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Morton Shanok Papers

 Collection
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

Rabb Family and Stop & Shop Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P-679
Abstract The Rabinovitz/Rabb family arrived in Boston from Russia in the 1890s. Around 1914 they founded Economy Grocery Stores, which became Stop & Shop in 1946. In addition to building their grocery company into a successful business, the family is known for its philanthropy and active involvement in the Jewish community. The collection contains materials relating to the Rabb family and to the business operations of Stop & Shop until 1989. The materials in this collection include historical...
Dates: 1912-1989

Student Coalition for Soviet Jewry at Brandeis University Records

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Identifier: I-493
Abstract The Student Coalition for Soviet Jewry (SCSJ) was founded in 1977 in response to the arrest of Anatoly B. Shcharansky. Thirteen students from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts went to Washington, D.C. to lobby Congress about the problems faced by Jews in the Soviet Union. The numbers of students involved continued to grow, and expanded to include students from other colleges and universities in the United States. The Washington Lobby, which was held every February, provided...
Dates: undated, 1977-1989

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

Vilna Shul (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
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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Boston (Mass.) 6
North Shore (Mass. : Coast) 6
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Lynn (Mass.) 5
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Synagogues -- Organization and administration 5
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Jewish community centers 3
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Swampscott (Mass.) 3
Articles of incorporation 2
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Beverly (Mass.) 2
Brochures 2
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Children's choirs 2
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Marblehead (Mass.) 2
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Salem (Mass.) 2
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel 2
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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 3
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 3
United Jewish Appeal 3
B'nai B'rith 2
Brandeis University 2
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Congregation Shirat Hayam (Swampscott, Mass.) 2
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. 2
Shanok, Morton 2
Temple B’nai Abraham (Beverly, Mass.) 2
Abrams, Ruth I. 1
American Hospital Association 1
American Jewish Committee 1
American Jewish Congress 1
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 1
Axelrad, Albert S., 1938- 1
Babson College 1
Belluschi, Pietro, 1899-1994 1
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 1
Bennett, Ephraim 1
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 1
Biden, Joseph R. 1
Bigelow, Lynne T. 1
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 1
Boston University 1
Boxer, Barbara 1
Brandeis University,. Student Coalition for Soviet Jewry 1
Cantors Assembly (U.S.) 1
Congregation B'nai Israel (Northampton, Mass.) 1
Congregation B'nai Jacob (Longmeadow, Mass.) 1
Congregation B'nai Torah (Longmeadow, Mass.) 1
Congregation Sons of Zion (Holyoke, Mass.) 1
Congregation Tifereth Israel and Community Center (Everett, Mass.) 1
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds 1
Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 1
Diamond, Alan 1
Dodd, Christopher 1
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- 1
Eban, Abba Solomon, 1915-2002 1
Ehrmann, Herbert B. (Herbert Brutus), 1891-1970 1
Ehrmann, Sara R., 1895-1993 1
Epstein, Louis M., 1887-1949 1
Feingold, Beatrice 1
Fertel, Stanley M. 1
Food Marketing Institute 1
Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987 1
Frisch, Shirley 1
Globe Newspaper Co. 1
Goldberg, Avram J. 1
Goldberg, Carol R. 1
Goller, Morris 1
Gordon, Leo L. 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 1
Hatikvah Holocaust Education & Resource Center 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 1
Jewish Community Center of the North Shore (Mass.) 1
Jewish Community of Amherst (Amherst, Mass.) 1
Jewish Federation of the North Shore 1
Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Jewish Historical Society of Western Massachusetts 1
Jewish Memorial Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (Roxbury, Mass.) 1
Jewish National Fund 1
Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged of the North Shore 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
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Kahn, Eric 1
Karp, Abraham J. 1
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
Kollek, Teddy, 1911-2007 1
Kramer, Benjamin 1
Massachusetts Hospital Association 1
Massachusetts. Department of Public Health 1
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 1
Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 1
Mekhon Ṿaitsman le-madaʻ 1
Mizrachi Women’s Organization of America 1
Nadich, Judah, 1912-2007 1
National Council of Jewish Women 1
National Yiddish Book Center (U.S.) 1
New England Health Care Employees Union 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Polen, Nehemia 1
Rabb Family 1
Rabb, Irving W., 1913-2011 1
Rabb, Jane M. (Jane Marjorie), 1938- 1
Rabb, Norman S., 1905-1997 1
Rabb, Sidney R., 1900-1985 1
Rabinovitz, Joseph, 1878-1967 1
Rehovot Israel. Weizmann Institute of Science 1
Saltzman, Manual 1
Schoen, Kenneth 1
Schwarz, Donald E. 1
Shcharansky, Anatoly 1
Sinai Temple (Springfield, Mass.) 1
St. Louis (Ship) 1
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