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

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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 Linath Hatzedek-Beth Israel (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-101
Abstract Congregation Linath Hatzedek-Beth Israel was located on Chestnut Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts (previously at 200 Second Street). Founded c. 1909 by Ukrainian immigrants from the Kamen Kashirsky region and the local carpenter's union, it was defunct by 1978. The synagogue's cemetery is located in Everett, Massachusetts. This collection contains a ledger with minutes of the Ladies' Auxiliary of Congregation Linas Zedek, a membership ledger, and miscellaneous event flyers and invitations in...
Dates: undated, 1928-1953

Congregation Tifereth Israel and Community Center (Everett, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-592
Abstract Congregation Tifereth Israel was founded in Everett in 1910 and dedicated their first synagogue in 1912. After working in close partnership for nearly 30 years, Congregation Tifereth Israel merged with Everett Hebrew School and Community School to become Congregation Tifereth Israel and Community Center in 1955. In 2016, Congregation Tifereth Israel and Community Center merged with the North Shore Chabad Lubavitch. This collection contains meeting minutes, news clippings, photographs,...
Dates: undated, 1928-2015

Dewey D. Stone Papers

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Identifier: P-529 and P-529A
Abstract Contains papers and photos including correspondence and other materials relating to work as Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine (and Israel), as National Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, as a leading campaigner for Israel Bonds, and as co-founder of and Chairman of the Board of the Weizmann Institute of Science; 2 texts of radio broadcasts made in 1948 informing America about the Israeli war for independence and the new Israeli republic; a list of military equipment supplied by...
Dates: undated, 1916-1984

Jewish Federation of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-572
Abstract The Jewish Federation of the North Shore was founded in 1938 in Lynn, Massachusetts with the objective to support organizations that helped enrich the Jewish community on the North Shore and abroad. After a period of declining donations and to consolidate services, the JFNS Board of Directors voted to merge the organization with the Combined Jewish Philanthropies in 2013. The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings and publications from JFNS, as well as a large group of...
Dates: undated, circa 1926-2007

Jewish Historical Society of Western Massachusetts Records

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Identifier: I-600
Abstract

The Jewish Historical Society of Western Massachusetts Records contain materials collected by the society that document the Jewish community of Western Massachusetts. Included are materials on Jewish organizations, families, individuals, schools, arts and cultural institutions, and synagogues; publications written about or by the Jewish community; and information on the Jewish Historical Society of Western Massachusetts itself.

Dates: undated, 1902-2018

Kehillath Israel Synagogue (Brookline, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-488
Abstract The Kehillath Israel Synagogue Collection includes numerous photographs, publications and event information pertaining to services, fundraisers and anniversaries at the Synagogue from its first official year in 1924 to more recently, 2001. The primary bulk of the papers consist of photographs, K.I. Brotherhood papers and ephemera, and activities supported by the Synagogue. Kehillath Israel was home to noteworthy Rabbis, including Louis M. Epstein, Judah Nadich, and Manual Saltzman....
Dates: undated, 1924-2001

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

Vilna Shul (Boston, Mass.) Records

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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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Amherst (Mass.) 1
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Brookline (Mass.) 1
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Chelsea (Mass.) 1
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Orthodox Judaism -- Massachusetts 1
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Salem (Mass.) 1
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South Deerfield (Mass.) 1
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel 1
Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
West End (Boston, Mass.) 1
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B'nai B'rith 2
United Jewish Appeal 2
Abrams, Ruth I. 1
American Jewish Congress 1
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 1
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Bennett, Ephraim 1
Boston University 1
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 1
Congregation B'nai Israel (Northampton, Mass.) 1
Congregation B'nai Jacob (Longmeadow, Mass.) 1
Congregation B'nai Torah (Longmeadow, Mass.) 1
Congregation Linath Hatzedek-Beth Israel(Chelsea, Mass.) 1
Congregation Shirat Hayam (Swampscott, 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
Eban, Abba Solomon, 1915-2002 1
Epstein, Louis M., 1887-1949 1
Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987 1
Frisch, Shirley 1
Guinness World Records Limited 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 of Amherst (Amherst, Mass.) 1
Jewish Federation of the North Shore 1
Jewish Historical Society of Western Massachusetts 1
Jewish National Fund 1
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Kahn, Eric 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
Kollek, Teddy, 1911-2007 1
Kramer, Benjamin 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 Yiddish Book Center (U.S.) 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Polen, Nehemia 1
Rehovot Israel. Weizmann Institute of Science 1
Saltzman, Manual 1
Schoen, Kenneth 1
Shanok, Morton 1
Sinai Temple (Springfield, Mass.) 1
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 1
Stone, Dewey David, 1900-1977 1
Temple Beth El (Springfield, Mass.) 1
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 1
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.). Sisterhood 1
Temple Israel (Greenfield, Mass.) 1
Temple Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead (Mass.) 1
Trigière, Jane 1
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 1
Vilna Shul Congregation (Boston, Mass.) 1
Weisgal, Meyer Wolfe, 1894-1977 1
Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 1
Weizmann, Vera, 1882-1966 1
Winer, Eleanor 1
Winer, Louis 1
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 1
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