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Chevra Kedusha (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-185
Abstract Chevra Kadusha of Boston is an independent, non-denominational organization of individuals, synagogues, universities and other Jewish institutions committed to making the full range of burial rituals accessible and available to the entire Jewish community. It was organized and instituted in 1856. The collection contains two versions of the constitution of Chevra Kedusha as well as the board minutes (1892-1904, 1911-1974), financial records (1933-1968), and a ledger recording payments of...
Dates: undated, 1856-1981

Congregation Tifereth Israel and Community Center (Everett, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-592
Abstract Congregation Tifereth Israel was founded in Everett in 1910 and dedicated their first synagogue in 1912. After working in close partnership for nearly 30 years, Congregation Tifereth Israel merged with Everett Hebrew School and Community School to become Congregation Tifereth Israel and Community Center in 1955. In 2016, Congregation Tifereth Israel and Community Center merged with the North Shore Chabad Lubavitch. This collection contains meeting minutes, news clippings, photographs,...
Dates: undated, 1928-2015

Hadassah Chapters of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-594
Abstract

This collection contains materials related to the Lynn, Salem-Beverly-Danvers, and Swampscott-Marblehead chapters of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, including a history of the Lynn chapter produced in 1993, newsletters from the Salem-Beverly-Danvers chapter, and notes, pamphlets, and other information contained in the personal binder of Swampscott-Marblehead chapter president Irma Levenbach.

Dates: 1959-1993

Israel Numismatic Society of Massachusetts Records

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Identifier: I-306
Abstract The Israel Numismatic Society is an organization dedicated to the study of and collection of Israel's coinage, past and present, and all aspects of Judaic numismatics. This collection contains papers, certificates, and correspondence relating to meetings and events held by the Israel Numismatic Society of Massachusetts (INSM) in various locations throughout the state between 1973 and 1992. This collection also contains publications released by the INSM, as well as newsletters from the Los...
Dates: undated, 1973-1992

Jewish Federation of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-572
Abstract The Jewish Federation of the North Shore was founded in 1938 in Lynn, Massachusetts with the objective to support organizations that helped enrich the Jewish community on the North Shore and abroad. After a period of declining donations and to consolidate services, the JFNS Board of Directors voted to merge the organization with the Combined Jewish Philanthropies in 2013. The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings and publications from JFNS, as well as a large group of...
Dates: undated, circa 1926-2007

Jewish Historical Society of Western Massachusetts Records

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Identifier: I-600
Abstract

The Jewish Historical Society of Western Massachusetts Records contain materials collected by the society that document the Jewish community of Western Massachusetts. Included are materials on Jewish organizations, families, individuals, schools, arts and cultural institutions, and synagogues; publications written about or by the Jewish community; and information on the Jewish Historical Society of Western Massachusetts itself.

Dates: undated, 1902-2018

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 Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-597
Abstract Temple Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead was founded in 1946 by former members of Temple Beth El in Lynn. The new congregation purchased land at 837 Humphrey Street in Swampscott in 1947, and the synagogue and school stood at this location until the unification of Temple Israel and Temple Beth El in 2005. The collection contains administrative documents, records from the Brotherhood and Sisterhood organizations and the Hebrew School, publications, photographs of the synagogue and its...
Dates: undated, 1941-1997

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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B'nai B'rith 2
Congregation Shirat Hayam (Swampscott, Mass.) 2
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 2
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 2
Abrams, Ruth I. 1
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American Israel Numismatic Society 1
American Jewish Congress 1
American Numismatic Association 1
American Numismatic Society 1
Balkan, Herman 1
Belluschi, Pietro, 1899-1994 1
Bennett, Ephraim 1
Chevra Kedusha (Boston, Mass.) 1
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 1
Congregation B'nai Israel (Northampton, Mass.) 1
Congregation B'nai Jacob (Longmeadow, Mass.) 1
Congregation B'nai Torah (Longmeadow, Mass.) 1
Congregation Sons of Zion (Holyoke, Mass.) 1
Congregation Tifereth Israel and Community Center (Everett, Mass.) 1
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds 1
Diamond, Alan 1
Egel, Joseph 1
Frisch, Shirley 1
Guinness World Records Limited 1
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. Lynn/North Shore Business and Professional Chapter 1
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. Salem-Beverly-Danvers (Mass.) Chapter 1
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America. North Shore Chapters. 1
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America. Swampscott-Marblehead Chapter 1
Hatikvah Holocaust Education & Resource Center 1
Israel Numismatic Society 1
Israel Numismatic Society of Massachusetts 1
Jewish Community of Amherst (Amherst, Mass.) 1
Jewish Federation of the North Shore 1
Jewish Historical Society of Western Massachusetts 1
Jewish National Fund 1
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. 1
Kahn, Eric 1
Karp, Abraham J. 1
Katz, Edward 1
Kramer, Benjamin 1
Kramer, Roslyn 1
Levenbach, Irma 1
Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 1
Mizrachi Women’s Organization of America 1
Morehouse, Steven 1
National Yiddish Book Center (U.S.) 1
Polen, Nehemia 1
Rudin, Irving 1
Schoen, Kenneth 1
Shade, Edward 1
Shanok, Morton 1
Sinai Temple (Springfield, Mass.) 1
Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945 1
Temple Beth El (Springfield, Mass.) 1
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.). Sisterhood 1
Temple Israel (Greenfield, Mass.) 1
Temple Israel (Swampscott, Mass.) 1
Temple Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead (Mass.) 1
Trigière, Jane 1
Tucker, Nathan 1
United Jewish Appeal 1
Vilna Shul Congregation (Boston, Mass.) 1
Weinstein, Harry 1
Winer, Eleanor 1
Winer, Louis 1
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