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Abraham C. Ratshesky Papers

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Identifier: P-586
Abstract Abraham Captain Ratshesky (1864-1943) was a banker by profession who founded the U.S. Trust Company with his brother Israel in 1895, and also served in a variety of political positions, including the Massachusetts State Senate from 1892-1895, delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1892, 1904, 1908, 1916, and 1924, Assistant Food Administrator for Massachusetts during World War I, and most importantly, United States Minister to Czechoslovakia from 1930-1932. In 1933, Ratshesky was...
Dates: undated, 1895-1974

Action for Post-Soviet Jewry Records

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Identifier: JHCI-018
Abstract

This collection contains subject files, project files, correspondence, programs, brochures, meeting minutes, financial records, newsletters, case files, and photographs documenting the activities and administration of Action for Post-Soviet Jewry (formerly Action for Soviet Jewry), an organization dedicated to aiding and engaging with Jewish communities and individuals in former Soviet states.

Dates: undated, 1971-2019

Arthur S. Obermayer Papers

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Identifier: P-1019
Abstract Arthur S. Obermayer was a scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He established his own research and development company, Moleculon Research Company, in the Boston area and was involved in numerous philanthropic and professional organizations, especially through his foundation, the Obermayer Foundation. Obermayer was also a political activist, and played a key role in establishing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. This collection...
Dates: undated, 1897-2016

Beatrice Feingold Papers

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Identifier: P-621
Abstract Beatrice Miller Feingold was a past President of both the Worcester Section and New England Region of the National Council of Jewish Women. In addition, she was the first female Vice President of the Worcester Jewish Federation, Vice President of the Worcester Chapter of Brandeis University’s National Women’s Committee, and a board member of the Jewish Community Council and Jewish Family Services of Worcester. Feingold was also one of the founders of the Worcester Area Community Service, the...
Dates: undated, 1932-1986

Bernard L. Gorfinkle Papers

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Identifier: P-664 and P-664A
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, photographs, news clippings, ephemera and a scrapbook compiled by Bernard L. Gorfinkle, a Boston area lawyer and civic leader who served in the United States Army during both World Wars and was a participant in the negoriations leading to the Treaty of Versailled and the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.

Dates: undated, 1914-1979

Beth Hamidrash Hagodol (Crawford Street Shul) (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-239
Abstract Beth Hamidrash Hagodol (known colloquially as the Crawford Street Shul), was founded in 1913 in a small house on Harold Street in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. In 1915, the cornerstone of the synagogue was placed at 105 Crawford Street in the Elm Hill District of Roxbury. The congregation elected Louis M. Epstein as their first Rabbi in 1918. This collection contains the business, activity and social records of Beth Hamidrash Hagodol, including correspondence, financial records, ledgers,...
Dates: undated, 1922-1924, 1933-1973

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

Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-497
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, 1919-2009

Chevra Kedusha (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-185
Abstract Chevra Kadusha of Boston is an independent, non-denominational organization of individuals, synagogues, universities and other Jewish institutions committed to making the full range of burial rituals accessible and available to the entire Jewish community. It was organized and instituted in 1856. The collection contains two versions of the constitution of Chevra Kedusha as well as the board minutes (1892-1904, 1911-1974), financial records (1933-1968), and a ledger recording payments of...
Dates: undated, 1856-1981

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Records

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Identifier: I-220 and I-220A
Abstract The Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) of Boston, Massachusetts is the oldest federated Jewish philanthropy in the United States. The current incarnation of CJP was formed in 1960, when two separate federated philanthropies – the Combined Jewish Appeal and Associated Jewish Philanthropies – merged to create a single organization dedicated to serving the needs of Boston’s Jewish community. CJP’s records contain the history of several other organizations, from the forerunners of the current...
Dates: undated, 1865-2006

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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 12
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Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 3
National Community Relations Advisory Council (U.S.) 3
Shrage, Barry 3
United Jewish Appeal 3
Weinstein, Lewis H., 1905-. 3
Action for Soviet Jewry 2
American Jewish Committee 2
B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. 2
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 2
Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) 2
Combined Jewish Appeal (Boston, Mass.) 2
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 2
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds 2
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- 2
Grossman, Benjamin 2
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
Hurwich, Louis, 1886-1967 2
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 2
Margolis, Daniel J. 2
Massachusetts Board of Rabbis 2
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 2
Newman, Louis 2
Rabbinical Association of Greater Boston 2
Ratshesky, Abraham C. 2
Schindler, Solomon, 1842-1915 2
Segal, Robert E. 2
Stone, Dewey David, 1900-1977 2
Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) 2
Touroff, Nissan, 1877-1953 2
Union of American Hebrew Congregations 2
Action for Post-Soviet Jewry 1
Adath Jeshurun Cemetery Association 1
American Association of Small Research Companies 1
American Cancer Society 1
American Chemical Society. Northeastern Section 1
American Hospital Association 1
American Israel Numismatic Society 1
American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry 1
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 1
American Numismatic Association 1
American Numismatic Society 1
Ampal-American Israel Corporation 1
Axelrad, Albert S., 1938- 1
B'nai B'rith 1
Babson College 1
Balkan, Herman 1
Baruch, Bernard Mannes, 1870-1965 1
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 1
Beth Hamidrash Hagodol (Crawford Street Shul) (Boston, Mass.) 1
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 1
Biden, Joseph R. 1
Bigelow, Lynne T. 1
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 1
Boston Symphony Orchestra 1
Boston University 1
Boxer, Barbara 1
Boy Scouts of America 1
Brandeis University,. Student Coalition for Soviet Jewry 1
Brandt, Robert 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
Central High School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Chevra Kedusha (Boston, Mass.) 1
Close, Abraham 1
Cohen, Herbert H. 1
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations 1
Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) 1
Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, Mass.). Board of Trustees 1
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 1
Covich, Louis D. 1
Crawford Street Shul (Boston, Mass.) 1
Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 1
Davidson, Margaret, d. 1912. 1
Dodd, Christopher 1
Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959 1
Eban, Abba Solomon, 1915-2002 1
Edelstein, Alan 1
Egel, Joseph 1
Ehrmann, Herbert B. (Herbert Brutus), 1891-1970 1
Ehrmann, Sara R., 1895-1993 1
Epstein, Louis M., 1887-1949 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
Fertel, Stanley M. 1
Filene, A. Lincoln, b. 1865 1
Fine, Arnold 1
Finkelstein, Morris 1
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