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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

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 Adath Israel (Newtown, Conn.) Records

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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

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

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

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

Hadassah Chapters of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-594
Abstract

This collection contains materials related to the Lynn, Salem-Beverly-Danvers, and Swampscott-Marblehead chapters of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, including a history of the Lynn chapter produced in 1993, newsletters from the Salem-Beverly-Danvers chapter, and notes, pamphlets, and other information contained in the personal binder of Swampscott-Marblehead chapter president Irma Levenbach.

Dates: 1959-1993

Jennie Loitman Barron Papers

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Identifier: P-547
Abstract Jennie Loitman Barron was a judge and suffragist. She earned her law degree and master of law at Boston University. As the first president of the Boston University Equal Suffrage League, JLB advocated for equal rights for women. In 1934 she was appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts as a special Justice of the Western Norfolk District. JLB was the first mother on the Boston School Committee, and the first female United States delegate to the United Nations Congress on Crime and Juvenile...
Dates: undated, 1954-1960

Jewish Community Center of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-596
Abstract The Jewish Community Center of the North Shore was established in 1911 as the Lynn Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA). In 1943, the YMHA was renamed the Lynn Jewish Community Center, and in 1972, the organization moved to their current location in Marblehead, Massachusetts, at which time they changed their name to reflect their dedication to the entire North Shore community. The collection mostly consists of group and event photographs and various publications produced by the Center,...
Dates: undated, 1922-2004

Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-584
Abstract

The Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (JHCNS) collected the records of the North Shore Jewish community and developed exhibits, cultural events, and publications to preserve and disseminate the history of the community. JHCNS’s records contain administrative documents, such as by-laws, deeds of gift, loan agreements, and fundraising paperwork, as well as documents related to exhibits put on between 1991 and 2002.

Dates: undated, circa 1870-2008

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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 2
Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore 2
Massachusetts. Superior Court 2
Adath Jeshurun Congregation (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1
Alpert, David B. 1
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American Association for Jewish Education 1
American Hospital Association 1
American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry 1
American Society for Technion, Israel Institute of Technology 1
American Technion Society, Boston Chapter, Women’s Division 1
Andover Newton Theological School 1
Barron, Jennie L. (Jennie Loitman), 1891-1969 1
Baruch, Bernard Mannes, 1870-1965 1
Belluschi, Pietro, 1899-1994 1
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 1
Bevis, Howard L. (Howard Landis), 1885-1968 1
Bigelow, Lynne T. 1
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 1
Boston (Mass.). School Committee 1
Boston Symphony Orchestra 1
Brandeis University 1
B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundations 1
Central Conference of American Rabbis 1
Combined Jewish Appeal (Boston, Mass.) 1
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations 1
Congregation Adath Israel (Newtown, Conn.) 1
Congregation Shirat Hayam (Swampscott, 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
Fertel, Stanley M. 1
Gaffen, Abraham 1
Gaffen, David 1
Gaffen, Dorothy 1
Gaffen, Etta 1
Gaffen, Leonard 1
Gaffen, Sarah 1
Geller, Myron S. 1
Goldmann, Nahum, 1895-1982 1
Goodman, Carl D. 1
Gordon, Albert Isaac, 1903-1968 1
Gorfinkle, Bernard 1
Gorfinkle, Sarah Millionthaler 1
Greenberger, Joseph 1
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. Lynn/North Shore Business and Professional Chapter 1
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. Salem-Beverly-Danvers (Mass.) Chapter 1
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 1
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America. North Shore Chapters. 1
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America. Swampscott-Marblehead Chapter 1
Harvard Business School 1
Hebrew College (Newton Center, Newton, Mass.) 1
Isaacs, Abraham, 1860-1928 1
Isaacs, Ella Davis, 1885-1975 1
Isaacs, Nathan, 1886-1941 1
Isaacs, Rachel Rose (Friedman), 1861-1929 1
Jewish Community Center of the North Shore (Mass.) 1
Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Jewish Memorial Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (Roxbury, Mass.) 1
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. 1
Jung, Leo, 1892-1987 1
Kallen, Horace M. 1
Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974 1
Karp, Abraham J. 1
Katz, Label A., 1918- 1
Kaufman, Arlene Lewis 1
Konvitz, Milton R. (Milton Ridvas), 1908-2003 1
Labor Lyceum Association of Brockton (Mass.) 1
Levenbach, Irma 1
Levinthal, Leiba 1
Levinthal, Samuel 1
Limon, Lillian 1
Lown, Philip W., 1890- 1
Maine Jewish Council 1
Massachusetts Board of Rabbis 1
Massachusetts Hospital Association 1
Massachusetts. Department of Public Health 1
Massachusetts. Municipal Court (Boston) 1
Massirman, Jenny 1
Massirman, Louis 1
Massirman, Samuel 1
Massirman, Sarah 1
McCarthy, Joseph Raymond, 1908-1957 1
Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 1
Meyers, Joel H. 1
National Community Relations Advisory Council (U.S.) 1
New England Health Care Employees Union 1
Nezvesky, Israel 1
Pavan, Nathan 1
Pound, Roscoe, 1870-1964 1
Resnick, Paul 1
Rottenberg, Esther 1
Rottenberg, Harry 1
Sachar, Abram Leon, 1899-1993 1
Schlichtmann, Jan 1
Schwarz, Donald E. 1
Shubow, Joseph Shalom 1
Sonneborn, R. G. (Rudolf Goldschmidt), 1898- 1
Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945 1
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 1
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