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Farband Labor Zionist Order (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-534
Abstract

The Farband Labor Zionist Order was a Jewish fraternal organization founded in 1910 and chartered in New York in 1913. With branches across the United States and Canada, it functioned as a mutual aid society aligned with the Socialist and Zionist political party Poale Zion. The material in the collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, press releases, photographs, meeting minutes, brochures, and memos.

Dates: undated, 1941-1984

Friedman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-948
Abstract

Aaron Friedman was a rabbi, shochet, and author. He was a shochet in Stavisk, Poland, Bernkastel-on-the-Moselle, Germany, and New York City, and author of a defense of the practice of Shechita entitled, “Tuv Ta’am” in 1874. This collection also contains information on his son, Abraham Friedman and his grandson, Nathan Friedman. This collection consists of correspondence, business documents, family photographs, personal effects, genealogical information, and publications.

Dates: 1844-1944

Gaffen and Massirman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: JHCP-001
Abstract

This collection documents the histories and genealogies of the Gaffen and Massirman families, as well as the Levinthal and Rottenberg families, to a lesser extent. The collection contains correspondence and family group records for each line, while a few family series also include photographs and vital records.

Dates: undated, 1889-1958, 1993-2017

George Clint Frank Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1018
Abstract

George Clint Frank (1917-2000) served in the 826th Bombardment Squadron, 484th Bombardment Group, United States Army Air Corps from 1943 until he was discharged at the end of World War II. The collection consists of one folder containing photographs from Frank’s time in the Army, along with his War Department Identification Card and discharge papers.

Dates: undated, circa 1943-1993

Greater Boston Committee of the Massachusetts Observance of the American Jewish Tercentenary Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-63
Abstract

The Massachusetts Observance of the American Jewish Tercentenary documents the correspondence, activities, photographs and publications of the Greater Boston Committee’s efforts to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of Jewish settlement in the United States. Many notable Boston Jewish community members were a part of the planning and implementation of activities, which included a celebration at Symphony Hall and a musical for children entitled, "A Happy Land."

Dates: undated, 1952-1955 (bulk 1954-1955)

Harold and Romayne Goldberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-861
Abstract Harold and Romayne Goldberg were active members of numerous Jewish organizations in Boston. Harold Goldberg was a member of the Associated Jewish Philanthropies, American Jewish Committee of Greater Boston and the Combined Jewish Appeal. In 1964 he served as president of the Business Men’s Council of the Combined Jewish Appeal and was also a member of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies. Romayne Goldberg served as president of the Boston chapter of Hadassah from 1948-1951. She also served as...
Dates: undated, 1924-1971

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Boston Port Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-96
Abstract The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) was founded in New York City in the 1880s by the Russian Jewish community of New York in response to the influx of Russian Jewish immigrants fleeing the pograms in the Pale of Settlement in Russia and Eastern Europe. In 1889, a shelter which was used to house many of the immigrants adopted the name “Hebrew Sheltering House Association.” This organization merged with HIAS in 1909 and by 1914, had branches operating in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and...
Dates: undated, 1886-1977; Majority of material found within 1938-1954

Helen Golden Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: JHCP-031
Abstract

Helen Phyllis Golden was born in Boston, Mass. in 1922. This collection contains the scrapbook of Helen's life; featuring her family and friends in Dorchester and Mattapan, as well as vacations to Nantasket Beach.

Dates: Majority of material found in undated, 1930-1950

Herbert B. Ehrmann Papers

 Collection
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

Herbert Gorfinkle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-904
Abstract Herbert Gorfinkle was the eldest child and only son of Colonel Bernard and Frieda Gorfinkle of Newton, Massachusetts. Born in 1923, Gorfinkle came of age during World War II and entered the U.S. Army while an undergraduate at the University of New Hampshire. As a Tech 5 combat engineer, Gorfinkle was responsible for clearing landmines ahead of his advancing unit. He was also a trained army photographer, and aside from his letters home, he documented his years in the war with photographs. A...
Dates: undated, circa 1850s-2000

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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 10
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Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 4
American Jewish Committee 3
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Boy Scouts of America 3
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 3
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 3
Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Lynn, Mass.) 3
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 3
Stone, Elihu David 3
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 3
United Jewish Appeal 3
Zionist Organization of America 3
Adath Jeshurun Cemetery Association 2
American Zionist Council 2
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 2
Boston University 2
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 2
Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958 2
Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 2
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- 2
Ehrmann, Herbert B. (Herbert Brutus), 1891-1970 2
Epstein, Mary Wolfman, 1908-1998 2
Goldstein, Israel 1896- 2
Gorfinkle, Bernard 2
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 2
Harvard Law School 2
Hebrew Teachers College (Brookline, Mass.) 2
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore 2
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. 2
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 2
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 2
Keren Hayesod 2
Lipsky, Louis, 1876-1963 2
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 2
Meretz Relief Association (Boston, Mass.) 2
National Jewish Welfare Board 2
New England Jewish Music Forum 2
Poale Zion (U.S.) 2
Sachar, Abram Leon, 1899-1993 2
Segal, Robert E. 2
Shubow, Joseph Shalom 2
Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963 2
Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) 2
Temple Shalom of the Congregation Sons of Jacob (Salem, Mass.) 2
United Way of Massachusetts Bay 2
Weiner, Harry 2
Weisgal, Meyer Wolfe, 1894-1977 2
Winer, Louis 2
Abrams, Ruth I. 1
Action for Soviet Jewry 1
Ahabat Shalom (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Allen, Frank G. 1
Alpert, Abraham 1
Alpert, Helen 1
Alpha Phi Pi. Alpha Delta Chapter (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Altman, Ethel Task 1
American Association for Jewish Education 1
American Association of Small Research Companies 1
American Bar Association. Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary 1
American Cancer Society 1
American Chemical Society. Northeastern Section 1
American Jewish Congress 1
American Jewish Historical Society 1
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 1
American Physicians and Friends for Medicine in Israel 1
American Physicians’ Fellowship, Inc. for Medicine in Israel 1
American Society for Technion, Israel Institute of Technology 1
American Technion Society, Boston Chapter, Women’s Division 1
American Zionist Medical Unit 1
Americans for Peace Now (Organization) 1
Ampal-American Israel Corporation 1
Armell, Judy 1
B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. 1
Babson College 1
Backman, Jack H. 1
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Band, Maurice 1
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Ben-Zvi, Raḥel Yanait, 1886-1979 1
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Berlin, Monas 1
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Bet ha-sefarim ha-leʼumi ṿeha-universiṭaʼi bi-Yerushalayim 1
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 1
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Bloomfield, Meyer 1
Bnai Zion (Organization) 1
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