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Congregation Tifereth Israel and Community Center (Everett, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-592
Abstract Congregation Tifereth Israel was founded in Everett in 1910 and dedicated their first synagogue in 1912. After working in close partnership for nearly 30 years, Congregation Tifereth Israel merged with Everett Hebrew School and Community School to become Congregation Tifereth Israel and Community Center in 1955. In 2016, Congregation Tifereth Israel and Community Center merged with the North Shore Chabad Lubavitch. This collection contains meeting minutes, news clippings, photographs,...
Dates: undated, 1928-2015

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

Ilan Fisher Papers

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Identifier: P-1013
Abstract Author and photographer Ilan Fisher was born and lives in Sharon, Massachusetts, where he owned Great Impression, a company that provided event videography services. He also contributed columns to the Sharon Advocate and other local publications, and in 2002, his stories were collected in the book The Carnie Kid Tells All. Fisher’s papers primarily contain invitations from events Great Impression recorded, along with a small...
Dates: undated, circa 1964-2009

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 Community of Lynn (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-580
Abstract

This collection contains a range of materials documenting the Jewish community of Lynn, Massachusetts. Included are materials from Jewish-owned businesses, Jewish individuals and families, and Jewish organizations in Lynn.

Dates: undated, 1855-2010

Laymen’s Institute of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, New England Region Records

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Identifier: I-477
Abstract

The Laymen’s Institute (now known as TheRetreat) is a summer weekend retreat started in 1946 and sponsored by the New England Region of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs. The records include correspondence, speeches, short sermons, programs, ephemera, and cassette recordings of lectures. There is also a scrapbook and framed photo collage.

Dates: undated, circa 1951-2005

Morton Shanok Papers

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Identifier: P-995
Abstract Morton Shanok was the cantor at Temple Beth El in Lynn (and later Swampscott) for 32 years and, after his retirement, High Holiday Cantor at Temple B’nai Abraham and Religious Cultural Coordinator at the Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged. He served in the U.S. Army as assistant army chaplain from 1942-1945. He was a founding member of the Cantors Assembly and helped write the curriculum at the H.L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music of the Jewish Theological Seminary....
Dates: undated, circa 1943-2002

Robert Silverman Papers

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Identifier: P-1014
Abstract Robert Silverman was an early leader in American Zionism, taking part in and establishing multiple Zionist organizations in his more than forty years in the movement. This collection consists primarily of documents and photographs related to Silverman’s Zionist work. Documents include correspondence and printed materials from various organizations with which Silverman was involved and pamphlets, maps, and newspaper clippings related to Israel and Palestine. The photographs mainly depict...
Dates: undated, circa 1899-1965

Scheinfeldt Family Papers

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Identifier: P-1006
Abstract

The collection contains papers of the Scheinfeldt and Calish families with the bulk of the materials chronicling the achievements and nursing career of Jean Scheinfeldt, the daughter of Joseph Henry and Florence Calish Scheinfeldt. The materials in this collection include birth and death certificates, a marriage certificate, other certificates and awards, ephemera, photographs, and artifacts.

Dates: undated, circa 1882-2000

Temple Beth El of Lynn and Swampscott (Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-574
Abstract

Temple Beth El was founded in Lynn in 1924. In 1946, members of the congregation split off to form Temple Israel, and in 1968, Temple Beth El expanded from its Lynn location to Swampscott. The two temples reunited in 2005 to become Congregation Shirat Hiyam. This collection contains documents related to many areas of synagogue life, including general membership, the music program, the Religious School, temple governance, and the Sisterhood.

Dates: undated, circa 1924-2006

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Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 3
B'nai B'rith 2
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Jewish Theological Seminary of America 2
Shanok, Morton 2
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Temple B’nai Abraham (Beverly, Mass.) 2
American Zionist Council 1
Backman, Jack H. 1
Belluschi, Pietro, 1899-1994 1
Bennett, Ephraim 1
Bnai Zion (Organization) 1
Boston College. School of Nursing 1
Boston University. School of Nursing 1
Camp Ramah 1
Camp Tel Noar 1
Cantors Assembly (U.S.) 1
Congregation Tifereth Israel and Community Center (Everett, Mass.) 1
Dembowitz, Morris 1
Diamond, Alan 1
Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs (U.S.). New England Region 1
Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs (U.S.) 1
Fisher, Ilan 1
Frisch, Shirley 1
Gass, Nathan 1
Goldstein, Israel 1896- 1
Grey, Mervin 1
H.L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music 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
Israel Office of Information (New York, N.Y.) 1
Jewish Agency-American Section 1
Jewish Community Center of the North Shore (Mass.) 1
Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged of the North Shore 1
Kahn, Eric 1
Karp, Abraham J. 1
Keren Hayesod 1
Kramer, Benjamin 1
Laymen's Institute 1
Laymen’s Institute of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, New England Region 1
Levenbach, Irma 1
Lipsky, Louis, 1876-1963 1
Lynn Hebrew Benevolent Society 1
Margolskee, Abraham Z., 1897-approximately 1975 1
Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 1
Polen, Nehemia 1
Scheinfeldt, Florence Calish, 1895-1968 1
Scheinfeldt, Jean, 1924-2000 1
Scheinfeldt, Joseph Henry, 1894-1965 1
Silverman, Robert 1
Stone, Elihu David 1
Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945 1
Tanzer, Roslyn Fliegel 1
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.). Sisterhood 1
Temple Israel (Swampscott, Mass.) 1
Temple Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead (Mass.) 1
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 1
United Israel Appeal 1
United Jewish Campaign (Boston, Mass.) 1
United Palestine Appeal (U.S.) 1
United States. Congress 1
Weinberg, Simon J. 1
Weinstein, Harry 1
Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952 1
Winer, Eleanor 1
Winer, Louis 1
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949 1
Wolf, Lewis 1
Workmen’s Circle (U.S.) 1
World Habonim (Organization) 1
Zenis, Sarah 1
Zionist Congress 1
Zionist Organization of America 1
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