection contains materials belonging to esteemed cardiologist Dr. Samuel A. Levine and his wife, philanthropist and artist Rosalind Weinberg. Materials include artifacts and documents such as correspondence, newspaper clippings from Jewish and local papers, issues of medical journals, programs, recognitions of philanthropy, and photographs.



Dates: undated, 1923-1993.

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

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Subject
Correspondence 22
Boston (Mass.) 20
Photographs 15
Clippings (information artifacts) 14
Minutes (administrative records) 14
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Publications (documents) 11
Financial records 10
Pamphlets 10
Reports 10
Memorandums 8
Brochures 7
Business records 6
Scrapbooks 6
Legal documents 5
Programs (documents) 5
Federations, Financial (Social service) 4
Jewish community centers 4
Notes 4
Articles 3
Audiocassettes 3
Bylaws (administrative records) 3
Certificates 3
Corporation reports 3
Ephemera 3
Hebrew language -- Study and teaching -- History 3
Invitations 3
Jews -- Charities 3
Newsletters 3
Newspapers 3
Philanthropy -- United States 3
Press releases 3
Rabbis -- Massachusetts 3
Speeches (documents) 3
Zionism 3
Account books 2
Announcements 2
Artifacts (object genre) 2
Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States 2
Awards 2
Blacks -- Relations with Jews 2
Chaplains, Hospital -- United States 2
Charities 2
Directories 2
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America 2
Holocaust 2
Israel 2
Jewish day schools -- United States 2
Jewish education -- History 2
Jewish lawyers 2
Jews -- Dietary laws 2
Jews, Soviet 2
New York (N.Y.) 2
Newton (Mass.) 2
Philanthropy and society 2
Scholarships 2
Social service 2
Students -- United States 2
Surveys (documents) 2
World War, 1914-1918 2
Administrative records 1
Adoption 1
Advertisements 1
Agendas (administrative records) 1
Annual reports 1
Antisemitism -- United States 1
Arab-Israeli conflict 1
Architectural drawings 1
Art 1
Articles of incorporation 1
Associations, institutions, etc. 1
Audiotapes 1
Belmont (Mass.) 1
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 1
Black Panther Party -- Newspapers 1
Boston Symphony Orchestra 1
Brookline (Mass.) 1
CD-ROMs 1
Card indexes 1
Charities -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
Child welfare 1
Church and education -- United States 1
Civil rights 1
Communism 1
Concert programs 1
Concerts 1
Contracts 1
Curricula 1
DVDs 1
Dating (Social customs) -- Religious Aspects -- Judaism 1
Diaries 1
Diplomas 1
Diplomatic and consular service, Israeli 1
Discrimination -- United States 1
Dnipropetrovsʹk (Ukraine) 1
Drawings (visual works) 1
Economic Assistance, Israeli 1
Education, Elementary 1
Emigration and immigration 1
Emigration and immigration -- Europe -- History 1
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy 1
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