Federated Jewish Charities (Boston, Mass.)
Organization
Found in 5 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 Welfare Centre (South End, Boston, Mass.) Records
Collection
Identifier: I-435
Abstract
This collection contains a ledger recording the Jewish Welfare Centre of the South End's disbursement of funds to individuals and families in need, as well as individual and organizational donations it recieved.
Dates:
1918-1930
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
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- Correspondence 3
- Pamphlets 3
- Publications (documents) 3
- Account books 2
- Federations, Financial (Social service) 2
- Hebrew language -- Study and teaching -- History 2
- Jewish day schools -- United States 2
- Jewish education -- History 2
- Photographs 2
- Scrapbooks 2
- Associations, institutions, etc. 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States 1
- Curricula 1
- Financial records 1
- Glass negatives 1
- Jewish businesspeople 1
- Jews -- Politics and government 1
- Jews, German 1
- Massachusetts -- Politics and government 1
- Philanthropy -- United States 1
- South End (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Synagogues 1
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