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Taylor-Tatelbaum Family Papers

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Identifier: P-213
Abstract

The Taylor-Tatelbaum Family resided in the Boston area. These papers include those of Barney and Jennie Tatelbaum, Harry and Fannie Cohen, and Alan Taylor (nee Abraham Tatelbaum.) The collection includes genealogical information, photographs, college papers, yearbooks, correspondence, plaques, naturalization certificates and vital records.

Dates: undated, 1908-1990

Temple Beth-El (Providence, R.I.) Records

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Identifier: I-460
Abstract Temple Beth-El, located on the East Side of Providence, dates back to 1849, with the creation of the group Sons of Israel. On September 10, 1849, Solomon Pareira, Leonard Gavitts and Morris Steinberg were granted an acre of land along the New London Turnpike (now Reservoir Avenue) to establish a cemetery. In 1854, the Congregation of the Sons of Israel and David was established, leading to president Solomon Pareira's deeding of the cemetery land in 1857 for the sole utilization of the...
Dates: 1940-1969

Temple B'nai Israel (Revere, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-221
Abstract

Temple B’nai Israel is a synagogue, established in the Beachmont neighborhood of Revere, Massachusetts in 1906. The congregation’s associated cemetery is located on Fuller Street in Everett. The collection consists of minutes from meetings of the congregation, Board of Directors, and miscellaneous other groups and committees, along with correspondence related to the synagogue and the Temple Israel Burial Society.

Dates: undated, 1907-1957

Temple B’nai Jacob (Lexington, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-102
Abstract

Temple B'nai Jacob was an Orthodox synagogue on Sylvia Street in Lexington, Massachusetts. Their first service was held on Passover in1916. Although this congregation is no longer operational, two synagogues in Lexington—Temple Emunah (Conservative) and Temple Isaiah (Reform)—have their roots in Temple B'nai Jacob. This collection contains one financial ledger in English and Yiddish.

Dates: 1938-1945

Temple Israel (Boston, Mass.) Records

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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 Ner Tamid (Peabody, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-561
Abstract

Temple Ner Tamid was founded in 1959 by local Jewish families who wanted a conservative synagogue in their home town of Peabody, Mass. Following its inception the congregation was able to buy a tract of land and raise money for construction of the temple, which was completed in 1965. Included are correspondence and other mailings, event programs, seating charts, temple by-laws, a Landscaping Committee record book, meeting and expense reports, and membership lists.

Dates: undated, 1959-2003

Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) Records

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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

Temple Shalom of the Congregation Sons of Jacob (Salem, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-553
Abstract

Temple Shalom is an Egalitarian Conservative Synagogue in Salem, Massachusetts, formerly called the Sons of Jacob. The congregation was formed by European Jewish immigrants in the Salem area in 1898. This collection includes photographs of congregation members and activities, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, meeting minutes, and various publications.

Dates: undated, 1910-2006

Temple Sinai (Swampscott, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-565
Abstract

Temple Sinai was founded in 1953 and became a hub of vibrant Jewish life on the North Shore of Massachusetts. Rabbi Meyer Strassfeld served as the congregation's spiritual leader from 1965-1989, and during this time he involved the community in the Soviet Jewry movement and led the dedication of a Torah scroll saved during the Holocaust. The collection contains many event flyers, booklets, and newspaper clippings that illustrate Temple Sinai's active community.

Dates: undated, 1953-2005

The Barbara Gaffin Papers

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Identifier: JHCP-017
Abstract This collection contains materials related to the life and work of Barbara Gaffin, with a particular focus on her efforts to raise awareness about and assist Ethiopian Jews and to build ties between Bostonian Jews and their sister community of Jews in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. The collection also contains some materials about Gaffin’s activities relating to Yemeni and Soviet Jews. Included are newspaper clippings, correspondence, records of speaking engagements, writings, travel records,...
Dates: Majority of material found in undated, 1956-2019

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Brookline (Mass.) 17
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Advertisements 10
New York (N.Y.) 10
Newton (Mass.) 10
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Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) 9
Jewish lawyers 9
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Fall River (Mass.) 8
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New Haven (Conn.) 5
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English 210
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German 16
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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 24
B'nai B'rith 9
Brandeis University 9
Associated Jewish Philanthropies (Boston, Mass.) 8
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 8
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Harvard University 7
Jewish National Fund 7
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 6
Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) 6
United Jewish Appeal 6
Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 6
American Jewish Committee 5
American Jewish Congress 5
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 5
Federated Jewish Charities (Boston, Mass.) 5
Temple Emanuel (Newton, Mass.) 5
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 5
Zionist Organization of America 5
Federation of Jewish Charities of Boston 4
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 4
Hebrew Teachers College (Brookline, Mass.) 4
Massachusetts Board of Rabbis 4
National Jewish Welfare Board 4
Stone, Elihu David 4
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 4
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 3
Boston Commission on Jewish Continuity 3
Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) 3
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds 3
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- 3
Epstein, Louis M., 1887-1949 3
Gorfinkle, Bernard 3
Harvard Business School 3
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 3
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. 3
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 3
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 3
Liebman, Joshua Loth, 1907-1948 3
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 3
National Community Relations Advisory Council (U.S.) 3
Rabbinical Association of Greater Boston 3
Shrage, Barry 3
Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945 3
Temple Israel (Boston, Mass) 3
Weinstein, Lewis H., 1905-. 3
Action for Soviet Jewry 2
Alpert, Abraham 2
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 2
American Zionist Council 2
Avukah, American Student Zionist Federation 2
B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. 2
Boruchoff, Ber, 1872-1939 2
Boston University 2
Boy Scouts of America 2
Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) 2
B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundations 2
Cambridge Hebrew Women's Aid Society 2
Central Conference of American Rabbis 2
Combined Jewish Appeal (Boston, Mass.) 2
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 2
Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958 2
Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 2
Epstein, Mary Wolfman, 1908-1998 2
Girls’ Latin School (Boston, Mass.) 2
Goldstein, Israel 1896- 2
Gordon, Albert Isaac, 1903-1968 2
Grossman, Benjamin 2
Harvard Law School 2
Hebrew College (Newton Center, Newton, Mass.) 2
Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsfield, Mass. 2
Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966 2
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
Hurwich, Louis, 1886-1967 2
Independent Order Brith Abraham of the United States of America 2
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 2
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 2
Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974 2
Keren Hayesod 2
Korff, Samuel I. 2
Levine, Harry, 1895-1977 2
Lipsky, Louis, 1876-1963 2
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 2
Lown, Philip W., 1890- 2
Margolis, Daniel J. 2
Massachusetts. General Court 2
Massachusetts. Superior Court 2
Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 2
Meretz Relief Association (Boston, Mass.) 2
Morros, Boris, 1891-1963 2
Morse, Leopold, 1831-1892 2
New England Jewish Music Forum 2
Newman, Louis 2
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 2
Poale Zion (U.S.) 2
Radcliffe College 2
Ratshesky, Abraham C. 2
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (Wyncote, Pa.) 2
Rubenovitz, Herman H. 2
Sachar, Abram Leon, 1899-1993 2
Schindler, Solomon, 1842-1915 2
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