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Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-120
Abstract The Bureau of Jewish Education (BJE) in Boston, Massachusetts, was founded in 1920 when the Associated Boston Hebrew Schools and Bureau of Jewish Religious Schools merged under the leadership of Louis Hurwich. While not the first centralized Jewish education organization in the country, the BJE was the first to receive support from its local Federation. From 1920 to 2009, the BJE provided consultation, evaluation and teacher training services using a variety of methods and tools. It worked...
Dates: undated, 1926-1992

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

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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

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 Beth El of Lynn and Swampscott (Mass.) Records

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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

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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 Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-597
Abstract Temple Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead was founded in 1946 by former members of Temple Beth El in Lynn. The new congregation purchased land at 837 Humphrey Street in Swampscott in 1947, and the synagogue and school stood at this location until the unification of Temple Israel and Temple Beth El in 2005. The collection contains administrative documents, records from the Brotherhood and Sisterhood organizations and the Hebrew School, publications, photographs of the synagogue and its...
Dates: undated, 1941-1997

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

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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Belluschi, Pietro, 1899-1994 1
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Close, Abraham 1
Cohen, Herbert H. 1
Congregation Ahabat Sholom (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Congregation Ahabat Sholom (Lynn, Mass.). Sisterhood 1
Congregation Anshai Sfard (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Covich, Louis D. 1
Diamond, Alan 1
Edelstein, Alan 1
Federated Jewish Charities (Boston, Mass.) 1
Federation of Jewish Charities of Boston 1
Fine, Arnold 1
Frisch, Shirley 1
Grossman, Benjamin 1
Halbfinger, Abraham 1
Hebrew Teachers College (Brookline, Mass.) 1
Hurwich, Louis, 1886-1967 1
Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts 1
Jewish Chaplaincy Council of Massachusetts 1
Kahn, Eric 1
Karp, Abraham J. 1
Kashruth Commission (Mass.) 1
Korff, Samuel I. 1
Kraft, Harry 1
Margolis, Daniel J. 1
Massachusetts Board of Rabbis 1
Newman, Louis 1
Rabbinical Association of Greater Boston 1
Rabbinical Court of Justice (Mass.) 1
Rabinowitz, Jacob, 1885-1967 1
Rubenowitz, Herman H. 1
Saval, Maurice 1
Shanok, Morton 1
Shrage, Barry 1
Shubow, Joseph Shalom 1
Synagogue Council of Massachusetts 1
Tanzer, Roslyn Fliegel 1
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.). Sisterhood 1
Temple B’nai Abraham (Beverly, 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
Touroff, Nissan, 1877-1953 1
Vaad Harabonim (Mass.) 1
Vilna Shul Congregation (Boston, Mass.) 1
Weinstein, Harry 1
Winer, Eleanor 1
Winer, Louis 1
Zaitchik, Samuel, 1920-2013 1
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