Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston
Organization
Found in 9 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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- Photographs 7
- Clippings (information artifacts) 6
- Minutes (administrative records) 6
- Boston (Mass.) 5
- Brochures 5
- Financial records 5
- Memorandums 5
- Reports 5
- Publications (documents) 4
- Scrapbooks 4
- Corporation reports 3
- Programs (documents) 3
- Account books 2
- Articles 2
- Audiocassettes 2
- Bylaws (administrative records) 2
- Certificates 2
- Hebrew language -- Study and teaching -- History 2
- Invitations 2
- Jewish day schools -- United States 2
- Jewish education -- History 2
- Legal documents 2
- Newsletters 2
- Notes 2
- Press releases 2
- Speeches (documents) 2
- Surveys (documents) 2
- Adoption 1
- Advertisements 1
- Agendas (administrative records) 1
- Announcements 1
- Annual reports 1
- Antisemitism -- United States 1
- Architectural drawings 1
- Articles of incorporation 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States 1
- Awards 1
- Blacks -- Relations with Jews 1
- Business records 1
- CD-ROMs 1
- Card indexes 1
- Chaplains, Hospital -- United States 1
- Child welfare 1
- Church and education -- United States 1
- Civil rights 1
- Communism 1
- Contracts 1
- Curricula 1
- DVDs 1
- Directories 1
- Discrimination -- United States 1
- Dnipropetrovsʹk (Ukraine) 1
- Emigration and immigration law 1
- Ephemera 1
- Family-owned business enterprises 1
- Federations, Financial (Social service) 1
- Fliers (printed matter) 1
- Floppy disks 1
- Glass negatives 1
- Holocaust 1
- Hospitals 1
- Humanitarianism 1
- Israel 1
- Jewish cemeteries 1
- Jewish lawyers 1
- Jewish legislators 1
- Jewish statesmen 1
- Jews -- Dietary laws 1
- Jews, Soviet 1
- Journals (periodicals) 1
- Judaism -- Relations -- Catholic Church 1
- Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity 1
- Judges 1
- Magazines (periodicals) 1
- Marlborough (Mass.) 1
- Medical care 1
- Military chaplains -- Judaism 1
- News bulletins 1
- Newspapers 1
- Newton (Mass.) 1
- Obituaries 1
- Organizational charts 1
- Philanthropists 1
- Philanthropy -- United States 1
- Phonograph records 1
- Plaques (flat objects) 1
- Portraits 1
- Posters 1
- Rabbinical courts 1
- Rabbis -- Massachusetts 1
- Readville (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Resolutions (administrative records) 1
- Sabbath legislation 1
- Self-service stores 1
- Silverware 1
- Slides (photographs) 1
- Social problems 1 + ∧ less
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