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Cambridge Hebrew Women’s Aid Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-113
Abstract

The Cambridge Hebrew Ladies Educational Society was first formed in 1898 for the purpose of teaching the Hebrew language to Jewish children. The society was renamed the Cambridge Hebrew Women's Aid Society in 1914, and reorganized to include a broad range of philanthropic causes, including the care of tubercular patients and provision of Passover food to the needy. The collection contains bound ledgers of meeting minutes from 1914-1969.

Dates: 1898-1969

Chelsea-Revere Hebrew School (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-313
Abstract

The Chelsea-Revere School was established by Monas Berlin in 1896 and served the Chelsea, Massachusetts Jewish community until 1979. The collection contains the records of the institution and its activities including meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, personnel manifests, memos, publications, photographs, memorial documents, and school function notices, as well as press materials in the form of newspaper clippings.

Dates: undated, 1939-1981

Chevra Kedusha (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-185
Abstract Chevra Kadusha of Boston is an independent, non-denominational organization of individuals, synagogues, universities and other Jewish institutions committed to making the full range of burial rituals accessible and available to the entire Jewish community. It was organized and instituted in 1856. The collection contains two versions of the constitution of Chevra Kedusha as well as the board minutes (1892-1904, 1911-1974), financial records (1933-1968), and a ledger recording payments of...
Dates: undated, 1856-1981

Companions of the Forest of America Boston Area Circles Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-015
Abstract

The Companions of the Foresters of America was a social and benvolent fraternal organization that was a branch of the Foresters of America. This collection contains charter certificates, materials pertaining to the practices and rituals of the organization, songbooks, and membership and entertainment ledgers for local Boston area circles, including Franklin Park Circle #1571, Brookline Circle #1558, and Dorchester Circle #1542.

Dates: undated, circa 1929-1981

Concerned Jewish Students of Greater Boston Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-157
Abstract Contains material pertaining to the establishment of the organization, including a list of incorporators, and lists of constituent members, minutes of meetings (November 1970-February 1972), a speech giving a review of the group's activities (1972), and financial records (July 1970-March 1972). Also contains general correspondence (March 1970-March 1972), correspondence with Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston (1970-1971), and information on the group's Chavurat Shabbat project...
Dates: 1969-1973

Congregation Adath Israel (Newtown, Conn.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-323
Abstract

Congregation Adath Israel was established in 1919 by a small group of Jewish farmers in Newtown, Connecticut. The synagogue expanded its building in 1957 and converted from the Orthodox movement to the Conservative movement in the 1970s. In 2007, they relocated to a larger building within Newtown. The collection primarily consists of administrative and financial records, along with newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous documents.

Dates: undated, 1909-1991

Congregation Adath Jeshurun (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: JHCI-002
Abstract This collection contains materials of the Congregation Adath Jeshurun, the founding institution of the Jewish community in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. The main materials cover the last twenty years of the congregation’s existence, a period marked by the decline of the Jewish population of Roxbury which ultimately resulted in the congregation’s demise. The main part of the collection consists of minute books that record the activities of the congregation during this period as well as...
Dates: undated, 1916-1991

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

 Collection
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 Ahaveth Achim Anshe Sphard (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-222
Abstract

Congregation Ahaveth Achim Anshe Sphard (also known as the Elm Street Synagogue) was an orthodox synagogue in Chelsea, Massachusetts. This collection contains a ledger with the congregation’s constitution, bylaws, and the minutes of two meetings. It also contains mortgage records and establishment of association forms for the congregation.

Dates: 1900-1910

Congregation Ohave Sholom (Gardner, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-492
Abstract

Congregation Ohave Sholom was formed on January 20, 1910 in Gardner, Massachuesetts. At the time the synagogue was built, Ohave Sholom had 20 families as members, but during World War I the population peaked, and 60 families held membership. However, by the 1970s membership began to decline and in 1998, with only 12 members remaining, the congregation dissolved.

Dates: undated, 1957-1998

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Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds 3
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National Jewish Welfare Board 3
Rabbinical Association of Greater Boston 3
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Adath Jeshurun Cemetery Association 2
American Jewish Committee 2
B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. 2
Boy Scouts of America 2
Central Conference of American Rabbis 2
Congregation Shirat Hayam (Swampscott, Mass.) 2
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- 2
Grossman, Benjamin 2
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 2
Harvard University 2
Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsfield, Mass. 2
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
Independent Order Brith Abraham of the United States of America 2
Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.) 2
Jewish National Fund 2
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 2
Korff, Samuel I. 2
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 2
Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 2
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 2
Segal, Robert E. 2
Soviet Union 2
Stone, Dewey David, 1900-1977 2
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 2
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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 2
Union of American Hebrew Congregations 2
United Israel Appeal 2
Weinstein, Lewis H., 1905-. 2
Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 2
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 2
Workmen’s Circle (U.S.) 2
Abrams, Ruth I. 1
Abrams, Sam 1
Action for Post-Soviet Jewry 1
Alintuck, Martin K. 1
Alpert, Abraham 1
Alpert, David B. 1
Alpert, Helen 1
American Association of Small Research Companies 1
American Cancer Society 1
American Chemical Society. Northeastern Section 1
American Hospital Association 1
American Israel Numismatic Society 1
American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry 1
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American Numismatic Association 1
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American Physicians and Friends for Medicine in Israel 1
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American Society for Technion, Israel Institute of Technology 1
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American Zionist Council 1
Ampal-American Israel Corporation 1
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Avukah, American Student Zionist Federation 1
Axelrad, Albert S., 1938- 1
Babson College 1
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Balkan, Herman 1
Band, Maurice 1
Belluschi, Pietro, 1899-1994 1
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 1
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Boston University 1
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