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Samuel Moshcovitz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1009
Abstract Samuel Moshcovitz was born in Russia in 1907 and immigrated to the United States, where he attended college and became an accountant. He was active in several Jewish organizations, including Brandeis University and Beth Israel Hospital, until his death in 1993. The collection contains a collection of sheet music from the early to mid-twentieth century, along with correspondence from lawmakers in response to letters from Moshcovitz regarding United States policy in the Middle East. Another...
Dates: undated, circa 1905-1991

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

Temple Beth El of Lynn and Swampscott (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-574
Abstract

Temple Beth El was founded in Lynn in 1924. In 1946, members of the congregation split off to form Temple Israel, and in 1968, Temple Beth El expanded from its Lynn location to Swampscott. The two temples reunited in 2005 to become Congregation Shirat Hiyam. This collection contains documents related to many areas of synagogue life, including general membership, the music program, the Religious School, temple governance, and the Sisterhood.

Dates: undated, circa 1924-2006

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

 Collection
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

The Barbara Gaffin Papers

 Collection
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

The Sam (Simche) Katz Collection

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: JHCP-019
Abstract

This collection contains photographs and architectural drawings depicting 14 of the aron kodesh, or holy arks, created by early 20th century Russian woodworker Sam Katz. Also included are dedication programs, 3 snapshot portraits of Katz, and newspaper clippings relating to several congregations which feature Katz's holy arks.

Dates: 1910-1933, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1991, undated

Vilna Shul (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-598
Abstract

The Vilna Shul is the last immigrant-era synagogue building in Boston and currently operates as a cultural center. This collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, proposals, photographs, notes, publications, financial records, legal documents, architectural plans, and audiovisual materials relating to the activities, internal proceedings, finances, early history, building renovations, and legal disputes of the Vilna Shul.

Dates: undated, 1904-2014

Wolk Family Papers

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Identifier: P-643
Abstract

Consists of correspondence, in the form of postal cards, between family members in Vilna, London, New York City and Boston at the turn of the century. Corresponding members of the family include D. [David] Wolk in London and Boston, J. Wolk in London, S. [Sam or Salomon] Wolk in Boston, New York and Malden, Massachusetts and B. Wolk in Cambridge and Malden, Massachusetts, as well as P. Fine in Boston, with whom D. Wolk and S. Wolk temporarily resided.

Dates: 1902-1906, 1953

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

Yiddish Phonograph Record Collection

 Collection
Identifier: I-590
Abstract

The Yiddish Phonograph Record Collection consists of 57 records, including three named compilation albums of cantorial and holiday music. The records contain a variety of types of music, including classical, instrumental, folk songs, opera, cantorial music, and Yiddish interpretations of popular songs of the day. A few records also contain Yiddish storytelling and monologues from theater performances, and some are in languages other than Yiddish, including Hebrew, English, and Russian.

Dates: undated, 1948

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Brookline (Mass.) 3
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Chelsea (Mass.) 3
Fall River (Mass.) 3
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Lynn (Mass.) 3
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Vilnius (Lithuania) 2
West End (Boston, Mass.) 2
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Albany (N.Y.) 1
American Jewish Tercentenary (1954) 1
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Basel (Switzerland) 1
Bernkastel-Kues (Germany) 1
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Cambridge (Mass.) 1
Cantors (Judaism) 1
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Chaplains, Hospital -- United States 1
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Language
Hebrew 25
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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 6
Jewish National Fund 4
United Jewish Appeal 4
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 3
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 3
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McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 3
Stone, Elihu David 3
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 3
Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 3
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 3
B'nai B'rith 2
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 2
Brandeis University 2
Goldstein, Israel 1896- 2
Harvard University 2
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 2
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 2
Keren Hayesod 2
Lipsky, Louis, 1876-1963 2
Massachusetts. General Court 2
Morros, Boris, 1891-1963 2
Picon, Molly 2
United States. Congress 2
Weisgal, Meyer Wolfe, 1894-1977 2
Zionist Organization of America 2
Abrams, Ruth I. 1
Action for Soviet Jewry 1
Adath Jeshurun Cemetery Association 1
Aizenstat, Harry 1
Aizenstat, Sarah Freedman 1
Allen, Frank G. 1
Alpert, Abraham 1
Alpert, Helen 1
Alpha Omega (Fraternity) 1
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America 1
American Cancer Society 1
American Hospital Association 1
American Jewish Congress 1
American Physicians and Friends for Medicine in Israel 1
American Physicians’ Fellowship, Inc. for Medicine in Israel 1
American Zionist Council 1
Ampal-American Israel Corporation 1
Aronov, Moshe 1
Aronowski, Eliezer 1
Avukah, American Student Zionist Federation 1
Bailen, Samuel L. 1
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 1
Bennett, Ephraim 1
Beth El Synagogue (New Rochelle, N.Y.) 1
Bigelow, Lynne T. 1
Bloomfield, Meyer 1
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 1
Bnai Zion (Organization) 1
Borofsky, Ida S., 1883-1982 1
Borofsky, Jacob, 1880-1965 1
Bortman, Mark 1
Boruchoff, Ber, 1872-1939 1
Boston Public Schools 1
Boston University 1
Boston University. College of Communication 1
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 1
Bromberg Family 1
Bromberg, Alice Goldstein 1
Bromberg, Anna Insoft 1
Bromberg, Bertram F. 1
Bromberg, Edward J. 1
Bromberg, Henrietta Livingston 1
Bromberg, Justin L. 1
Bromberg, Levi 1
Bromberg, Pauline 1
Brookline Town Meeting 1
Brown, Meyer 1
Bush, George Herbert Walker 1924- 1
Butler, William M. (William Morgan), 1861-1937 1
Carter, James E. 1935- 1
Chayet, B. L. 1
Cherniavsky, Joseph, 1895-1959 1
Close, Abraham 1
Cohen, Myron 1
Congregation B'nai Israel (Northampton, Mass.) 1
Congregation B'nai Jacob (Longmeadow, Mass.) 1
Congregation B'nai Torah (Longmeadow, Mass.) 1
Congregation Beth-El Zedeck (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1
Congregation Kadimah (Brighton, Boston, Mass.) 1
Congregation Kadimah-Toras Moshe (Brighton, Boston, Mass.) 1
Congregation Linath Hatzedek-Beth Israel(Chelsea, Mass.) 1
Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) 1
Congregation Shirat Hayam (Swampscott, Mass.) 1
Congregation Sons of Zion (Holyoke, Mass.) 1
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 1
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds 1
Covich, Louis D. 1
Cox, Channing H. (Channing Harris), 1879-1968 1
Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958 1
Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 1
Diamond, Alan 1
Driscoll, Dawn-Marie 1
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- 1
Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959 1
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