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Lewis H. Weinstein Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-641
Abstract

Consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, press releases, pamphlets, publications and other similar materials pertaining to Weinstein's involvement in Jewish organizations and institutions in the Boston area and nationally.

Dates: undated, 1947-1992

Marcus and Feldman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1008
Abstract The Shevitz and Feldman families were first-generation immigrants from Russia who settled in Worcester, Massachusetts in the early 20th century. Wolf Shevitz changed his name to William Marcus upon enlisting in the United States Army and married Minnie Feldman after his discharge. The collection contains William’s service and naturalization records, correspondence between William and Minnie while William was serving in World War I, photographs of the Feldman and Marcus families, and a series...
Dates: undated, 1914-2015

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

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

Wolk Family Papers

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Identifier: P-643
Abstract

Consists of correspondence, in the form of postal cards, between family members in Vilna, London, New York City and Boston at the turn of the century. Corresponding members of the family include D. [David] Wolk in London and Boston, J. Wolk in London, S. [Sam or Salomon] Wolk in Boston, New York and Malden, Massachusetts and B. Wolk in Cambridge and Malden, Massachusetts, as well as P. Fine in Boston, with whom D. Wolk and S. Wolk temporarily resided.

Dates: 1902-1906, 1953

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

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Aizenstat, Harry 1
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Alpert, Abraham 1
Alpert, Helen 1
Alpha Omega (Fraternity) 1
American Association of Small Research Companies 1
American Chemical Society. Northeastern Section 1
American Jewish Committee 1
American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry 1
American Jewish Congress 1
B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. 1
Bailen, Samuel L. 1
Beth El Synagogue (New Rochelle, N.Y.) 1
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 1
Bloomfield, Meyer 1
Borofsky, Ida S., 1883-1982 1
Borofsky, Jacob, 1880-1965 1
Boruchoff, Ber, 1872-1939 1
Boston Symphony Orchestra 1
Boston University. College of Communication 1
Boy Scouts of America 1
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 1
Butler, William M. (William Morgan), 1861-1937 1
Central High School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Cherniavsky, Joseph, 1895-1959 1
Close, Abraham 1
Cohen, Myron 1
Combined Jewish Appeal (Boston, Mass.) 1
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations 1
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 1
Congregation Beth-El Zedeck (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 1
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds 1
Covich, Louis D. 1
Cox, Channing H. (Channing Harris), 1879-1968 1
Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958 1
Driscoll, Dawn-Marie 1
Edelstein, Alan 1
Federation of Jews of Lithuanian Descent 1
Feldman, Joseph 1
Fine, Arnold 1
Finkelstein, Louis 1895-1991 1
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
Freedman Family 1
Freedman, Jacob, 1903- 1
Freedman, Joseph 1
Freedman, Lena Sakowitz 1
Freedman, Martin 1
Freedman, Samuel 1
Friedlaender, Israel, 1876-1920 1
Fuller, Alvan T. (Alvan Tufts), 1878-1958 1
Gaffen, Abraham 1
Gaffen, David 1
Gaffen, Dorothy 1
Gaffen, Etta 1
Gaffen, Leonard 1
Gaffen, Sarah 1
Gaffin, Barbara 1
Gallivan, James A. 1866-1928 1
Gewirtz, Gladys 1
Goldstein, Israel 1896- 1
Grosbayne, Benjamin, 1893-1976 1
Grosbayne, Mitchell 1
Grossman, Benjamin 1
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 1
Halbfinger, Abraham 1
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of Boston 1
Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966 1
Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts 1
Jewish Chaplaincy Council of Massachusetts 1
Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore 1
Jüdisches Museum Creglingen 1
Kashruth Commission (Mass.) 1
Katz, Label A., 1918- 1
Katz, Mickey 1
Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937 1
Keren Hayesod 1
Korff, Samuel I. 1
Koussevitzky, Moshe, 1899-1966 1
Kraft, Harry 1
Kramer, George 1
Kramer, Sadie 1
Kremer, Isa, 1887-1956 1
Levine, Harry, 1895-1977 1
Levinthal, Leiba 1
Levinthal, Samuel 1
Lewis, William M. 1
Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1882-1955 1
Lippman, Eve 1
Lipsky, Louis, 1876-1963 1
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 1
Marcus, Dorothy 1
Marcus, Joseph, 1921-1985 1
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