Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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
Rabb Family and Stop & Shop Collection
Collection
Identifier: P-679
Abstract
The Rabinovitz/Rabb family arrived in Boston from Russia in the 1890s. Around 1914 they founded Economy Grocery Stores, which became Stop & Shop in 1946. In addition to building their grocery company into a successful business, the family is known for its philanthropy and active involvement in the Jewish community. The collection contains materials relating to the Rabb family and to the business operations of Stop & Shop until 1989. The materials in this collection include historical...
Dates:
1912-1989
Rabbi Richard J. Israel Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-860
Abstract
Rabbi Richard J. Israel was born in 1929 in Chicago. After attending the University of Chicago and Hebrew Union College, Rabbi Israel began his lengthy career in Hillel at the University of California, Los Angeles. He later worked at Hillel at Yale University, followed by an Executive Director position at the Hillel Council of Greater Boston. Rabbi Israel was also the Director of Central Services and Judaica at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Boston and was the Director of the...
Dates:
undated, 1949-1996
Synagogue Council of Massachusetts Records
Collection
Identifier: I-454
Abstract
The Synagogue Council of Massachusetts was founded in 1941 as the Associated Synagogues of Greater Boston (and later the Associated Synagogues of Massachusetts). The documents in this collection describe the proceedings and activities of the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts, as well as those of its affiliated organizations, including the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis, the Rabbinical Association of Greater Boston, the Kashruth Commission, the Beth Din, and the Jewish Chaplaincy Council....
Dates:
undated, 1908-2014
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- Minutes (administrative records) 4
- Photographs 4
- Brochures 3
- Clippings (information artifacts) 3
- Memorandums 3
- Publications (documents) 3
- Reports 3
- Business records 2
- Corporation reports 2
- Financial records 2
- Hebrew language -- Study and teaching -- History 2
- Jewish day schools -- United States 2
- Jewish education -- History 2
- Jews -- Dietary laws 2
- Jews, Soviet 2
- Newspapers 2
- Rabbis -- Massachusetts 2
- Scrapbooks 2
- Account books 1
- Adoption 1
- Advertisements 1
- Antisemitism -- United States 1
- Articles 1
- Audiocassettes 1
- Awards 1
- Black Panther Party -- Newspapers 1
- Blacks -- Relations with Jews 1
- CD-ROMs 1
- Chaplains, Hospital -- United States 1
- Church and education -- United States 1
- Civil rights 1
- Communism 1
- Curricula 1
- DVDs 1
- Dating (Social customs) -- Religious Aspects -- Judaism 1
- Directories 1
- Discrimination -- United States 1
- Dnipropetrovsʹk (Ukraine) 1
- Ephemera 1
- Family-owned business enterprises 1
- Glass negatives 1
- Holocaust 1
- Humanitarianism 1
- Interfaith marriage (Jewish law) 1
- Jewish cemeteries 1
- Jewish community centers 1
- Jewish educators -- United States 1
- Judaism -- Relations -- Catholic Church 1
- Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity 1
- Legal documents 1
- Marlborough (Mass.) 1
- Military chaplains -- Judaism 1
- New Haven (Conn.) 1
- Newsletters 1
- Newton (Mass.) 1
- Obituaries 1
- Parenting -- Religious Aspects -- Judaism 1
- Phonograph records 1
- Programs (documents) 1
- Rabbinical courts 1
- Rabbis 1
- Readville (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Sabbath legislation 1
- Self-service stores 1
- Speeches (documents) 1
- Supermarkets -- United States 1
- Surveys (documents) 1
- Synagogues 1
- Synagogues -- Massachusetts 1
- Transcripts 1
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews. 1 + ∧ less
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