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Farband Labor Zionist Order (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-534
Abstract

The Farband Labor Zionist Order was a Jewish fraternal organization founded in 1910 and chartered in New York in 1913. With branches across the United States and Canada, it functioned as a mutual aid society aligned with the Socialist and Zionist political party Poale Zion. The material in the collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, press releases, photographs, meeting minutes, brochures, and memos.

Dates: undated, 1941-1984

Freedman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1044
Abstract

This collection contains photographs, correspondence, news clippings, vital records, genealogical materials, sheet music, recordings, and manuscripts documenting the Freedman family of Springfield, Massachusetts. Included are materials on Joseph and Lena (Sakowitz) Freedman, and their children Jacob Freedman, a rabbi, scholar, translator, and writer; Samuel Freedman; Martin Freedman; and Sarah (Freedman) Aizenstat.

Dates: undated, 1901-2009

Friedman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-948
Abstract

Aaron Friedman was a rabbi, shochet, and author. He was a shochet in Stavisk, Poland, Bernkastel-on-the-Moselle, Germany, and New York City, and author of a defense of the practice of Shechita entitled, “Tuv Ta’am” in 1874. This collection also contains information on his son, Abraham Friedman and his grandson, Nathan Friedman. This collection consists of correspondence, business documents, family photographs, personal effects, genealogical information, and publications.

Dates: 1844-1944

Gaffen and Massirman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: JHCP-001
Abstract

This collection documents the histories and genealogies of the Gaffen and Massirman families, as well as the Levinthal and Rottenberg families, to a lesser extent. The collection contains correspondence and family group records for each line, while a few family series also include photographs and vital records.

Dates: undated, 1889-1958, 1993-2017

Glick Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-999
Abstract

Joseph Glick and Annie Cooperstein emigrated from Russia in the early 1900s and married in Boston in 1898. They had eleven children, and upon Joseph’s death, their son James became administrator of Joseph’s estate. The material in the collection primarily documents James’s disposal of his father’s estate, while also including a family tree and copy of Joseph and Annie’s wedding invitation.

Dates: circa 1898-1993

Harry Levine Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-592
Abstract Harry Levine was the Massachusetts President and Chairman of the Board of the U.S. Plastic and Chemical Company. He was highly involved in the establishment of the State of Israel, primarily related to his facilitating the construction and import of Uzi submachine guns into then British-Mandated Palestine. The majority of this collection includes transcribed interviews with Levine, photographs and correspondence. Biographical information, certificates, speeches and news articles are also...
Dates: undated, 1944-1977

Harry Spiro Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1005
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, photos, newspapers and clippings, manuscripts, and financial records documenting the life of Harry Spiro following his immigration from the shtetl of Butrimantz in Lithuania, first to Havana, Cuba and then to the United States. Included in the collection are materials relating to his family, his Zionist activism both in Cuba and in the United States, and his building supply business, Best Lumber.

Dates: undated, 1905-1982

Hebrew Educational Alliance and Congregation Toras Moshe (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-231
Abstract The Hebrew Educational Alliance was formed in Roxbury, Massachusetts and built a community hall there in 1921, establishing an orthodox synagogue, Congregation Toras Moshe, soon after. The Congregation sold the land and merged with Congregation Kadimah of Brighton, MA in 1964 to form Congregation Kadimah-Toras Moshe. The collection contains administrative records, such as ledgers, insurance records, correspondence, and membership lists, as well as documents sent to members of the...
Dates: undated, circa 1949-1964

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Boston Port Records

 Collection
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

Hebrew Teachers Association of Greater Boston Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-119
Abstract The Hebrew Teachers Association of Greater Boston was founded in 1909. Its primary purpose was to unite qualified Jewish educators and to provide for their material and spiritual status. The Association first developed a curriculum based on the Bible, the Hebrew language and Jewish history in 1918. It was revised by a committee including the greater Boston Hebrew school principals, the Bureau of Jewish Education and prominent rabbis in 1922. The Association was also involved with Jewish...
Dates: undated, 1934-1956

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Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) 5
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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 9
Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 5
Stone, Elihu David 4
B'nai B'rith 3
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Jewish National Fund 3
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 3
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 3
United Jewish Appeal 3
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 3
Zionist Organization of America 3
American Jewish Congress 2
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 2
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 2
Epstein, Louis M., 1887-1949 2
Goldstein, Israel 1896- 2
Grossman, Benjamin 2
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 2
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 2
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 2
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 2
Keren Hayesod 2
Levine, Harry, 1895-1977 2
Lipsky, Louis, 1876-1963 2
Massachusetts Board of Rabbis 2
Rabbinical Association of Greater Boston 2
Shubow, Joseph Shalom 2
Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) 2
United Israel Appeal 2
Weisgal, Meyer Wolfe, 1894-1977 2
World Zionist Organization 2
Abrams, Ruth I. 1
Action for Soviet Jewry 1
Adath Jeshurun Cemetery Association 1
Aizenstat, Harry 1
Aizenstat, Sarah Freedman 1
Allen, Frank G. 1
Alpert, Abraham 1
Alpert, Helen 1
American Association of Small Research Companies 1
American Cancer Society 1
American Chemical Society. Northeastern Section 1
American Jewish Committee 1
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 1
American Physicians and Friends for Medicine in Israel 1
American Physicians’ Fellowship, Inc. for Medicine in Israel 1
American Zion Commonwealth, Inc. 1
American Zionist Council 1
Ampal-American Israel Corporation 1
Aronov, Moshe 1
Aronowski, Eliezer 1
Associated Jewish Philanthropies (Boston, Mass.) 1
Avukah, American Student Zionist Federation 1
B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. 1
Bailen, Samuel L. 1
Band, Maurice 1
Baruch, Bernard Mannes, 1870-1965 1
Beerman, Jacob 1
Bennett, Ephraim 1
Berlin, Monas 1
Berry, Yale J. 1
Beth El Synagogue (New Rochelle, N.Y.) 1
Beth Hamidrash Hagodol (Crawford Street Shul) (Boston, Mass.) 1
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 1
Bevis, Howard L. (Howard Landis), 1885-1968 1
Bloomfield, Meyer 1
Bnai Zion (Organization) 1
Boston Commission on Jewish Continuity 1
Boston University 1
Boy Scouts of America 1
Brand, Gertrude 1
Brand, Percy 1
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 1
Braslavsky, Solomon G., 1887-1975 1
Brookline Town Meeting 1
Brown, Meyer 1
Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) 1
Bush, George Herbert Walker 1924- 1
Butler, William M. (William Morgan), 1861-1937 1
B’nai Zion Educational Society 1
Camp Ramah 1
Camp Tel Noar 1
Carter, James E. 1935- 1
Central Conference of American Rabbis 1
Central High School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Chayet, B. L. 1
Chelsea-Revere Hebrew School 1
Cherniavsky, Joseph, 1895-1959 1
Close, Abraham 1
Cohen, Myron 1
Concerned Jewish Students of Greater Boston 1
Congregation Adath Israel (Newtown, Conn.) 1
Congregation Anshe Sfard (Peabody, Mass.) 1
Congregation B'nai Israel (Northampton, Mass.) 1
Congregation B'nai Jacob (Longmeadow, Mass.) 1
Congregation B'nai Torah (Longmeadow, Mass.) 1
Congregation Beth Israel (Baldwin Place Shul) (Boston, Mass.) 1
Congregation Kadimah (Brighton, Boston, Mass.) 1
Congregation Kadimah-Toras Moshe (Brighton, Boston, Mass.) 1
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