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Abraham Bornstein Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-937
Abstract Abraham Bornstein was a well-known publisher and collector of art and art books. In 1923, Bornstein founded the Boston Book and Art Shop, which distributed art books from leading publishers of Europe, as well as published books, portfolios and monographs. Abraham and his wife, Rachel, used their publishing house to help encourage and promote many Jewish artists and writers in the United States, among them, Chaim Grade, a Yiddish poet. This collection contains materials from the Boston Book...
Dates: undated, 1914-1992

Alpha Phi Pi, Alpha Delta Chapter (Lynn, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-562
Abstract

Organized in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1931, the Alpha Delta Chapter was accepted into the national Alpha Phi Pi Jewish high school fraternity in 1932. After a period of dormancy, the Chapter was briefly reactivated in 1953 and an Alpha Delta Alumni group was formed in 1954. The material in this collection includes event programs and invitations, correspondence, photographs, news clippings and bulletins, Convention yearbooks, and a map and guide to Boston.

Dates: undated, 1932-1993

Bromberg Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-519
Abstract

This collection relates primarily to the political and social activities of Edward J. Bromberg (a lawyer and politician) and some members of his family. A scrapbook contains items regarding Edward’s sons, Justine and Bertram, and his daughter, Pauline. Other Bromberg family members in the collection are Lev, Henrietta Livingston, Anna Insoft, and Alice Goldstein. The collection includes clippings, programs, and photographs.

Dates: undated, circa 1886-1977

Chevra Kedusha (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
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 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

Evelyn B. and Janot S. Roskin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-685
Abstract This collection contains items relating to the Roskin, Borofsky, and Grosbayne families, with special focus on the musical contributions of Evelyn B. (née Borofsky) and Janot S. Roskin, which make up the bulk of the collection. A smaller portion of the collection comes from the Borofsky and Grosbayne families, including Jacob and Ida Borofsky, Evelyn's sister, Edith Borofsky and her husband, Mitchell Grosbayne and his brother, Benjamin. The collection includes publicity photographs,...
Dates: undated, circa 1903-1989

Jacob Beerman Papers

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Identifier: P-612
Abstract

Jacob Beerman (1871-1926) immigrated to the United States in 1885 and married Rose Solomon in 1904. The couple had a daughter, Sadie. Jacob owned a stationary company in Boston. The collection contains a book titled The Nineteen Letters of Ben Uziel, inscribed to Beerman from Charles Fleischer, former rabbi of Temple Israel in Boston, and a scroll marking the 25th anniversary of the B’nai Zion Educational Society in 1916.

Dates: circa 1899, 1916

Jecomen Club (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-564
Abstract

The Jecomen Club was a fraternal organization established in 1925 and based in Lynn, Massachusetts. Men over the age of twenty-one with a college degree were eligible to apply for membership. The group hosted both social and philanthropic events, including an annual fundraising theatrical production for the Jecomen scholarship fund. The material in the collection describing the club’s operations includes meeting minutes, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and program books.

Dates: undated, 1925-1945

Temple Ner Tamid (Peabody, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-561
Abstract

Temple Ner Tamid was founded in 1959 by local Jewish families who wanted a conservative synagogue in their home town of Peabody, Mass. Following its inception the congregation was able to buy a tract of land and raise money for construction of the temple, which was completed in 1965. Included are correspondence and other mailings, event programs, seating charts, temple by-laws, a Landscaping Committee record book, meeting and expense reports, and membership lists.

Dates: undated, 1959-2003

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Alpha Phi Pi. Alpha Delta Chapter (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Beerman, Jacob 1
Bet ha-sefarim ha-leʼumi ṿeha-universiṭaʼi bi-Yerushalayim 1
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 1
Bornstein, Abraham 1
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Bornstein, Rachel 1
Borofsky, Ida S., 1883-1982 1
Borofsky, Jacob, 1880-1965 1
Boston Book and Art Shop 1
Boston Public Schools 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
B’nai Zion Educational Society 1
Chevra Kedusha (Boston, Mass.) 1
Cohen, Herbert H. 1
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 1
Congregation Ahabat Sholom (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Congregation Ahabat Sholom (Lynn, Mass.). Sisterhood 1
Congregation Beth-El Zedeck (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1
Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) 1
Fleischer, Charles, 1871- 1
Grade, Chaim, 1910-1982 1
Grosbayne, Benjamin, 1893-1976 1
Grosbayne, Mitchell 1
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 1
Hirsch, Samson Raphael, 1808-1888 1
Israel Bloch, 1906- 1
JCC Association 1
Jecomen Club (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Jewish National and University Library (Jerusalem) 1
Lynn Classical High School (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Lynn English High School (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Lynn Hebrew School Association (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Massachusetts. General Court 1
Morris High School 1
Parker House (Boston, Mass.) 1
Pruss, William 1
Roskin, Evelyn Borofsky, 1903-1967 1
Roskin, Janot S. 1
Ross, Sidney 1
Solar, Philip 1
Suffolk University. Law School 1
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 1
Temple Emanuel (Newton, Mass.) 1
Temple Ner Tamid (Peabody, Mass.) 1
Weiner, Harry 1
Winer, Louis 1
Winer, Saul 1
YIVO Archives 1
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 1
Yidisher ṿisnshafṭlekher insṭiṭuṭ 1
Young Men’s Hebrew Association (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Zaitchik, Samuel, 1920-2013 1
Zamcheck, Irving 1
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