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Beatrice Feingold Papers

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Identifier: P-621
Abstract Beatrice Miller Feingold was a past President of both the Worcester Section and New England Region of the National Council of Jewish Women. In addition, she was the first female Vice President of the Worcester Jewish Federation, Vice President of the Worcester Chapter of Brandeis University’s National Women’s Committee, and a board member of the Jewish Community Council and Jewish Family Services of Worcester. Feingold was also one of the founders of the Worcester Area Community Service, the...
Dates: undated, 1932-1986

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 Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard, Adam St. Shul (Newton, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: JHCI-021
Abstract In 1911, Congregation Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard, more commonly known as the Adams Street Shul, was granted an official charter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By December of the following year, the building was opened to the public. While there was a lull in membership starting in the ’50s, by the mid to late ’80s, more young Jewish families moved to the area, spurring efforts to revitalize the building. Due to their efforts, the Adams Street Shul is now listed on the National...
Dates: undated, 1912-2018, bulk 1980-2018

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

Dewey D. Stone Papers

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Identifier: P-529 and P-529A
Abstract Contains papers and photos including correspondence and other materials relating to work as Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine (and Israel), as National Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, as a leading campaigner for Israel Bonds, and as co-founder of and Chairman of the Board of the Weizmann Institute of Science; 2 texts of radio broadcasts made in 1948 informing America about the Israeli war for independence and the new Israeli republic; a list of military equipment supplied by...
Dates: undated, 1916-1984

Herbert B. Ehrmann Papers

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Identifier: P-94
Abstract Contains correspondence, addresses and speeches, newspaper clippings, and published material relating primarily to Ehrmann's activity in the national and Boston chapter of the American Jewish Committee (1935-1970). Of special interest is material on the relation of the Committee to the American Jewish Conference (1943-1948), the relationship of American Jewry to the State of Israel, and the attitude of the Committee to the establishment of Israel. Also contains genealogical material, in...
Dates: undated, 1913-1970

Meyer H. Goldman Papers

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Identifier: P-1037
Abstract

Meyer H. Goldman was a Boston-based lawyer and Zionist. This collection contains meeting minutes, pamphlets on Zionism, correspondence—including letters between Goldman and the American Council for Judaism, regarding their opposing views on Zionism—drafts of plays and skits, and three books.

Dates: 1917-1979

Rabb Family and Stop & Shop Collection

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Identifier: P-679
Abstract The Rabinovitz/Rabb family arrived in Boston from Russia in the 1890s. Around 1914 they founded Economy Grocery Stores, which became Stop & Shop in 1946. In addition to building their grocery company into a successful business, the family is known for its philanthropy and active involvement in the Jewish community. The collection contains materials relating to the Rabb family and to the business operations of Stop & Shop until 1989. The materials in this collection include historical...
Dates: 1912-1989

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

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Babson College 1
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 1
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 1
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Brandeis University 1
Central Conference of American Rabbis 1
Chevra Kedusha (Boston, Mass.) 1
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 1
Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 1
Eban, Abba Solomon, 1915-2002 1
Ehrmann, Herbert B. (Herbert Brutus), 1891-1970 1
Ehrmann, Sara R., 1895-1993 1
Feingold, Beatrice 1
Food Marketing Institute 1
Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987 1
Globe Newspaper Co. 1
Goldberg, Avram J. 1
Goldberg, Carol R. 1
Goldman, Meyer H. 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
Kollek, Teddy, 1911-2007 1
McCarthy, Joseph Raymond, 1908-1957 1
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 1
Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 1
Mekhon Ṿaitsman le-madaʻ 1
National Council of Jewish Women 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Rabb Family 1
Rabb, Irving W., 1913-2011 1
Rabb, Jane M. (Jane Marjorie), 1938- 1
Rabb, Norman S., 1905-1997 1
Rabb, Sidney R., 1900-1985 1
Rabinovitz, Joseph, 1878-1967 1
Rehovot Israel. Weizmann Institute of Science 1
St. Louis (Ship) 1
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 1
Stone, Dewey David, 1900-1977 1
Stop & Shop Companies 1
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 1
Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim 1
Vilna Shul Congregation (Boston, Mass.) 1
Weisgal, Meyer Wolfe, 1894-1977 1
Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 1
Weizmann, Vera, 1882-1966 1
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 1
Young Judaea, Inc. 1
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