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Temple Beth El of Lynn and Swampscott (Mass.) Records

 Collection
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

Temple Emanuel (Andover, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-442 and I-442A
Abstract

Temple Emanuel was founded in 1920 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It began by serving a small immigrant Jewish community that has since grown to an affluent and lively congregation of about 600 families. This growth occurred largely under the tenure of Rabbi Harry A. Roth, who lead the congregation from 1962 until 1990 and oversaw the temple’s move to Andover, Massachusetts. This collection includes correspondence, photographs, and sermons.

Dates: 1939-2004

The Barbara Gaffin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: JHCP-017
Abstract This collection contains materials related to the life and work of Barbara Gaffin, with a particular focus on her efforts to raise awareness about and assist Ethiopian Jews and to build ties between Bostonian Jews and their sister community of Jews in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. The collection also contains some materials about Gaffin’s activities relating to Yemeni and Soviet Jews. Included are newspaper clippings, correspondence, records of speaking engagements, writings, travel records,...
Dates: Majority of material found in undated, 1956-2019

The Maimonides School (Brookline, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-020
Abstract

Founded in 1937 by Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik (the Rav), Maimonides School is a co-educational modern Orthodox Jewish Day School located in Brookline, Massachusetts. This collection is comprised of informational donor mailers, invitations and event programs, school newsletters, yearbooks, and school publications related to the founding, growth, and community of Maimonides School.



Dates: undated, 1963 -1991

The Sam (Simche) Katz Collection

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: JHCP-019
Abstract

This collection contains photographs and architectural drawings depicting 14 of the aron kodesh, or holy arks, created by early 20th century Russian woodworker Sam Katz. Also included are dedication programs, 3 snapshot portraits of Katz, and newspaper clippings relating to several congregations which feature Katz's holy arks.

Dates: 1910-1933, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1991, undated

United Kosher Butchers Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-118
Abstract

Consists of an audited report of the finances of the association, from the time of its establishment until February 18, 1929. One of the schedules notes the members of the association with their addresses; material pertaining to a kosher meat controversy including a circular from Rabbi M. Klachko and correspondence regarding the controversy, a summary of the event and identity of the various participants and a humorous invitation to a meeting of the Association and one photograph.

Dates: undated, 1928-1929

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

Wyner Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-803
Abstract The Wyner Family Papers document the personal, professional, organizational and philanthropic activities of three generations of a prominent Boston Jewish family. The documents describe the operations of the family knitting and textile businesses, the building and management of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel of Boston and the development and operations of the Beth Israel Hospital of Boston (1926-2001.) This collection describes the Wyner family's involvement in a wide variety of organizations, both...
Dates: undated, 1863-2004

Yiddish Phonograph Record Collection

 Collection
Identifier: I-590
Abstract

The Yiddish Phonograph Record Collection consists of 57 records, including three named compilation albums of cantorial and holiday music. The records contain a variety of types of music, including classical, instrumental, folk songs, opera, cantorial music, and Yiddish interpretations of popular songs of the day. A few records also contain Yiddish storytelling and monologues from theater performances, and some are in languages other than Yiddish, including Hebrew, English, and Russian.

Dates: undated, 1948

Zionist Organization of America, New England Region Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-582
Abstract The New England Zionist Region is a regional branch of the Zionist Organization of America. The group was originally based in Boston and was associated with prominent leaders in the Zionist movement, including Louis Brandeis and Elihu Stone. The collection primarily consists of photographs taken at events hosted by the branch, including annual conventions and banquets honoring Drs. Chaim Weizmann and Albert Einstein, and Nahum Sokolow. The collection also contains a small group of documents...
Dates: undated, circa 1921-1979

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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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