Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston
Organization
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Jewish Women's College Club (Boston, Mass.) Records
Collection
Identifier: JHCI-005
Abstract
The Jewish Women’s College Club was an organization in Boston’s Jewish community, active from 1921 to 2005, that was founded to provide scholarships to Jewish women pursuing a college or university education. This collection contains concert programs and invitations to the events put on by the organization.
Dates:
1947-1956
Leopold Morse Papers
Collection
Identifier: JHCP-013
Abstract
Leopold Morse was a philanthropist, businessman, and politician born in Germany and based in Boston, Massachusetts. This collection contains a number of items related to his personal life and political work, including his naturalization certificate, German vaccination paperwork from 1832, a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and photographs, documents from 1882 and 1886 signed by Massachusetts Governors John Davis Long and George D. Robinson, respectively, officially naming him as a...
Dates:
undated, 1832-1886
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
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
Stanley and Mary Ann Snider Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-964
Abstract
The Snider, Winer, Kane and Korelitz families are documented within this collection, although the bulk of the materials pertain to Stanley and Mary Ann Snider’s immediate family. The Sniders are the founders of Stanmar, Inc., which developed Smugglers’ Notch Ski Resort. The Winers founded Elm Farm Supermarkets, and the Kanes owned furniture stores before becoming involved with the operations of Elm Farms. This collection contains photographs, slides, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and...
Dates:
undated, 1902-2013
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
Wyner Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-803
Abstract
The Wyner Family Papers document the personal, professional, organizational and philanthropic activities of three generations of a prominent Boston Jewish family. The documents describe the operations of the family knitting and textile businesses, the building and management of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel of Boston and the development and operations of the Beth Israel Hospital of Boston (1926-2001.) This collection describes the Wyner family's involvement in a wide variety of organizations, both...
Dates:
undated, 1863-2004
Zionist House (Boston, Mass.) Records
Collection
Identifier: I-286
Abstract
The Zionist House was an organization founded to provide recreational, educational, and physical outreach for individuals and Jewish organizations in Boston. This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, trustee meeting minutes, reports, clippings, newsletters, and programs for anniversary concerts, lectures, films, exhibitions and other programs sponsored by the organization.
Dates:
undated, 1942-1989
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- Correspondence 15
- Photographs 10
- Minutes (administrative records) 9
- Clippings (information artifacts) 8
- Publications (documents) 8
- Reports 7
- Business records 6
- Pamphlets 6
- Brochures 5
- Financial records 5
- Memorandums 5
- Legal documents 4
- Scrapbooks 4
- Ephemera 3
- Hebrew language -- Study and teaching -- History 3
- Jewish community centers 3
- Newspapers 3
- Rabbis -- Massachusetts 3
- Zionism 3
- Articles 2
- Audiocassettes 2
- Blacks -- Relations with Jews 2
- Chaplains, Hospital -- United States 2
- Corporation reports 2
- Federations, Financial (Social service) 2
- Holocaust 2
- Jewish day schools -- United States 2
- Jewish education -- History 2
- Jews -- Dietary laws 2
- Jews, Soviet 2
- New York (N.Y.) 2
- Notes 2
- Scholarships 2
- Social service 2
- Speeches (documents) 2
- Account books 1
- Adoption 1
- Advertisements 1
- Antisemitism -- United States 1
- Arab-Israeli conflict 1
- Artifacts (object genre) 1
- Audiotapes 1
- Awards 1
- Belmont (Mass.) 1
- Black Panther Party -- Newspapers 1
- Brookline (Mass.) 1
- CD-ROMs 1
- Certificates 1
- Charities 1
- Church and education -- United States 1
- Civil rights 1
- Communism 1
- Concert programs 1
- Concerts 1
- Curricula 1
- DVDs 1
- Dating (Social customs) -- Religious Aspects -- Judaism 1
- Diaries 1
- Diplomatic and consular service, Israeli 1
- Directories 1
- Discrimination -- United States 1
- Dnipropetrovsʹk (Ukraine) 1
- Economic Assistance, Israeli 1
- Education, Elementary 1
- Emigration and immigration 1
- Emigration and immigration -- Europe -- History 1
- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy 1
- Emigration and immigration law -- United States 1
- Factories 1
- Fall River (Mass.) 1
- Family-owned business enterprises 1
- Family-owned business enterprises -- Massachusetts 1
- Fraternal insurance 1
- Fraternal organizations 1
- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Jewish -- United States 1
- Glass negatives 1
- Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America 1
- Hotels 1
- Humanitarianism 1
- Interfaith marriage (Jewish law) 1
- Intermarriage -- United States 1
- Invitations 1
- Israel 1
- Jewish businesspeople 1
- Jewish businesspeople -- Massachusetts 1
- Jewish cemeteries 1
- Jewish educators -- United States 1
- Jewish lawyers 1
- Jewish outreach 1
- Jewish women -- Education 1
- Jews -- Politics and government 1
- Jews, German 1
- Judaism -- Relations -- Catholic Church 1
- Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity 1
- Kosher food industry -- United States -- Directories 1
- London (England) 1
- Malmesbury (South Africa) 1
- Marlborough (Mass.) 1
- Marriage certificates 1 + ∧ less
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