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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 Adath Israel (Newtown, Conn.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-323
Abstract

Congregation Adath Israel was established in 1919 by a small group of Jewish farmers in Newtown, Connecticut. The synagogue expanded its building in 1957 and converted from the Orthodox movement to the Conservative movement in the 1970s. In 2007, they relocated to a larger building within Newtown. The collection primarily consists of administrative and financial records, along with newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous documents.

Dates: undated, 1909-1991

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

Congregation Anshai Sfard (Lynn, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-556
Abstract Congregation Anshai Sfard (Anshei, Anshe, Anshi) was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue established by Jewish immigrants in Lynn, Massachusetts from 1888 to December 1999. This collection contains a letterpress printing block used to print the incorporation papers, a large "Golden Book of Congregation Anshei Sfard," which includes an illuminated manuscript with hand-painted and gold-leafed elements, a donor list, newspaper clippings, and photographs; meeting minutes, several family history...
Dates: undated, 1899-2001

Jewish Community of Peabody (Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-581
Abstract

This collection contains a range of materials documenting the Jewish community of Peabody, Mass. Included are materials on Jewish-owned businesses, Jewish individuals and families, and Jewish organizations in Peabody. The collection was established by the Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore through many separate donations of materials relating to Peabody’s Jewish community.

Dates: undated, 1906-2009

Kehillath Israel Synagogue (Brookline, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-488
Abstract The Kehillath Israel Synagogue Collection includes numerous photographs, publications and event information pertaining to services, fundraisers and anniversaries at the Synagogue from its first official year in 1924 to more recently, 2001. The primary bulk of the papers consist of photographs, K.I. Brotherhood papers and ephemera, and activities supported by the Synagogue. Kehillath Israel was home to noteworthy Rabbis, including Louis M. Epstein, Judah Nadich, and Manual Saltzman....
Dates: undated, 1924-2001

Synagogue Council of Massachusetts Records

 Collection
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 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

Temple B'nai Abraham (Beverly, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-573
Abstract Temple B’nai Abraham is a Conservative congregation, originally founded in Beverly, Massachusetts in 1908 as the Sons of Abraham. The Hebrew Community Center was annexed to the synagogue in 1930 and incorporated social groups, such as the Sisterhood and the Beverly Lodge of B’nai B’rith. The congregation expanded to a new location in 1962 and officially changed their name to Temple B’nai Abraham. The collection was formed by a former president of the Sisterhood and contains Temple B’nai...
Dates: undated, circa 1925-2008

Temple Emanuel (Andover, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-442 and I-442A
Abstract

Temple Emanuel was founded in 1920 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It began by serving a small immigrant Jewish community that has since grown to an affluent and lively congregation of about 600 families. This growth occurred largely under the tenure of Rabbi Harry A. Roth, who lead the congregation from 1962 until 1990 and oversaw the temple’s move to Andover, Massachusetts. This collection includes correspondence, photographs, and sermons.

Dates: 1939-2004

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B'nai B'rith 3
Congregation Shirat Hayam (Swampscott, Mass.) 2
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 2
Abrams, Ruth I. 1
Belluschi, Pietro, 1899-1994 1
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Bennett, Ephraim 1
Boruchoff, Ber, 1872-1939 1
Central Conference of American Rabbis 1
Close, Abraham 1
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 1
Congregation Adath Israel (Newtown, Conn.) 1
Congregation Ahabat Sholom (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Congregation Ahabat Sholom (Lynn, Mass.). Sisterhood 1
Congregation Anshai Sfard (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Congregation Anshe Sfard (Peabody, Mass.) 1
Congregation Beth Israel (Malden, Mass.) 1
Congregation Sons of Israel (Peabody, Mass.) 1
Congregation Tifereth Israel (Peabody, Mass.) 1
Covich, Louis D. 1
Diamond, Alan 1
Edelstein, Alan 1
Epstein, Louis M., 1887-1949 1
Fine, Arnold 1
Frisch, Shirley 1
Grossman, Benjamin 1
Halbfinger, Abraham 1
Independent Order Brith Abraham of the United States of America 1
Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts 1
Jewish Chaplaincy Council of Massachusetts 1
Jewish National Fund 1
Kahn, Eric 1
Karp, Abraham J. 1
Kashruth Commission (Mass.) 1
Korff, Samuel I. 1
Kraft, Harry 1
Law, Bernard A. 1
Maple Hill Cemetery (Peabody, Mass.) 1
Massachusetts Board of Rabbis 1
Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamizrachi 1
Nadich, Judah, 1912-2007 1
Nezvesky, Israel 1
Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Greater Boston 1
Rabbinical Association of Greater Boston 1
Rabbinical Court of Justice (Mass.) 1
Rabinowitz, Jacob, 1885-1967 1
Religious Zionists of America 1
Roth, Harry A., 1924- 1
Roth, Lillian 1
Rubenowitz, Herman H. 1
Saltzman, Manual 1
Saval, Maurice 1
Shanok, Morton 1
Shubow, Joseph Shalom 1
Synagogue Council of Massachusetts 1
Tanzer, Roslyn Fliegel 1
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.). Sisterhood 1
Temple Beth Shalom (Peabody, Mass.) 1
Temple B’nai Abraham (Beverly, Mass.) 1
Temple Emanuel (Andover, Mass.) 1
Temple Israel (Swampscott, Mass.) 1
Temple Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead (Mass.) 1
Temple Ner Tamid (Peabody, Mass.) 1
Teperow, Alan 1
Tichnor, Alan 1
Union for Reform Judaism 1
Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada. 1
Vaad Harabonim (Mass.) 1
Vilna Shul Congregation (Boston, Mass.) 1
Weinstein, Harry 1
Winer, Eleanor 1
Winer, Louis 1
Workmen’s Circle (U.S.) 1
Zaitchik, Samuel, 1920-2013 1
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