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Bernard L. Gorfinkle Papers

 Collection
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

Bernard Weinberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-668
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence from Bernard Weinronk of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, to his cousin Bernard Weinberg of Boston, Massachusetts. Also included are meeting minutes describing the goals, resolutions, and activities of Zionist groups in which Weinronk was active.

Dates: 1933-1935

Beth Hamidrash Hagodol (Crawford Street Shul) (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-239
Abstract Beth Hamidrash Hagodol (known colloquially as the Crawford Street Shul), was founded in 1913 in a small house on Harold Street in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. In 1915, the cornerstone of the synagogue was placed at 105 Crawford Street in the Elm Hill District of Roxbury. The congregation elected Louis M. Epstein as their first Rabbi in 1918. This collection contains the business, activity and social records of Beth Hamidrash Hagodol, including correspondence, financial records, ledgers,...
Dates: undated, 1922-1924, 1933-1973

B’nai B’rith Peabody Lodge No. 2765 (Peabody, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-576
Abstract

The B’nai B’rith Peabody Lodge No. 2765 was founded in 1969 as a local chapter of the larger B’nai B’rith International, which advocates for the Jewish people and works to combat anti-Semitism. The Peabody Lodge engaged in a variety of service and charitable activities in the Peabody area. This collection contains awards, correspondence, photographs, a scrapbook, and other miscellaneous materials.

Dates: undated, 1959-1985

B'nai B'rith Women Greater Lynn Chapter No. 367 (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-588
Abstract

B’nai B’rith Women (now known as Jewish Women International) is an international women’s group that promotes advocacy for women and the Jewish community through education, advocacy, and social services. The Greater Lynn Chapter No. 367 began in 1942 as a women’s auxiliary of B’nai B’rith Greater Lynn Lodge. This collection contains an annual report, journals, awards, correspondence, news articles, photographs, and scrapbook.

Dates: undated, 1939-1989

Boston Workers (Workmen's) Circle Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-494
Abstract Created to provide mutual aid and education, The Workmen's Circle was established in New York in 1900 and officially chartered in 1905. Massachusetts established an Independent Workmen's Circle in 1903 to maneuver around prohibitive insurance laws, but was able to unify with the national organization in 1921. Several chapters were operational in Massachusetts by 1911. The Boston District often mirrored National's development, including the establishment of cemeteries, a chorus, a camp, and...
Dates: undated, 1927-1999

Boston YMHA-Hecht House Records

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Identifier: I-74
Abstract This collection includes constitution, minutes of the Board of Trustees (1934-1948, 1953-1958), budgets (1942-1948, 1951-1953, 1955-1958), financial reports, material on membership, and numerous activities. Among the latter is extensive material on camping, clubs, and the nursery school. Contains material on the history of Hecht House, surveys, publications, and other material issued, photographs, and memorabilia. Includes similar material of the YMHA for the years 1933-1958, and for the...
Dates: undated, 1896-1971

Boy Scout Troop 4 (Sachems) (Lynn, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-559
Abstract Organized in April, 1924, the records of Boy Scout Troop 4 (Sachems) of Lynn, Massachusetts span from 1924 to 1945. During World War II, the scouts participated in an Emergency Service Corps, and were invited to participate in the Boy Scout - General Eisenhower Waste Paper Campaign. The material in this collection includes weekly meeting programs and reports, newspaper clippings, scout assignments and certificates, correspondence, financial records, a photograph, and the American flag used...
Dates: undated, 1924-1945

Bromberg Family Papers

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Identifier: P-519
Abstract

This collection relates primarily to the political and social activities of Edward J. Bromberg (a lawyer and politician) and some members of his family. A scrapbook contains items regarding Edward’s sons, Justine and Bertram, and his daughter, Pauline. Other Bromberg family members in the collection are Lev, Henrietta Livingston, Anna Insoft, and Alice Goldstein. The collection includes clippings, programs, and photographs.

Dates: undated, circa 1886-1977

Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-120
Abstract The Bureau of Jewish Education (BJE) in Boston, Massachusetts, was founded in 1920 when the Associated Boston Hebrew Schools and Bureau of Jewish Religious Schools merged under the leadership of Louis Hurwich. While not the first centralized Jewish education organization in the country, the BJE was the first to receive support from its local Federation. From 1920 to 2009, the BJE provided consultation, evaluation and teacher training services using a variety of methods and tools. It worked...
Dates: undated, 1926-1992

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Stone, Elihu David 5
Temple Emanuel (Newton, Mass.) 5
United Jewish Appeal 5
Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 5
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 5
Zionist Organization of America 5
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 4
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 4
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 4
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 4
Massachusetts Board of Rabbis 4
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 4
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 4
Weinstein, Lewis H., 1905-. 4
American Jewish Committee 3
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 3
Boston Commission on Jewish Continuity 3
Central Conference of American Rabbis 3
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds 3
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- 3
Epstein, Louis M., 1887-1949 3
Federated Jewish Charities (Boston, Mass.) 3
Federation of Jewish Charities of Boston 3
Gorfinkle, Bernard 3
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 3
Harvard Business School 3
Hebrew Teachers College (Brookline, Mass.) 3
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. 3
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 3
Levine, Harry, 1895-1977 3
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 3
National Community Relations Advisory Council (U.S.) 3
National Jewish Welfare Board 3
Rabbinical Association of Greater Boston 3
Segal, Robert E. 3
Shrage, Barry 3
Stone, Dewey David, 1900-1977 3
Temple B’nai Abraham (Beverly, Mass.) 3
Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) 3
Winer, Louis 3
Workmen’s Circle (U.S.) 3
Action for Soviet Jewry 2
Alpert, Abraham 2
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 2
American Zionist Council 2
Avukah, American Student Zionist Federation 2
B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. 2
Boruchoff, Ber, 1872-1939 2
Boy Scouts of America 2
Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) 2
Combined Jewish Appeal (Boston, Mass.) 2
Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) 2
Congregation Shirat Hayam (Swampscott, Mass.) 2
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 2
Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958 2
Ehrmann, Herbert B. (Herbert Brutus), 1891-1970 2
Epstein, Mary Wolfman, 1908-1998 2
Girls’ Latin School (Boston, Mass.) 2
Goldstein, Israel 1896- 2
Gordon, Albert Isaac, 1903-1968 2
Grossman, Benjamin 2
Hebrew College (Newton Center, Newton, Mass.) 2
Herter, Christian Archibald, 1895-1966 2
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
Hurwich, Louis, 1886-1967 2
Jewish Community Center of Greater Boston 2
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston 2
Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Lynn, Mass.) 2
Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore 2
Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.) 2
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 2
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 2
Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974 2
Keren Hayesod 2
Lipsky, Louis, 1876-1963 2
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 2
Margolis, Daniel J. 2
Massachusetts. General Court 2
Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 2
Meretz Relief Association (Boston, Mass.) 2
New England Jewish Music Forum 2
Newman, Louis 2
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 2
Poale Zion (U.S.) 2
Ratshesky, Abraham C. 2
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (Wyncote, Pa.) 2
Sachar, Abram Leon, 1899-1993 2
Shanok, Morton 2
Sharon Memorial Park 2
Shubow, Joseph Shalom 2
Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963 2
Snider, Eliot 2
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