Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.)
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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
Levinson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-984
Abstract
The Levinson family has its origins in Eastern Europe, though the majority of its members immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s. Members of the family were active in Boston business, science, and law. The material in the collection includes publications, photographs, a scrapbook, a photo album, and awards.
Dates:
undated, circa 1900-1969
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
Temple Israel (Boston, Mass.) Records
Collection
Identifier: I-458
Abstract
Temple Israel was founded as Congregation Adath Israel in 1854 when a group of German Jews broke from Congregation Ohabei Shalom. The congregation was also known as the Pleasant Street Synagogue. In 1859, the congregation purchased cemetery land in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The synagogue was, and remains, a Reform congregation, and has been home to well known Rabbis, including Joshua Loth Liebman and Roland B. Gittelsohn. This collection contains flyers, newsletters, pamphlets, sermons and a...
Dates:
1924-1996
Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) Records
Collection
Identifier: I-459
Abstract
Temple Ohabei Shalom was founded on February 26, 1843 by several Boston Jewish families, and is the first synagogue established in Massachusetts. After meeting in the homes of both a founding congregant and the first elected Rabbi, Abraham Saling, Ohabei Shalom dedicated its first building on Warren (now Warrenton) Street in Boston in 1852. In 1855, the German Jewish congregants left Ohabei Shalom and founded Congregation Adath Israel (now Temple Israel in Boston.) The Polish Jewish...
Dates:
undated, 1909-1991
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- Boston (Mass.) 5
- Brochures 4
- Correspondence 3
- Photographs 3
- Publications (documents) 3
- Scrapbooks 3
- Brookline (Mass.) 2
- Corporation reports 2
- Newsletters 2
- Pamphlets 2
- Synagogues 2
- Account books 1
- Advertisements 1
- Arab-Israeli conflict 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States -- Political activity 1
- Awards 1
- Business records 1
- Chaplains, Hospital -- United States 1
- Confirmation (Jewish rite) 1
- Curricula 1
- East Boston (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Federations, Financial (Social service) 1
- Fraternal organizations 1
- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Jewish -- United States 1
- Hebrew language -- Study and teaching -- History 1
- Intermarriage -- United States 1
- Jewish day schools -- United States 1
- Jewish education -- History 1
- Jewish families -- Massachusetts 1
- Jewish religious education 1
- Jewish sermons 1
- Jews, German -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
- Jews, Polish -- United States -- Cultural assimilation 1
- Kosher food industry -- United States -- Directories 1
- Minutes (administrative records) 1
- New York (N.Y.) 1
- Newton (Mass.) 1
- Philanthropy -- United States 1
- Programs (documents) 1
- Rabbis -- Massachusetts 1
- Tickets 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Public opinion -- United States 1
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