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The Maimonides School (Brookline, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-020
Abstract

Founded in 1937 by Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik (the Rav), Maimonides School is a co-educational modern Orthodox Jewish Day School located in Brookline, Massachusetts. This collection is comprised of informational donor mailers, invitations and event programs, school newsletters, yearbooks, and school publications related to the founding, growth, and community of Maimonides School.



Dates: undated, 1963 -1991

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

Touro Synagogue (Newport, R.I.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-461
Abstract Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, is the nation’s oldest synagogue. The Jewish community of Newport was founded in 1658 by a small group of Sephardic Jews seeking religious freedom. In 1758, Isaac Touro, a Dutch Jew, became the community’s spiritual leader. Shortly after, the congregation purchased land and hired Peter Harrison to design the Synagogue. The building was dedicated in 1763, and has continued to serve Newport’s Jewish community. This collection consists of addresses,...
Dates: undated, 1913-1996

United Hebrew Benevolent Association (Boston, Mass.)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: I-211
Abstract

This collection consists of an annual report for 1894, and "Greetings" (1891) to the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of N.Y. for use of their military band. The latter lists the musical program and the members of the band.

Dates: 1891 - 1894

United Hebrew Benevolent Association (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-223
Abstract In 1864, congregants of Adath Israel (Temple Israel of Boston) and Ohabei Shalom founded the United Hebrew Benevolent Association, a charitable organization serving Boston’s growing Jewish community. In 1895, the UHBA and four other Jewish philanthropic organizations formed the Federation of Jewish Charities, the forerunner of today’s Combined Jewish Philanthropies. The collection contains case histories, including listings of funds disbursed to families and individuals in need, and a...
Dates: 1888-1898

United Kosher Butchers Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-118
Abstract

Consists of an audited report of the finances of the association, from the time of its establishment until February 18, 1929. One of the schedules notes the members of the association with their addresses; material pertaining to a kosher meat controversy including a circular from Rabbi M. Klachko and correspondence regarding the controversy, a summary of the event and identity of the various participants and a humorous invitation to a meeting of the Association and one photograph.

Dates: undated, 1928-1929

United Order of True Sisters, Heritage #53 Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-571
Abstract

Founded in 1846, the United Order of True Sisters (UOTS) originated in New York with the intent of increasing philanthropy and providing an outlet for women. In 1947, the United Order of True Sisters Cancer Services was founded to raise funds to support oncology centers. The material in this collection includes event programs, a certificate of life membership, and the correspondence of Sylvia Shapiro, vice-president of the UOTS.

Dates: 1948, 1990-2005

United Order True Sisters Noemi #11 Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-58
Abstract

Noemi #11 was an organizational branch of the charitable organization United Order True Sisters. The members of Noemi #11 were particularly dedicated to the philanthropic cause of aid to disabled children, and had a strong association with Children’s Hospital, Boston, and Massachusetts General Hospital. The collection includes meeting minutes, personal histories of the lodge, programs, photographs and correspondence.

Dates: undated, 1883-1989

Upper Valley Jewish Community (Hanover, N.H.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-463
Abstract

The Upper Valley Jewish Community (UVJC) is an egalitarian congregation on the campus of Dartmouth College. The congregation hosts a Hebrew School and publishes the newsletter, "The Jewish Connection." This collection consists of several issues of the publication, "The Jewish Connection," as well as other miscellaneous invitations and programs for a variety of events.

Dates: undated, 1984-1996

Vilna Shul (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
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

