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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

Boy Scout Troop 4 (Sachems) (Lynn, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-559
Abstract Organized in April, 1924, the records of Boy Scout Troop 4 (Sachems) of Lynn, Massachusetts span from 1924 to 1945. During World War II, the scouts participated in an Emergency Service Corps, and were invited to participate in the Boy Scout - General Eisenhower Waste Paper Campaign. The material in this collection includes weekly meeting programs and reports, newspaper clippings, scout assignments and certificates, correspondence, financial records, a photograph, and the American flag used...
Dates: undated, 1924-1945

Congregation Ahabot Sholom (Lynn, Mass.) Records

 Collection
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

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

Jewish Community of Lynn (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-580
Abstract

This collection contains a range of materials documenting the Jewish community of Lynn, Massachusetts. Included are materials from Jewish-owned businesses, Jewish individuals and families, and Jewish organizations in Lynn.

Dates: undated, 1855-2010

Jewish Federation of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

 Collection
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

Morton Shanok Papers

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Identifier: P-995
Abstract Morton Shanok was the cantor at Temple Beth El in Lynn (and later Swampscott) for 32 years and, after his retirement, High Holiday Cantor at Temple B’nai Abraham and Religious Cultural Coordinator at the Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged. He served in the U.S. Army as assistant army chaplain from 1942-1945. He was a founding member of the Cantors Assembly and helped write the curriculum at the H.L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music of the Jewish Theological Seminary....
Dates: undated, circa 1943-2002

Temple Beth El of Lynn and Swampscott (Mass.) Records

 Collection
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

United Order of True Sisters, Heritage #53 Records

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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

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Alpha Phi Pi. Alpha Delta Chapter (Lynn, Mass.) 1
American Jewish Congress 1
Backman, Jack H. 1
Bennett, Ephraim 1
Boy Scout Troop 4 (Sachems) (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Boy Scouts of America 1
Boy Scouts of America. Bay Shore Council (Mass.) 1
Cantors Assembly (U.S.) 1
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 1
Congregation Ahabat Sholom (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Congregation Ahabat Sholom (Lynn, Mass.). Sisterhood 1
Congregation Shirat Hayam (Swampscott, Mass.) 1
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds 1
Diamond, Alan 1
Frisch, Shirley 1
Gass, Nathan 1
Gold, Abraham 1
Goldstein, Maurice 1
Guinness World Records Limited 1
H.L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music 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 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
JCC Association 1
Jewish Federation of the North Shore 1
Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Jewish National Fund 1
Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged of the North Shore 1
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 1
Kahn, Eric 1
Kaplan, Joseph 1
Levenbach, Irma 1
Lipsky, Bernard 1
Lynn Classical High School (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Lynn English High School (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Lynn Hebrew Benevolent Society 1
Lynn Hebrew School Association (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Margolskee, Abraham Z., 1897-approximately 1975 1
Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 1
Morris High School 1
National Scout Jamboree 1
Parker House (Boston, Mass.) 1
Pruss, William 1
Ross, Sidney 1
Shapiro, Sylvia 1
Solar, Philip 1
Suffolk University. Law School 1
Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945 1
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.). Sisterhood 1
Temple B’nai Abraham (Beverly, Mass.) 1
Temple Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead (Mass.) 1
United Jewish Appeal 1
United Order of True Sisters 1
United States. War Production Board 1
Weinberg, Simon J. 1
Weiner, Herbert 1
Winer, Eleanor 1
Winer, Saul 1
Wolf, Lewis 1
Workmen’s Circle (U.S.) 1
World Jamboree of Boy Scouts 1
Young Men’s Hebrew Association (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Zaitchik, Samuel, 1920-2013 1
Zamcheck, Irving 1
Zenis, Sarah 1
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