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Aaron Gorovitz Papers

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Identifier: P-87
Abstract Rabbi Aaron Gorovitz was born in Lithuania in 1870. He immigrated to New York at the age of 22. Before moving to Boston, he was one of the founders of Etz Chaim Yeshiva (later the Rabbi Isaac Elchonon Rabbinical College) and Yeshiva Jacob Joseph, organized the St. John, New Brunswick branch of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and served as a rabbi in St. John, New Jersey, North Adams, Massachusetts and Woonsocket, Rhode Island before moving to Boston in 1907. Until the end of his life he...
Dates: undated, 1910-1956

Ber Boruchoff Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-157
Abstract

Rabbi Ber Boruchoff was the first and longest serving rabbi for Congregation Beth Israel in Malden, Massachusetts. This collection contains ledgers with records of marriages performed in the Greater Boston area during the years 1906-1938, as well as some photographs and biographical information.

Dates: undated, 1906-1939

Congregation Ahabot Sholom (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-568
Abstract

Incorporated in 1901, Congregation Ahabat Sholom constructed a German Romanesque synagogue on Church Street, which was dedicated in 1905 during a ceremony lead by the congregation's first cantor, Benjamin Gordon. The congregation was one of Lynn’s several Jewish Orthodox congregations in the early 1900s. This collection contains administrative records, photographs, scrapbooks, and programmatic materials.

Dates: undated, 1982-2001

David B. Alpert Papers

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Identifier: P-82
Abstract Rabbi of Boston. Diaries containing notes and reflections on religious and personal matters, on a trip to Israel and Europe, and on current political events. Includes general observations of a hospital chaplain and background information on patients at Boston City Hospital where Alpert served as the Jewish chaplain; includes material from the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis and the Eastern New England Conference of Liberal Rabbis. Material also consists of a scrap book containing newspaper...
Dates: 1924-1981

Leo Shubow Papers

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Identifier: P-395
Abstract

Leo Shubow was a Boston rabbi who founded Temple Emanuel in Newton, Massachusetts. Prior to becoming a Rabbi he served as a Yeoman with the International Ice Patrol and wrote frequently about his experiences as well as what happened on the Titanic. This collection contains articles, speeches, and correspondence with Stephen Wise, as well as news clippings and broadsides.

Dates: undated, 1933-1961

Rabbi Meyer Azriel Rabinovitz Papers

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Identifier: P-367
Abstract Contains photocopies of four Hebrew letters endorsing Rabbi Rabinovitz, three of which were written by Rabbis Jacob Widrewitz, Ph. Klein and Joshua Siegel in New York in 1907. One is specifically addressed to Cong. Tzemach Tzedek and Agudas Achim of Chelsea, Mass. Also includes the photocopy of a Hebrew contract signed by ca. 50 members of the congregation in 1907, photocopies of two requests for funds from Poland, a photograph of Rabinovitz, an announcement of his son's wedding in 1925, and...
Dates: 1906-1929, 1981

Synagogue Council of Massachusetts Records

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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 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

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Ahabat Shalom (Lynn, Mass.) 1
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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 1
Congregation Ahabat Sholom (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Congregation Ahabat Sholom (Lynn, Mass.). Sisterhood 1
Congregation Beth Israel (Malden, Mass.) 1
Covich, Louis D. 1
Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 1
Edelstein, Alan 1
Fine, Arnold 1
Gorovitz, Aaron 1
Grossman, Benjamin 1
Halbfinger, Abraham 1
Hearst, Henry 1
International Ice Patrol 1
Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts 1
Jewish Chaplaincy Council of Massachusetts 1
Jewish Institute of Religion 1
Jewish National Fund 1
Kashruth Commission (Mass.) 1
Klein, Philip, 1849-1926 1
Korff, Samuel I. 1
Kraft, Harry 1
Law, Charles 1
Massachusetts Board of Rabbis 1
McCarthy, Joseph Raymond, 1908-1957 1
Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamizrachi 1
Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Greater Boston 1
Rabbinical Association of Greater Boston 1
Rabbinical Court of Justice (Mass.) 1
Rabinovitz, Meyer 1
Rabinowitz, Jacob, 1885-1967 1
Reimer, Jack 1
Religious Zionists of America 1
Rubenowitz, Herman H. 1
Saval, Maurice 1
Schiffres, Hannah 1
Shubow, Joseph Shalom 1
Shubow, Leo 1
Siegel, Joshua, 1846-1910 1
Strassfeld, Meyer 1
Strassfeld, Ruth 1
Synagogue Council of Massachusetts 1
Temple B'nai B'rith (Somerville, Mass.) 1
Temple Emanuel (Newton, Mass.) 1
Temple Israel (Swampscott, Mass.) 1
Temple Sinai (Swampscott, Mass.) 1
Teperow, Alan 1
Tichnor, Alan 1
Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada. 1
Vaad Harabonim (Mass.) 1
Vidrowitz, Hayyim Jacob, 1835- 1
Weinberg, Aaron 1
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 1
Zaitchik, Samuel, 1920-2013 1
Zlotnick, Dov 1
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