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Abraham C. Ratshesky Papers

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Identifier: P-586
Abstract Abraham Captain Ratshesky (1864-1943) was a banker by profession who founded the U.S. Trust Company with his brother Israel in 1895, and also served in a variety of political positions, including the Massachusetts State Senate from 1892-1895, delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1892, 1904, 1908, 1916, and 1924, Assistant Food Administrator for Massachusetts during World War I, and most importantly, United States Minister to Czechoslovakia from 1930-1932. In 1933, Ratshesky was...
Dates: undated, 1895-1974

Alpha Phi Pi, Alpha Delta Chapter (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-562
Abstract

Organized in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1931, the Alpha Delta Chapter was accepted into the national Alpha Phi Pi Jewish high school fraternity in 1932. After a period of dormancy, the Chapter was briefly reactivated in 1953 and an Alpha Delta Alumni group was formed in 1954. The material in this collection includes event programs and invitations, correspondence, photographs, news clippings and bulletins, Convention yearbooks, and a map and guide to Boston.

Dates: undated, 1932-1993

Arthur S. Obermayer Papers

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Identifier: P-1019
Abstract Arthur S. Obermayer was a scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He established his own research and development company, Moleculon Research Company, in the Boston area and was involved in numerous philanthropic and professional organizations, especially through his foundation, the Obermayer Foundation. Obermayer was also a political activist, and played a key role in establishing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. This collection...
Dates: undated, 1897-2016

Beatrice Feingold Papers

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Identifier: P-621
Abstract Beatrice Miller Feingold was a past President of both the Worcester Section and New England Region of the National Council of Jewish Women. In addition, she was the first female Vice President of the Worcester Jewish Federation, Vice President of the Worcester Chapter of Brandeis University’s National Women’s Committee, and a board member of the Jewish Community Council and Jewish Family Services of Worcester. Feingold was also one of the founders of the Worcester Area Community Service, the...
Dates: undated, 1932-1986

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

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

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

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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

Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-497
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, 1919-2009

Chelsea-Revere Hebrew School (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-313
Abstract

The Chelsea-Revere School was established by Monas Berlin in 1896 and served the Chelsea, Massachusetts Jewish community until 1979. The collection contains the records of the institution and its activities including meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, personnel manifests, memos, publications, photographs, memorial documents, and school function notices, as well as press materials in the form of newspaper clippings.

Dates: undated, 1939-1981

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Records

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Identifier: I-220 and I-220A
Abstract The Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) of Boston, Massachusetts is the oldest federated Jewish philanthropy in the United States. The current incarnation of CJP was formed in 1960, when two separate federated philanthropies – the Combined Jewish Appeal and Associated Jewish Philanthropies – merged to create a single organization dedicated to serving the needs of Boston’s Jewish community. CJP’s records contain the history of several other organizations, from the forerunners of the current...
Dates: undated, 1865-2006

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Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 10
Brandeis University 4
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 3
United Jewish Appeal 3
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Associated Jewish Philanthropies (Boston, Mass.) 2
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 2
Boston Commission on Jewish Continuity 2
Boy Scouts of America 2
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 2
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- 2
Ehrmann, Herbert B. (Herbert Brutus), 1891-1970 2
Federated Jewish Charities (Boston, Mass.) 2
Federation of Jewish Charities of Boston 2
Harvard University 2
Hebrew Teachers College (Brookline, Mass.) 2
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 2
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 2
Ratshesky, Abraham C. 2
Segal, Robert E. 2
Shrage, Barry 2
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 2
Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) 2
Weiner, Harry 2
Weinstein, Lewis H., 1905-. 2
Action for Soviet Jewry 1
Adath Jeshurun Cemetery Association 1
Alpha Phi Pi. Alpha Delta Chapter (Lynn, Mass.) 1
American Association of Small Research Companies 1
American Cancer Society 1
American Chemical Society. Northeastern Section 1
American Hospital Association 1
American Jewish Congress 1
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 1
Ampal-American Israel Corporation 1
Axelrad, Albert S., 1938- 1
B'nai B'rith 1
B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. 1
Babson College 1
Band, Maurice 1
Baruch, Bernard Mannes, 1870-1965 1
Belluschi, Pietro, 1899-1994 1
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 1
Berlin, Monas 1
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 1
Biden, Joseph R. 1
Bigelow, Lynne T. 1
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 1
Bortman, Mark 1
Boston University 1
Boxer, Barbara 1
Boy Scout Troop 4 (Sachems) (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Boy Scouts of America. Bay Shore Council (Mass.) 1
Brandeis University,. Student Coalition for Soviet Jewry 1
Brandt, Robert 1
Brookline Town Meeting 1
Brown, Meyer 1
Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) 1
Bush, George Herbert Walker 1924- 1
B’nai B’rith Women 1
Carter, James E. 1935- 1
Central High School (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Chelsea-Revere Hebrew School 1
Close, Abraham 1
Combined Jewish Appeal (Boston, Mass.) 1
Congregation Shirat Hayam (Swampscott, Mass.) 1
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 1
Covich, Louis D. 1
Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 1
Davidson, Margaret, d. 1912. 1
Dodd, Christopher 1
Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959 1
Eban, Abba Solomon, 1915-2002 1
Edelstein, Alan 1
Ehrmann, Sara R., 1895-1993 1
Farband Labor Zionist Order (U.S.) 1
Farband Labor Zionist Order (U.S.). E-S Department 1
Farband Labor Zionist Order. Boston Branch. 1
Feingold, Beatrice 1
Fertel, Stanley M. 1
Fine, Arnold 1
Food Marketing Institute 1
Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987 1
Globe Newspaper Co. 1
Gold, Abraham 1
Goldberg, Avram J. 1
Goldberg, Carol R. 1
Goldstein, Maurice 1
Gorfinkle, Bernard 1
Gorfinkle, Sarah Millionthaler 1
Greater Boston Committee of the American Jewish Tercentenary 1
Greater Boston Committee of the Massachusetts Observance of the American Jewish Tercentenary 1
Grossman, Benjamin 1
HIAS (Agency) 1
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America. Boston Chapter 1
Halbfinger, Abraham 1
Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Foundation 1
Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsfield, Mass. 1
Hecht, Lina Frank 1
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