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American Physicians and Friends for Medicine in Israel Records

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Identifier: I-586
Abstract The American Physicians and Friends for Medicine in Israel (APF) is an organization of physicians and health care professionals whose aims are to advance the state of medical education, research and care in Israel and to advance relationships between the health care communities of North America and Israel. This collection contains materials relating to the organization’s activities and internal proceedings, including correspondence, scrapbooks, reports, meeting minutes, financial statements,...
Dates: undated, 1920-2014

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

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

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Boston Port Records

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Identifier: I-96
Abstract The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) was founded in New York City in the 1880s by the Russian Jewish community of New York in response to the influx of Russian Jewish immigrants fleeing the pograms in the Pale of Settlement in Russia and Eastern Europe. In 1889, a shelter which was used to house many of the immigrants adopted the name “Hebrew Sheltering House Association.” This organization merged with HIAS in 1909 and by 1914, had branches operating in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and...
Dates: undated, 1886-1977; Majority of material found within 1938-1954

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

Laymen’s Institute of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, New England Region Records

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Identifier: I-477
Abstract

The Laymen’s Institute (now known as TheRetreat) is a summer weekend retreat started in 1946 and sponsored by the New England Region of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs. The records include correspondence, speeches, short sermons, programs, ephemera, and cassette recordings of lectures. There is also a scrapbook and framed photo collage.

Dates: undated, circa 1951-2005

Levinson Family Papers

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Identifier: P-984
Abstract

The Levinson family has its origins in Eastern Europe, though the majority of its members immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s. Members of the family were active in Boston business, science, and law. The material in the collection includes publications, photographs, a scrapbook, a photo album, and awards.

Dates: undated, circa 1900-1969

Mary Wolfman Epstein Papers

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Identifier: P-998
Abstract

Mary Wolfman Epstein was a singer, playwright, director, vocal teacher, and talent manager in the Boston area. Epstein worked with many Jewish and secular organizations, and she co-founded the New England Jewish Music Forum. She wrote over 30 original musicals, most of which were based on Jewish themes or individuals. This collection contains news clippings, photographs, recordings, correspondence, sheet music, scripts, and performance programs.

Dates: undated, 1908-1998

Percy Brand Papers

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Identifier: P-865
Abstract Percy Brand was a violinist by profession and Holocaust survivor. Born in Liepaja, Latvia on April 2, 1908, he began playing violin at the age of ten. In 1941, when the Germans took control of Latvia and other Baltic countries, Brand was concertmaster of the Riga Latvian Symphony Orchestra. After the SS Einsatzgruppen units occupying Latvia killed his first wife and two children, Brand was sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Playing the violin saved his life during the...
Dates: undated, 1949-1995

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

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Bailen, Samuel L. 1
Baruch, Bernard Mannes, 1870-1965 1
Berry, Yale J. 1
Bloomfield, Meyer 1
Boston Commission on Jewish Continuity 1
Brand, Gertrude 1
Brand, Percy 1
Brandeis University 1
Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) 1
Camp Ramah 1
Camp Tel Noar 1
Close, Abraham 1
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 1
Covich, Louis D. 1
Dembowitz, Morris 1
Edelstein, Alan 1
Epstein, Louis M., 1887-1949 1
Epstein, Mary Wolfman, 1908-1998 1
Federated Jewish Charities (Boston, Mass.) 1
Federation of Jewish Charities of Boston 1
Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs (U.S.). New England Region 1
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Fine, Arnold 1
Glazier, Manuel 1
Goldfarb, Daniel C. 1
Gorfinkle, Bernard 1
Gorfinkle, Sarah Millionthaler 1
Gottlieb, Leonard 1
Grey, Mervin 1
Grossman, Benjamin 1
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 1
Halbfinger, Abraham 1
Hamarneh, Sami Khalaf, 1925- 1
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of Boston 1
Hebrew Teachers College (Brookline, Mass.) 1
Histadrut ha-refuʼit be-Yiśraʼel. 1
Histadrut ha-refuʾit be-Yiśraʾel. Mifʻal ḥaverut ḥuts 1
Hurwich, Louis, 1886-1967 1
Israel Institute of the History of Medicine 1
Jerusalem Academy of Medicine 1
Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts 1
Jewish Chaplaincy Council of Massachusetts 1
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 1
Kashruth Commission (Mass.) 1
Kass, Edward H. (Edward Harold), 1917- 1
Katzir, Ephraim, 1916-2009 1
Kolb, Leon, 1890- 1
Korff, Samuel I. 1
Kraft, Harry 1
Latvijas nacionālais simfoniskais ork̦estris 1
Laymen's Institute 1
Laymen’s Institute of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, New England Region 1
Levinson, James W., 1946- 1
Levinson, Leon, 1919-1955 1
Levinson, Mark L., 1948- 1
Madoff, Morton A. 1
Margolis, Daniel J. 1
Massachusetts Board of Rabbis 1
Nadich, Judah, 1912-2007 1
National Association of Teachers of Singing (U.S.) 1
Netanyahu, ʻIdo 1
New England Jewish Music Forum 1
Newman, Louis 1
Pill, Hyman 1
Poorvu, Harris 1
Rabbinical Association of Greater Boston 1
Rabbinical Court of Justice (Mass.) 1
Rabinowitz, Jacob, 1885-1967 1
Rosenfeld, Isadore 1
Rubenowitz, Herman H. 1
Saltzman, Manual 1
Saval, Maurice 1
Sherwood, Louis M. 1
Shrage, Barry 1
Shubow, Joseph Shalom 1
Synagogue Council of Massachusetts 1
Temple Shalom (Newton, Mass.) 1
Teperow, Alan 1
Thier, Samuel O., 1937- 1
Tichnor, Alan 1
Touroff, Nissan, 1877-1953 1
Vaad Harabonim (Mass.) 1
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 1
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