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Hebrew College Records

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Identifier: I-451
Abstract Louis Hurwich, then superintendent of the Bureau of Jewish Education of Boston, founded Hebrew Teacher’s College in 1921. Hurwich was concerned about Jewish teachers leaving the field of Jewish education for other professions and sought an educational system that promoted Hebrew literacy at all levels. Hebrew Teacher’s College was also responsible for maintaining Hebrew High School (Prozdor), located at 14 Crawford Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Those students who graduated from the high...
Dates: undated, 1928-1996

Henry Wise Papers

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Identifier: P-944
Abstract Henry Wise was a Boston-area lawyer whose practice focused mainly on housing, fishing, and labor, three areas in which he crafted important local legislation. In 1942 he wrote to the Institute of Jewish Affairs, a research branch created by the American and World Jewish Congresses, inquiring after membership. The Institute of Jewish Affairs was made up primarily of scholars, who took a scientific approach towards researching Jewish life from the previous 25 years. They hoped to better...
Dates: 1941-2010

Israel Numismatic Society of Massachusetts Records

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Identifier: I-306
Abstract The Israel Numismatic Society is an organization dedicated to the study of and collection of Israel's coinage, past and present, and all aspects of Judaic numismatics. This collection contains papers, certificates, and correspondence relating to meetings and events held by the Israel Numismatic Society of Massachusetts (INSM) in various locations throughout the state between 1973 and 1992. This collection also contains publications released by the INSM, as well as newsletters from the Los...
Dates: undated, 1973-1992

Jewish Family & Children’s Service (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-218
Abstract The Jewish Family and Children’s Service was established in Boston, Massachusetts in 1946. It is the oldest social service agency in Boston devoted to serving the Jewish community, and it is one of the largest non-profit organizations in the United States. A major constituent agency of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, the JF&CS traces its origin to the United Hebrew Benevolent Association, founded in 1864. This collection contains governance and activity records of...
Dates: undated, 1922-1995

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

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 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

Touro Synagogue (Newport, R.I.) Records

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Identifier: I-461
Abstract Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, is the nation’s oldest synagogue. The Jewish community of Newport was founded in 1658 by a small group of Sephardic Jews seeking religious freedom. In 1758, Isaac Touro, a Dutch Jew, became the community’s spiritual leader. Shortly after, the congregation purchased land and hired Peter Harrison to design the Synagogue. The building was dedicated in 1763, and has continued to serve Newport’s Jewish community. This collection consists of addresses,...
Dates: undated, 1913-1996

Wyner Family Papers

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Identifier: P-803
Abstract The Wyner Family Papers document the personal, professional, organizational and philanthropic activities of three generations of a prominent Boston Jewish family. The documents describe the operations of the family knitting and textile businesses, the building and management of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel of Boston and the development and operations of the Beth Israel Hospital of Boston (1926-2001.) This collection describes the Wyner family's involvement in a wide variety of organizations, both...
Dates: undated, 1863-2004

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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 8
Associated Jewish Philanthropies (Boston, Mass.) 3
Boston Commission on Jewish Continuity 3
Federated Jewish Charities (Boston, Mass.) 3
Federation of Jewish Charities of Boston 3
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Hebrew Teachers College (Brookline, Mass.) 3
Hurwich, Louis, 1886-1967 3
Shrage, Barry 3
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 2
Brandeis University 2
Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) 2
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 2
Harvard University 2
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 2
Margolis, Daniel J. 2
Newman, Louis 2
Stone, Dewey David, 1900-1977 2
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 2
Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) 2
Touroff, Nissan, 1877-1953 2
Weinstein, Lewis H., 1905-. 2
Action for Soviet Jewry 1
Adath Jeshurun Cemetery Association 1
Alpha Phi Pi. Alpha Delta Chapter (Lynn, Mass.) 1
American Cancer Society 1
American Israel Numismatic Society 1
American Jewish Congress 1
American Numismatic Association 1
American Numismatic Society 1
American Zionist Federation 1
Ampal-American Israel Corporation 1
Balkan, Herman 1
Band, Maurice 1
Baram, Phillip J. 1
Belluschi, Pietro, 1899-1994 1
Berlin, Monas 1
Bortman, Mark 1
Braslavsky, Solomon G., 1887-1975 1
Brookline Town Meeting 1
Brown, Meyer 1
Bush, George Herbert Walker 1924- 1
Carter, James E. 1935- 1
Chelsea-Revere Hebrew School 1
Chevra Kedusha (Boston, Mass.) 1
Close, Abraham 1
Cohen, Herbert H. 1
Combined Jewish Appeal (Boston, Mass.) 1
Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) 1
Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, Mass.). Board of Trustees 1
Congregation Shirat Hayam (Swampscott, Mass.) 1
Covich, Louis D. 1
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- 1
Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959 1
Edelstein, Alan 1
Egel, Joseph 1
Ehrmann, Herbert B. (Herbert Brutus), 1891-1970 1
Farband Labor Zionist Order (U.S.) 1
Farband Labor Zionist Order (U.S.). E-S Department 1
Farband Labor Zionist Order. Boston Branch. 1
Feingold, Beatrice 1
Filene, A. Lincoln, b. 1865 1
Fine, Arnold 1
Greater Boston Committee of the American Jewish Tercentenary 1
Greater Boston Committee of the Massachusetts Observance of the American Jewish Tercentenary 1
Grossman, Benjamin 1
HIAS (Agency) 1
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America. Boston Chapter 1
Halbfinger, Abraham 1
Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Foundation 1
Hebrew College (Brookline, Mass.) 1
Hebrew College (Newton Center, Newton, Mass.) 1
Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsfield, Mass. 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 1
Hyams, Ben 1
Institute for Jewish Policy Research 1
Israel Numismatic Society 1
Israel Numismatic Society of Massachusetts 1
JCC Association 1
Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts 1
Jewish Chaplaincy Council of Massachusetts 1
Jewish Community Relations Council (New York, N.Y.) 1
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston 1
Jewish National Fund 1
Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974 1
Karp, Abraham J. 1
Kashruth Commission (Mass.) 1
Katz, Edward 1
Katz, Hyman, 1899-1975 1
Katz, Rose Shapiro, 1901-1989 1
Katzman, Jacob, 1911- 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
Kerry, John F. 1943- 1
Kirstein, Louis Edward, 1867-1942 1
Korff, Samuel I. 1
Kraft, Harry 1
Kramer, Roslyn 1
Labor Zionist Alliance (U.S.) 1
Levine, Harry, 1895-1977 1
Levy, Beryl Harold, 1908-1995 1
Lynn Classical High School (Lynn, Mass.) 1
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