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

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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

Congregation Adath Israel (Newtown, Conn.) Records

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Identifier: I-323
Abstract

Congregation Adath Israel was established in 1919 by a small group of Jewish farmers in Newtown, Connecticut. The synagogue expanded its building in 1957 and converted from the Orthodox movement to the Conservative movement in the 1970s. In 2007, they relocated to a larger building within Newtown. The collection primarily consists of administrative and financial records, along with newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous documents.

Dates: undated, 1909-1991

Congregation Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard, Adam St. Shul (Newton, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: JHCI-021
Abstract In 1911, Congregation Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard, more commonly known as the Adams Street Shul, was granted an official charter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By December of the following year, the building was opened to the public. While there was a lull in membership starting in the ’50s, by the mid to late ’80s, more young Jewish families moved to the area, spurring efforts to revitalize the building. Due to their efforts, the Adams Street Shul is now listed on the National...
Dates: undated, 1912-2018, bulk 1980-2018

Congregation Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Anshe Sfard (Boston, Mass.) Ledger

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: I-105
Abstract

This collection contains a ledger from Congregation Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Anshe Sfard in Botson, Mass. The ledger, written in Hebrew and Yiddish manuscript, is from the Chevra Mishnayos (Mishna study group) of the congregation. It contains the constitution and by-laws as well as the names of the original members (both men and women) of the study group. Besides some of the names, there is either a date of death or an indication that the person died.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1909 - 1910

Congregation Beth Israel (Baldwin Place Shul) (North End, Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-131
Abstract Congregation Beth Israel began in 1888 when a group of young men spilt from Shomre Beth Abraham to form their own congregation. A year later they relocated to an old Baptist Church located on Baldwin Place in Boston's North End. The Baldwin Place synagogue housed a sanctuary on the ground floor as well as schools and meeting rooms in the space above. It was the largest shul in the North End and was considered the center of Boston Orthodoxy. Rabbi Moshe Zevulun Margolies presided over it and...
Dates: 1887, 1890

Congregation Linath Hatzedek-Beth Israel (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-101
Abstract Congregation Linath Hatzedek-Beth Israel was located on Chestnut Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts (previously at 200 Second Street). Founded c. 1909 by Ukrainian immigrants from the Kamen Kashirsky region and the local carpenter's union, it was defunct by 1978. The synagogue's cemetery is located in Everett, Massachusetts. This collection contains a ledger with minutes of the Ladies' Auxiliary of Congregation Linas Zedek, a membership ledger, and miscellaneous event flyers and invitations in...
Dates: undated, 1928-1953

Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-462
Abstract Congregation Mishkan Tefila was founded in 1858 as Mishkan Israel, and is considered to be the oldest conservative synagogue in New England. Its founding members were East Prussian Jews who separated from Ohabei Shalom, which was predominately Polish at the time. In 1894, Mishkan Israel and another conservative synagogue, Shaarei Tefila, merged to form Congregation Mishkan Tefila. The synagogue moved its religious school to Walnut Street in Newton in 1955, and began planning for a new...
Dates: 1922-1996

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

Congregation Tifereth Israel (Revere, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: JHCI-012
Abstract

Congregation Tifereth Israel was an Orthodox synagogue established in Revere, Massachusetts in 1912 and which closed in 2015. The collection consists primarily of financial and business records related to the operation of the synagogue and cemeteries.

Dates: undated, 1961-2010

Hebrew Educational Alliance and Congregation Toras Moshe (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-231
Abstract The Hebrew Educational Alliance was formed in Roxbury, Massachusetts and built a community hall there in 1921, establishing an orthodox synagogue, Congregation Toras Moshe, soon after. The Congregation sold the land and merged with Congregation Kadimah of Brighton, MA in 1964 to form Congregation Kadimah-Toras Moshe. The collection contains administrative records, such as ledgers, insurance records, correspondence, and membership lists, as well as documents sent to members of the...
Dates: undated, circa 1949-1964

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Abrams, Ruth I. 1
Bennett, Ephraim 1
Beth Hamidrash Hagodol (Crawford Street Shul) (Boston, Mass.) 1
Braslavsky, Solomon G., 1887-1975 1
Central Conference of American Rabbis 1
Chayet, B. L. 1
Close, Abraham 1
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 1
Congregation Adath Israel (Newtown, Conn.) 1
Congregation Anshe Sfard (Peabody, Mass.) 1
Congregation B'nai Israel (Northampton, Mass.) 1
Congregation B'nai Jacob (Longmeadow, Mass.) 1
Congregation B'nai Torah (Longmeadow, Mass.) 1
Congregation Beth Israel (Baldwin Place Shul) (Boston, Mass.) 1
Congregation Kadimah (Brighton, Boston, Mass.) 1
Congregation Kadimah-Toras Moshe (Brighton, Boston, Mass.) 1
Congregation Linath Hatzedek-Beth Israel(Chelsea, Mass.) 1
Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) 1
Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, Mass.). Board of Trustees 1
Congregation Shirat Hayam (Swampscott, Mass.) 1
Congregation Sons of Israel (Peabody, Mass.) 1
Congregation Sons of Zion (Holyoke, Mass.) 1
Congregation Tifereth Israel (Peabody, Mass.) 1
Congregation Tifereth Israel (Revere, Mass.) 1
Congregation Tifereth Israel and Community Center (Everett, Mass.) 1
Covich, Louis D. 1
Crawford Street Shul (Boston, Mass.) 1
Diamond, Alan 1
Edelstein, Alan 1
Fine, Arnold 1
Frisch, Shirley 1
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America 1
Halbfinger, Abraham 1
Hatikvah Holocaust Education & Resource Center 1
Hebrew Educational Alliance (Boston, Mass.) 1
Independent Order Brith Abraham of the United States of America 1
Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts 1
Jewish Chaplaincy Council of Massachusetts 1
Jewish Community of Amherst (Amherst, Mass.) 1
Jewish Historical Society of Western Massachusetts 1
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc. 1
Kahn, Eric 1
Kashruth Commission (Mass.) 1
Katz, Sam 1
Korff, Samuel I. 1
Kraft, Harry 1
Kramer, Benjamin 1
Law, Bernard A. 1
Maple Hill Cemetery (Peabody, Mass.) 1
Mizrachi Women’s Organization of America 1
Nadich, Judah, 1912-2007 1
National Yiddish Book Center (U.S.) 1
Nezvesky, Israel 1
Polen, Nehemia 1
Rabbinical Court of Justice (Mass.) 1
Rabinowitz, Jacob, 1885-1967 1
Roth, Harry A., 1924- 1
Roth, Lillian 1
Rubenovitz, Herman H. 1
Rubenovitz, Mignon L. (Mignon Levine) 1
Rubenowitz, Herman H. 1
Saltzman, Manual 1
Saval, Maurice 1
Schoen, Kenneth 1
Shanok, Morton 1
Shubow, Joseph Shalom 1
Sinai Temple (Springfield, Mass.) 1
Synagogue Council of Massachusetts 1
Temple Beth El (Springfield, Mass.) 1
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Tichnor, Alan 1
Trigière, Jane 1
Union for Reform Judaism 1
Vaad Harabonim (Mass.) 1
Vilna Shul Congregation (Boston, Mass.) 1
Winer, Eleanor 1
Winer, Louis 1
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