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Boston (Mass.) 166
Correspondence 154
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Minutes (administrative records) 58
Newsletters 47
Programs (documents) 47
Financial records 39
Reports 36
Notes 32
Lynn (Mass.) 29
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Synagogues 27
Business records 26
Brochures 25
Administrative records 24
North Shore (Mass. : Coast) 24
Pamphlets 23
Brookline (Mass.) 22
Speeches (documents) 20
Synagogues -- Organization and administration 18
Bylaws (administrative records) 17
Printed ephemera 17
Awards 16
Legal documents 16
Rabbis 16
Chelsea (Mass.) 15
Israel 15
Zionism 15
Jewish community centers 14
Memorandums 14
Newton (Mass.) 14
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New York (N.Y.) 12
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Swampscott (Mass.) 11
Advertisements 10
Cambridge (Mass.) 10
Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) 10
Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) 10
Synagogues -- Massachusetts 10
Articles 9
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Jewish lawyers 9
Salem (Mass.) 9
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Beverly (Mass.) 8
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Fall River (Mass.) 8
Malden (Mass.) 8
Marblehead (Mass.) 8
Peabody (Mass.) 8
Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States 7
Audiocassettes 7
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Diaries 7
Emigration and immigration 7
Fliers (printed matter) 7
Genealogical tables 7
Holocaust 7
Immigrants -- Jews -- United States 7
Jewish businesspeople 7
Membership lists 7
Rabbis -- Massachusetts 7
Revere (Mass.) 7
Sound recordings 7
Synagogues -- Massachusetts -- Boston 7
World War, 1939-1945 7
Account books 6
Autobiographies 6
Everett (Mass.) 6
Financial statements 6
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Jewish families 6
Jewish women 6
Ledgers (account books) 6
New Haven (Conn.) 6
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Sermons 6
Sheet music 6
Synagogues -- Connecticut 6
World War, 1914-1918 6
Yearbooks 6
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Notebooks 5
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Press releases 5
Sharon (Mass.) 5
Springfield (Mass.) 5
United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel 5
Worcester (Mass.) 5
Zionism -- Massachusetts -- Boston 5
Zionism and Judaism 5
Annual reports 4
Antisemitism 4
Associations, institutions, etc. 4
Brighton (Boston, Mass.) 4
Brockton (Mass.) 4
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Language
Hebrew 59
Yiddish 40
Russian 16
German 15
French 8
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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 27
B'nai B'rith 12
Brandeis University 10
Associated Jewish Philanthropies (Boston, Mass.) 9
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 8
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Harvard University 8
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 7
Jewish National Fund 7
Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 7
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 6
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. 6
Stone, Elihu David 6
Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) 6
United Jewish Appeal 6
Zionist Organization of America 6
American Jewish Committee 5
American Jewish Congress 5
Federated Jewish Charities (Boston, Mass.) 5
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 5
Temple Emanuel (Newton, Mass.) 5
Winer, Louis 5
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 5
Federation of Jewish Charities of Boston 4
Hebrew Teachers College (Brookline, Mass.) 4
Jewish Community Center of Greater Boston 4
Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Lynn, Mass.) 4
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 4
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 4
Massachusetts Board of Rabbis 4
National Jewish Welfare Board 4
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 4
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 4
Weinstein, Lewis H., 1905-. 4
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 3
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 3
Boston Commission on Jewish Continuity 3
Boy Scouts of America 3
Central Conference of American Rabbis 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
Hebrew College (Newton Center, Newton, Mass.) 3
Hurwich, Louis, 1886-1967 3
Independent Order Brith Abraham of the United States of America 3
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 3
Levine, Harry, 1895-1977 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
Sachar, Abram Leon, 1899-1993 3
Segal, Robert E. 3
Shanok, Morton 3
Shrage, Barry 3
Shubow, Joseph Shalom 3
Stone, Dewey David, 1900-1977 3
Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945 3
Temple B’nai Abraham (Beverly, Mass.) 3
Temple Israel (Boston, Mass) 3
Temple Shalom of the Congregation Sons of Jacob (Salem, Mass.) 3
Workmen’s Circle (U.S.) 3
Action for Soviet Jewry 2
Adath Jeshurun Cemetery Association 2
Alpert, Abraham 2
American Zionist Council 2
Avukah, American Student Zionist Federation 2
B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. 2
Benkovitz, Icik 2
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 2
Boruchoff, Ber, 1872-1939 2
Boston University 2
Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) 2
B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundations 2
B’nai B’rith Women 2
Cambridge Hebrew Women's Aid Society 2
Combined Jewish Appeal (Boston, Mass.) 2
Congregation Anshai Sfard (Lynn, Mass.) 2
Congregation Shirat Hayam (Swampscott, Mass.) 2
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 2
Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958 2
Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 2
Ehrmann, Herbert B. (Herbert Brutus), 1891-1970 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
Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Foundation 2
Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsfield, Mass. 2
Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966 2
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts 2
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston 2
Jewish Federation of the North Shore 2
Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore 2
Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.) 2
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