Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston

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

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Chelsea-Revere Hebrew School (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

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

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Concerned Jewish Students of Greater Boston 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

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Boston Port Records

Collection

Identifier: I-96

Abstract The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) was founded in New York City in the 1880s by the Russian Jewish community of New York in response to the influx of Russian Jewish immigrants fleeing the pograms in the Pale of Settlement in Russia and Eastern Europe. In 1889, a shelter which was used to house many of the immigrants adopted the name “Hebrew Sheltering House Association.” This organization merged with HIAS in 1909 and by 1914, had branches operating in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and...

Dates: undated, 1886-1977; Majority of material found within 1938-1954

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Boston Port Records

Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston Records

Collection

Identifier: I-123 and I-123A

Abstract This collection includes material preceding and relating to the founding of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston (JCRC), including early papers of the local American Jewish Committee and the Central Advisory Committee (a predecessor agency),the constitution and by-laws of the JCRC, material relating to organizational membership in and representation in the organizations, correspondence of the officers and staff, minutes of meetings and proceedings of its Administrative...

Dates: undated, 1933-2008

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston Records

Jewish Federation of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

Collection

Identifier: I-572

Abstract The Jewish Federation of the North Shore was founded in 1938 in Lynn, Massachusetts with the objective to support organizations that helped enrich the Jewish community on the North Shore and abroad. After a period of declining donations and to consolidate services, the JFNS Board of Directors voted to merge the organization with the Combined Jewish Philanthropies in 2013. The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings and publications from JFNS, as well as a large group of...

Dates: undated, circa 1926-2007

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Federation of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

Jewish Memorial Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (Boston, Mass.) Records

Collection

Identifier: I-336

Abstract The records provide material relating to the accreditation, fundraising, management, planning, policies, programs, and public relations of a hospital that continues to serve the Greater Boston area. The records includes correspondence of various Presidents, Board Members, and Executive Directors; Board and committee minutes; scrapbooks, photographs, videotape, and film created by the Public Relations department; records of various Auxiliary groups; correspondence, reports, surveys, and other...

Dates: undated, 1915-1999

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Memorial Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (Boston, Mass.) Records

Jewish Vocational Aid Society (Boston, Mass.) Records

Collection

Identifier: I-216

Abstract The Jewish Vocational Aid Society of Boston, founded by Mrs. Margaret Davidson and incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts in 1907 as the Jewish Children's Aid Society; original purpose was in aiding destitute Jewish children. In 1936 became known as the Jewish Vocational Aid Society; members focused efforts on raising funds for needy Jewish students. Later, eligibility for scholarships was expanded to include non-Jewish students as well. In 1973 was forced to transfer most of its funds...

Dates: undated, 1910-1985

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Vocational Aid Society (Boston, Mass.) Records

Lewis H. Weinstein Papers

Collection

Identifier: P-641

Abstract

Consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, press releases, pamphlets, publications and other similar materials pertaining to Weinstein's involvement in Jewish organizations and institutions in the Boston area and nationally.

Dates: undated, 1947-1992

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Lewis H. Weinstein Papers

Massachusetts Board of Rabbis Records

Collection

Identifier: I-56 and I-56A

Abstract The Massachusetts Board of Rabbis was founded in 1938 as the Rabbinical Association of Greater Boston by Rabbis Herman Rubenovitz, Louis Epstein, Joshua Loth Lieberman, Beryl D. Cohen, and Sam Abrams. During the 1970s the Board focused on its chaplaincy work in hospitals as well as timely topics, such as social action, chevruta, and health insurance for Rabbis. This collection contains minutes, correspondence and statements regarding the Board's work around hospital chaplaincy, kashruth,...

Dates: undated, 1970-1980

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Massachusetts Board of Rabbis Records

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

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

Concerned Jewish Students of Greater Boston Records

Farband Labor Zionist Order (Boston, Mass.) Records

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Boston Port Records

Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston Records

Jewish Federation of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

Jewish Memorial Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (Boston, Mass.) Records

Jewish Vocational Aid Society (Boston, Mass.) Records

Lewis H. Weinstein Papers

Massachusetts Board of Rabbis Records

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