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Hebrew College Records
Collection
Identifier: I-451
Abstract
Louis Hurwich, then superintendent of the Bureau of Jewish Education of Boston, founded Hebrew Teacher’s College in 1921. Hurwich was concerned about Jewish teachers leaving the field of Jewish education for other professions and sought an educational system that promoted Hebrew literacy at all levels. Hebrew Teacher’s College was also responsible for maintaining Hebrew High School (Prozdor), located at 14 Crawford Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Those students who graduated from the high...
Dates:
undated, 1928-1996
Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) Records
Collection
Identifier: I-459
Abstract
Temple Ohabei Shalom was founded on February 26, 1843 by several Boston Jewish families, and is the first synagogue established in Massachusetts. After meeting in the homes of both a founding congregant and the first elected Rabbi, Abraham Saling, Ohabei Shalom dedicated its first building on Warren (now Warrenton) Street in Boston in 1852. In 1855, the German Jewish congregants left Ohabei Shalom and founded Congregation Adath Israel (now Temple Israel in Boston.) The Polish Jewish...
Dates:
undated, 1909-1991
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
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