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Companions of the Forest of America Boston Area Circles Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-015
Abstract

The Companions of the Foresters of America was a social and benvolent fraternal organization that was a branch of the Foresters of America. This collection contains charter certificates, materials pertaining to the practices and rituals of the organization, songbooks, and membership and entertainment ledgers for local Boston area circles, including Franklin Park Circle #1571, Brookline Circle #1558, and Dorchester Circle #1542.

Dates: undated, circa 1929-1981

Concerned Jewish Students of Greater Boston Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-157
Abstract Contains material pertaining to the establishment of the organization, including a list of incorporators, and lists of constituent members, minutes of meetings (November 1970-February 1972), a speech giving a review of the group's activities (1972), and financial records (July 1970-March 1972). Also contains general correspondence (March 1970-March 1972), correspondence with Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston (1970-1971), and information on the group's Chavurat Shabbat project...
Dates: 1969-1973

Congregation Adath Israel (Newtown, Conn.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-323
Abstract

Congregation Adath Israel was established in 1919 by a small group of Jewish farmers in Newtown, Connecticut. The synagogue expanded its building in 1957 and converted from the Orthodox movement to the Conservative movement in the 1970s. In 2007, they relocated to a larger building within Newtown. The collection primarily consists of administrative and financial records, along with newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous documents.

Dates: undated, 1909-1991

Congregation Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard, Adam St. Shul (Newton, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-021
Abstract In 1911, Congregation Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard, more commonly known as the Adams Street Shul, was granted an official charter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By December of the following year, the building was opened to the public. While there was a lull in membership starting in the ’50s, by the mid to late ’80s, more young Jewish families moved to the area, spurring efforts to revitalize the building. Due to their efforts, the Adams Street Shul is now listed on the National...
Dates: undated, 1912-2018, bulk 1980-2018

Congregation Ahabot Sholom (Lynn, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-568
Abstract

Incorporated in 1901, Congregation Ahabat Sholom constructed a German Romanesque synagogue on Church Street, which was dedicated in 1905 during a ceremony lead by the congregation's first cantor, Benjamin Gordon. The congregation was one of Lynn’s several Jewish Orthodox congregations in the early 1900s. This collection contains administrative records, photographs, scrapbooks, and programmatic materials.

Dates: undated, 1982-2001

Congregation Ahaveth Achim Anshe Sphard (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-222
Abstract

Congregation Ahaveth Achim Anshe Sphard (also known as the Elm Street Synagogue) was an orthodox synagogue in Chelsea, Massachusetts. This collection contains a ledger with the congregation’s constitution, bylaws, and the minutes of two meetings. It also contains mortgage records and establishment of association forms for the congregation.

Dates: 1900-1910

Congregation Anshai Sfard (Lynn, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-556
Abstract Congregation Anshai Sfard (Anshei, Anshe, Anshi) was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue established by Jewish immigrants in Lynn, Massachusetts from 1888 to December 1999. This collection contains a letterpress printing block used to print the incorporation papers, a large "Golden Book of Congregation Anshei Sfard," which includes an illuminated manuscript with hand-painted and gold-leafed elements, a donor list, newspaper clippings, and photographs; meeting minutes, several family history...
Dates: undated, 1899-2001

Congregation Anshei Libovitz (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-103
Abstract

Congregation Anshei Libovitz (alternatively referred to as Lebowitz, Libawitz, Libavitz, and Lebavitz) was founded in 1890 in Downtown Boston. The collection contains meeting minutes and financial records that provide information on the congregation’s membership and the day-to-day management of the synagogue.

Dates: undated, 1894-1965

Congregation Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Anshe Sfard (Boston, Mass.) Ledger

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: I-105
Abstract

This collection contains a ledger from Congregation Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Anshe Sfard in Botson, Mass. The ledger, written in Hebrew and Yiddish manuscript, is from the Chevra Mishnayos (Mishna study group) of the congregation. It contains the constitution and by-laws as well as the names of the original members (both men and women) of the study group. Besides some of the names, there is either a date of death or an indication that the person died.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1909 - 1910

Congregation Beth Israel (Baldwin Place Shul) (North End, Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-131
Abstract Congregation Beth Israel began in 1888 when a group of young men spilt from Shomre Beth Abraham to form their own congregation. A year later they relocated to an old Baptist Church located on Baldwin Place in Boston's North End. The Baldwin Place synagogue housed a sanctuary on the ground floor as well as schools and meeting rooms in the space above. It was the largest shul in the North End and was considered the center of Boston Orthodoxy. Rabbi Moshe Zevulun Margolies presided over it and...
Dates: 1887, 1890

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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 24
B'nai B'rith 9
Brandeis University 9
Associated Jewish Philanthropies (Boston, Mass.) 8
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Harvard University 7
Jewish National Fund 7
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 6
Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) 6
United Jewish Appeal 6
Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 6
American Jewish Committee 5
American Jewish Congress 5
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 5
Federated Jewish Charities (Boston, Mass.) 5
Temple Emanuel (Newton, Mass.) 5
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 5
Zionist Organization of America 5
Federation of Jewish Charities of Boston 4
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 4
Hebrew Teachers College (Brookline, Mass.) 4
Massachusetts Board of Rabbis 4
National Jewish Welfare Board 4
Stone, Elihu David 4
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 4
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 3
Boston Commission on Jewish Continuity 3
Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) 3
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds 3
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- 3
Epstein, Louis M., 1887-1949 3
Gorfinkle, Bernard 3
Harvard Business School 3
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 3
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. 3
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 3
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 3
Liebman, Joshua Loth, 1907-1948 3
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 3
National Community Relations Advisory Council (U.S.) 3
Rabbinical Association of Greater Boston 3
Shrage, Barry 3
Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945 3
Temple Israel (Boston, Mass) 3
Weinstein, Lewis H., 1905-. 3
Action for Soviet Jewry 2
Alpert, Abraham 2
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 2
American Zionist Council 2
Avukah, American Student Zionist Federation 2
B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. 2
Boruchoff, Ber, 1872-1939 2
Boston University 2
Boy Scouts of America 2
Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) 2
B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundations 2
Cambridge Hebrew Women's Aid Society 2
Central Conference of American Rabbis 2
Combined Jewish Appeal (Boston, Mass.) 2
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 2
Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958 2
Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 2
Epstein, Mary Wolfman, 1908-1998 2
Girls’ Latin School (Boston, Mass.) 2
Goldstein, Israel 1896- 2
Gordon, Albert Isaac, 1903-1968 2
Grossman, Benjamin 2
Harvard Law School 2
Hebrew College (Newton Center, Newton, Mass.) 2
Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsfield, Mass. 2
Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966 2
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
Hurwich, Louis, 1886-1967 2
Independent Order Brith Abraham of the United States of America 2
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 2
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 2
Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974 2
Keren Hayesod 2
Korff, Samuel I. 2
Levine, Harry, 1895-1977 2
Lipsky, Louis, 1876-1963 2
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 2
Lown, Philip W., 1890- 2
Margolis, Daniel J. 2
Massachusetts. General Court 2
Massachusetts. Superior Court 2
Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 2
Meretz Relief Association (Boston, Mass.) 2
Morros, Boris, 1891-1963 2
Morse, Leopold, 1831-1892 2
New England Jewish Music Forum 2
Newman, Louis 2
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 2
Poale Zion (U.S.) 2
Radcliffe College 2
Ratshesky, Abraham C. 2
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (Wyncote, Pa.) 2
Rubenovitz, Herman H. 2
Sachar, Abram Leon, 1899-1993 2
Schindler, Solomon, 1842-1915 2
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