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Jewish Neighborhood Voices

 Collection
Identifier: JHCP-022
Abstract Jewish Neighborhood Voices: Using Oral History to Link Massachusetts’s Past and Present Communities is a pilot project of the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center (JHC), funded by Mass Humanities/Massachusetts Cultural Council and Combined Jewish Philanthropies. This project conducted approximately 20 oral history interviews with narrators (interviewees) who are the first- or second-generation members of families that came to the United States in the early to mid-twentieth century, and...
Dates: 2022 - 2023

Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-575
Abstract The Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged of the North Shore (JRC) was founded in 1945 as a convalescent home for the elderly in the North Shore Jewish community. Over the years, the organization expanded and became a permanent residence for the elderly, and with the opening of its assisted living facility in Peabody, the JRC became the largest not-for-profit home for the elderly on the North Shore. The collection contains programs for meetings and events, as well as a small group of...
Dates: undated, circa 1961-2004

Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Post 31 (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-567
Abstract This collection contains scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, newsletters, photographs, and event flyers from the Jewish War Veterans chapter in Lynn, MA, which was founded in the 1950s. The documents provide information on the organization’s purpose and activities. Some information on Jewish War Veterans organizations and their Ladies Auxiliaries in the general North Shore area can also be found in this collection. In 1991, an exhibit was held in the North Shore about the Jewish veterans from...
Dates: undated, 1954-2000

Lillian Glickman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: JHCP-009
Abstract

Lillian Glickman was born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1915. This collection contains photographs—including those documenting her many travels aboard cruise ships—an autographs book, and a "Checker of the Year Award" from the grocery store chain Stop & Shop.

Dates: undated, 1930-2000

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

Sterling and Selesnick Family Papers

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Identifier: P-1040
Abstract

This collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, comic strips, publications, memoirs, and reports documenting the family life of the Sterling, Selesnick, Segal, Shapiro, Katz, and Zoll families, as well as the educational and professional work of Hinda Sterling and Herb Selesnick—particularly the work they conducted for Sterling & Selesnick, Inc., their organizational consulting firm, and Stockworth, the comic strip they produced.

Dates: undated, 1905-2014

Steven Kellerman Synagogue Photographs Collection

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Identifier: P-931
Abstract

At the time these photographs were taken in 1981 and 1985, Steven Kellerman was a machinist with an interest in synagogue history. This particular collection of photographs started with Kellerman’s visits to former synagogues in Dorchester and Roxbury, Massachusetts; the project expanded to include most of Massachusetts and other states.

Dates: undated, 1980s-1990s

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 Sinai (Swampscott, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-565
Abstract

Temple Sinai was founded in 1953 and became a hub of vibrant Jewish life on the North Shore of Massachusetts. Rabbi Meyer Strassfeld served as the congregation's spiritual leader from 1965-1989, and during this time he involved the community in the Soviet Jewry movement and led the dedication of a Torah scroll saved during the Holocaust. The collection contains many event flyers, booklets, and newspaper clippings that illustrate Temple Sinai's active community.

Dates: undated, 1953-2005

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B'nai B'rith 5
Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Lynn, Mass.) 3
Shanok, Morton 3
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 3
Congregation Anshai Sfard (Lynn, Mass.) 2
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Jewish Federation of the North Shore 2
Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged of the North Shore 2
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. 2
Weiner, Harry 2
Winer, Louis 2
Ahabat Shalom (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Alpha Phi Pi. Alpha Delta Chapter (Lynn, Mass.) 1
American Jewish Congress 1
Armell, Judy 1
Backman, Jack H. 1
Baskin, Elaine 1
Bennett, Ephraim 1
Bick, Herman 1
Boy Scout Troop 4 (Sachems) (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Boy Scouts of America 1
Boy Scouts of America. Bay Shore Council (Mass.) 1
Brumberg, Joanne "ChiChi" (Fox) 1
B’nai B’rith Women 1
Callahan, Sara Lee 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
Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 1
Diamond, Alan 1
Feinberg, Robert 1
Finkelstein, Norman, 1941 - 2024 1
Fox, Ron 1
Frisch, Shirley 1
Gass, Nathan 1
Glickman, Lillian 1
Gold, Abraham 1
Goldstein, Arthur 1
Goldstein, Cheryl S. 1
Goldstein, Maurice 1
Goller, Morris 1
Gordon, Leo L. 1
Guinness World Records Limited 1
H.L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music 1
Hearst, Henry 1
Israel Bloch, 1906- 1
JCC Association 1
Jecomen Club (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Jewish Community Center of the North Shore (Mass.) 1
Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore 1
Jewish National Fund 1
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 1
Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Post 31 (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. Ladies Auxiliary (Beverly, Mass.) 1
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. National Ladies Auxiliary 1
Jewish Women International (Organization) 1
Kahn, Eric 1
Kaplan, Joseph 1
Katz, Hyman, 1899-1975 1
Katz, Rose Shapiro, 1901-1989 1
Kaufman, Arlene Lewis 1
Kellerman, Steven 1
Law, Charles 1
Limon, Lillian 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
Morris High School 1
National Council of Aging 1
National Scout Jamboree 1
Parker House (Boston, Mass.) 1
Pruss, William 1
Reimer, Jack 1
Ross, Sidney 1
Segal, Eva Goldberg, 1889-1936 1
Selesnick, Herbert L. 1
Selesnick, Rose Segal, 1915-2006 1
Selesnick, Sydney, 1909-1990 1
Sherman, Joel 1
Silberberg, Marshall 1
Silverleib, Arleen 1
Sinofsky, Ethel, 1921-2023 1
Solar, Philip 1
Stahl, Jack 1
Sterling, Hinda 1
Stop & Shop Companies 1
Strassfeld, Meyer 1
Strassfeld, Ruth 1
Suffolk University. Law School 1
Sugarman, Paul 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 Shalom of the Congregation Sons of Jacob (Salem, Mass.) 1
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