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

 Collection
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

Hadassah Chapters of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

 Collection
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

Morton Shanok Papers

 Collection
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

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

Temple Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead (Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-597
Abstract Temple Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead was founded in 1946 by former members of Temple Beth El in Lynn. The new congregation purchased land at 837 Humphrey Street in Swampscott in 1947, and the synagogue and school stood at this location until the unification of Temple Israel and Temple Beth El in 2005. The collection contains administrative documents, records from the Brotherhood and Sisterhood organizations and the Hebrew School, publications, photographs of the synagogue and its...
Dates: undated, 1941-1997

Temple Sinai (Swampscott, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-565
Abstract

Temple Sinai was founded in 1953 and became a hub of vibrant Jewish life on the North Shore of Massachusetts. Rabbi Meyer Strassfeld served as the congregation's spiritual leader from 1965-1989, and during this time he involved the community in the Soviet Jewry movement and led the dedication of a Torah scroll saved during the Holocaust. The collection contains many event flyers, booklets, and newspaper clippings that illustrate Temple Sinai's active community.

Dates: undated, 1953-2005

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Ahabat Shalom (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Alpha Phi Pi. Alpha Delta Chapter (Lynn, Mass.) 1
B'nai B'rith 1
Belluschi, Pietro, 1899-1994 1
Bennett, Ephraim 1
Cantors Assembly (U.S.) 1
Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970 1
Diamond, Alan 1
Frisch, Shirley 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
Hearst, Henry 1
JCC Association 1
Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged of the North Shore 1
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 1
Kahn, Eric 1
Karp, Abraham J. 1
Law, Charles 1
Levenbach, Irma 1
Lynn Classical High School (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Lynn English High School (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Lynn Hebrew School Association (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 1
Morris High School 1
Parker House (Boston, Mass.) 1
Pruss, William 1
Reimer, Jack 1
Ross, Sidney 1
Solar, Philip 1
Strassfeld, Meyer 1
Strassfeld, Ruth 1
Suffolk University. Law School 1
Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945 1
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.). Sisterhood 1
Temple B’nai Abraham (Beverly, Mass.) 1
Temple Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead (Mass.) 1
Temple Sinai (Swampscott, Mass.) 1
Weinberg, Aaron 1
Weiner, Harry 1
Weinstein, Harry 1
Winer, Eleanor 1
Winer, Saul 1
Young Men’s Hebrew Association (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Zamcheck, Irving 1
Zlotnick, Dov 1
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