Box 3

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains the New Haven Jewish Community Center newsletter Community News, spanning almost forty years of the Center's operations, the newsletter includes articles concerning center activities and programs, annual meeting reports, and news reports about current events of interest. Of particular interest are the newsletters dated 1938-1945 concerning the rise of anti-Semitism and the German Nazi Party and community involvement in the war effort. There is also an oversized Community...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains press releases and program schedules of the New Haven Jewish Community Center. Of special interest is the material concerning fundraising for the building of a new facility and the Center's contest for Best One-Act Play Relating to Jewish Life. There is also a mock-up of Life Magazine, the format of which was used by the Center as a yearbook, dated 1962-1963. This is located in the oversized folder in the shared oversized box for institutional records.