Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or 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
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
United Hebrew Benevolent Association (Boston, Mass.) Records
Collection
Identifier: I-223
Abstract
In 1864, congregants of Adath Israel (Temple Israel of Boston) and Ohabei Shalom founded the United Hebrew Benevolent Association, a charitable organization serving Boston’s growing Jewish community. In 1895, the UHBA and four other Jewish philanthropic organizations formed the Federation of Jewish Charities, the forerunner of today’s Combined Jewish Philanthropies. The collection contains case histories, including listings of funds disbursed to families and individuals in need, and a...
Dates:
1888-1898
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- Correspondence 2
- Financial records 2
- Legal documents 2
- Minutes (administrative records) 2
- Reports 2
- Agendas (administrative records) 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States 1
- Boston (Mass.) 1
- Business records 1
- Clippings (information artifacts) 1
- Emigration and immigration 1
- Emigration and immigration -- Europe -- History 1
- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy 1
- Emigration and immigration -- History 1
- Emigration and immigration law 1
- Emigration and immigration law -- United States 1
- Federations, Financial (Social service) 1
- Holocaust 1
- Israel 1
- Jewish lawyers 1
- Jewish legislators 1
- Jewish statesmen 1
- Jews -- Charities 1
- Judges 1
- Memorandums 1
- Notes 1
- Pamphlets 1
- Philanthropists 1
- Philanthropy and society 1
- Photographs 1
- Press releases 1
- Receipts (financial records) 1
- Resolutions (administrative records) 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Social problems 1
- Telegrams 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1 + ∧ less
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