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American Technion Society, Boston Chapter, Women’s Division Records

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Identifier: I-434
Abstract The American Technion Society was founded in 1940 as an organization to aid the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, with the goal to aid the technological and scientific advancement of Israel. The Women’s Division, which was founded in 1956, did so by focusing its efforts on three main national programs: faculty recruitment, medical engineering, and student aid. Beginning in the 1970s, special interest was given to the Medical Engineering Project in the Medical School, a cause of...
Dates: undated, 1975-1991

Benjamin Rabalsky Papers

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Identifier: P-153
Abstract

A Boston lawyer, Hebrew scholar and Yiddish orator, Benjamin Rabalsky was involved in the local Zionist movement. A member of the American Jewish Congress, American Zion Commonwealth, Boston West End Jewish Liberty Loan Committee, Zion Association of Greater Boston and New England Zionist Region, he dedicated much of his time to Zionist causes. This collection contains a small amount of business correspondence and family correspondence.

Dates: undated, 1913-1932

Bernard L. Gorfinkle Papers

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Identifier: P-664 and P-664A
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, photographs, news clippings, ephemera and a scrapbook compiled by Bernard L. Gorfinkle, a Boston area lawyer and civic leader who served in the United States Army during both World Wars and was a participant in the negoriations leading to the Treaty of Versailled and the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.

Dates: undated, 1914-1979

Congregation Anshai Sfard (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-556
Abstract Congregation Anshai Sfard (Anshei, Anshe, Anshi) was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue established by Jewish immigrants in Lynn, Massachusetts from 1888 to December 1999. This collection contains a letterpress printing block used to print the incorporation papers, a large "Golden Book of Congregation Anshei Sfard," which includes an illuminated manuscript with hand-painted and gold-leafed elements, a donor list, newspaper clippings, and photographs; meeting minutes, several family history...
Dates: undated, 1899-2001

David B. Alpert Papers

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Identifier: P-82
Abstract Rabbi of Boston. Diaries containing notes and reflections on religious and personal matters, on a trip to Israel and Europe, and on current political events. Includes general observations of a hospital chaplain and background information on patients at Boston City Hospital where Alpert served as the Jewish chaplain; includes material from the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis and the Eastern New England Conference of Liberal Rabbis. Material also consists of a scrap book containing newspaper...
Dates: 1924-1981

David R. and Muriel K. Pokross Papers

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Identifier: P-1041
Abstract

This collection contains awards and honors, business records, meeting minutes, financial documents, correspondence, manuscripts, interview transcripts, and speeches documenting the work and personal lives of lawyer and philanthropist David R. Pokross and his wife Muriel K. Pokross.

Dates: undated, 1898-2015

Davis and Isaacs Family Papers

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Identifier: P-936
Abstract The Isaacs and the Davis families were both active members of the Jewish community in Cincinnati, Ohio dating back to the mid 19th century. The Davis family includes Charles K., who along with Leo Wise helped to found the Beersheba immigrant colony in Kansas in 1882. The Isaacs family included many well-known, religious, legal, and medical scholars. The two families were joined together on March 21, 1912 when Ella Davis, daughter of Charles K. Davis and Ida (Fletcher) Davis, married Nathan...
Dates: undated, 1882-1987 Addendum 1: undated, 1863 - 1997

Friedman Family Papers

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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

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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

Immigrants Mutual Aid Society, Inc. Records

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Identifier: I-109
Abstract Contains the papers of the Society founded in 1938 by recent German speaking Jewish immigrants to Boston to assist their initial adjustment to the economic, cultural, spiritual, and social life of the American community and subsequently, to provide mutual assistance to its membership and aid to other immigrants.The collection consists of the Society's by-laws (1953, 1956, 1964); handwritten notes with the names of Officers and Directors (1949-1961), plans for cultural and social...
Dates: undated, 1938-1980

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Temple Shalom of the Congregation Sons of Jacob (Salem, Mass.) 2
Alpert, David B. 1
American Association for Jewish Education 1
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American Society for Technion, Israel Institute of Technology 1
American Technion Society, Boston Chapter, Women’s Division 1
American Zionist Federation 1
Avukah, American Student Zionist Federation 1
B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. 1
Baram, Phillip J. 1
Barron, Jennie L. (Jennie Loitman), 1891-1969 1
Baruch, Bernard Mannes, 1870-1965 1
Belkind, Israel, 1861-1929 1
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 1
Bevis, Howard L. (Howard Landis), 1885-1968 1
Boston (Mass.). School Committee 1
Brandeis University 1
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 1
B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundations 1
B’nai B’rith Women 1
Central Conference of American Rabbis 1
Congregation Anshai Sfard (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds 1
Davis, Charles K., 1854-1918 1
Davis, Ida (Fletcher), b. 1855/1856 1
Davis, Max X., b. 1861 1
Fagan, Janet Zerlin 1
Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare 1
Friedman, Aaron Zebi, 1822-1876 1
Friedman, Abraham 1
Friedman, Nathan 1
Friedman, Robert 1
Friedman, Ruth 1
Gaffen, Abraham 1
Gaffen, David 1
Gaffen, Dorothy 1
Gaffen, Etta 1
Gaffen, Leonard 1
Gaffen, Sarah 1
Goldman, Meyer H. 1
Goldmann, Nahum, 1895-1982 1
Gorfinkle, Bernard 1
Gorfinkle, Sarah Millionthaler 1
Harvard Business School 1
Hebrew College (Newton Center, Newton, Mass.) 1
Hubrite, Inc. 1
Immigrants Mutual Aid Society, Inc. 1
Isaacs, Abraham, 1860-1928 1
Isaacs, Ella Davis, 1885-1975 1
Isaacs, Nathan, 1886-1941 1
Isaacs, Rachel 1
Isaacs, Rachel Rose (Friedman), 1861-1929 1
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston 1
Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.) 1
Jewish National Fund 1
Jung, Leo, 1892-1987 1
Kallen, Horace M. 1
Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974 1
Kaufman, Arlene Lewis 1
Kiriath Sefer Farm School 1
Konvitz, Milton R. (Milton Ridvas), 1908-2003 1
Levine, Harry, 1895-1977 1
Levinthal, Leiba 1
Levinthal, Samuel 1
Lieberman, Rebecca 1
Limon, Lillian 1
Lown, Philip W., 1890- 1
MacIver, Robert M. (Robert Morrison), 1882-1970 1
Maine Jewish Council 1
Massachusetts. Municipal Court (Boston) 1
Massachusetts. Superior Court 1
Massirman, Jenny 1
Massirman, Louis 1
Massirman, Samuel 1
Massirman, Sarah 1
McCarthy, Joseph Raymond, 1908-1957 1
Monosson, Fred 1
National Community Relations Advisory Council (U.S.) 1
National Council of Jewish Women 1
People's Relief Committee of Greater Boston 1
Poale Zion (U.S.) 1
Pokross, David R., 1906-2003 1
Pokross, Muriel K., 1913-2011 1
Pound, Roscoe, 1870-1964 1
Rabalsky, Benjamin 1
Rottenberg, Esther 1
Rottenberg, Harry 1
Sachar, Abram Leon, 1899-1993 1
Segal, Robert E. 1
Shubow, Joseph Shalom 1
Sonneborn, R. G. (Rudolf Goldschmidt), 1898- 1
Stone, Dewey David, 1900-1977 1
Stone, Elihu David 1
Stone, Sadie 1
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