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Abraham and Frieda Wolper Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-531
Abstract

The Wolpers were a Jewish family from Chelsea, Massachusetts. In 1949, they issued a petition to the school board, raising concerns about Christmas carols and pageants in public schools. The resulting negative criticism from Jews and non-Jews, as well as the anti-Semitic letters sent to the Wolpers, eventually caused them to remove the petition. The collection includes the letters sent to the Wolpers, as well as newspaper clippings and correspondence with the school board.

Dates: 1949

Action for Post-Soviet Jewry Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-018
Abstract

This collection contains subject files, project files, correspondence, programs, brochures, meeting minutes, financial records, newsletters, case files, and photographs documenting the activities and administration of Action for Post-Soviet Jewry (formerly Action for Soviet Jewry), an organization dedicated to aiding and engaging with Jewish communities and individuals in former Soviet states.

Dates: undated, 1971-2019

Elihu Stone Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-555 and P-555A
Abstract This collection contains speeches, essays, correspondence, resolutions, and photographs documenting the professional, political, and personal life of Elihu David Stone. Included are materials pertaining to Stone's Zionist activities and his associations with the New England Zionist Region, World Zionist Organization, Zionist Organization of America, Jewish National Fund, Keren Hayesod, and the passing of the Palestine and Lodge-Fish resolutions. Also included are speeches from Louis Lipsky,...
Dates: undated, 1881-2015

Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-123 and I-123A
Abstract This collection includes material preceding and relating to the founding of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston (JCRC), including early papers of the local American Jewish Committee and the Central Advisory Committee (a predecessor agency),the constitution and by-laws of the JCRC, material relating to organizational membership in and representation in the organizations, correspondence of the officers and staff, minutes of meetings and proceedings of its Administrative...
Dates: undated, 1933-2008

Walter Weiner and Jenny Wilk Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: JHCP-006
Abstract

This collection contains the correspondence between two Jewish teenage pen pals, Walter Weiner from Boston and Jenny Wilk from Antwerp, Belgium, shortly before and during the first years of World War II. The correspondents share their perspectives on antisemitism in Belgium and the United States, and, after Wilk reports about her ordeal since the start of the war, Weiner looks for ways to console and support her from afar.

Dates: 1938-1941

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Action for Post-Soviet Jewry 1
Action for Soviet Jewry 1
Allen, Frank G. 1
American Jewish Committee 1
American Jewish Congress 1
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B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. 1
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 1
Butler, William M. (William Morgan), 1861-1937 1
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 1
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 1
Cox, Channing H. (Channing Harris), 1879-1968 1
Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958 1
Federation of Jews of Lithuanian Descent 1
Finkelstein, Louis 1895-1991 1
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
Friedlaender, Israel, 1876-1920 1
Fuller, Alvan T. (Alvan Tufts), 1878-1958 1
Gallivan, James A. 1866-1928 1
Goldstein, Israel 1896- 1
Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966 1
Jewish National Fund 1
Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937 1
Keren Hayesod 1
Levine, Harry, 1895-1977 1
Lewis, William M. 1
Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1882-1955 1
Lipsky, Louis, 1876-1963 1
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 1
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 1
McDonald, James G. (James Grover), 1886-1964 1
Meretz Relief Association (Boston, Mass.) 1
Morganthau, Henry, 1891-1967 1
Morros, Boris, 1891-1963 1
National Community Relations Advisory Council (U.S.) 1
Nudel, Ida 1
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 1
Rothenberg, Morris, 1884-1950 1
Sacco, Nicola, 1891-1927 1
Segal, Robert E. 1
Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963 1
Soviet Union 1
Stone, Elihu David 1
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 1
Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union 1
Union of Councils for Soviet Jews 1
Vanderbilt, William K. (William Kissam), 1849-1920 1
Vanzetti, Bartolomeo, 1888-1927 1
Weiner, Walter 1
Weisgal, Meyer Wolfe, 1894-1977 1
Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 1
Wilk, Jenny 1
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 1
Wolper, Abraham 1
Wolper, Frieda 1
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