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Action for Post-Soviet Jewry Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-018
Abstract

This collection contains subject files, project files, correspondence, programs, brochures, meeting minutes, financial records, newsletters, case files, and photographs documenting the activities and administration of Action for Post-Soviet Jewry (formerly Action for Soviet Jewry), an organization dedicated to aiding and engaging with Jewish communities and individuals in former Soviet states.

Dates: undated, 1971-2019

Celia and Mauricio Dulfano Papers

 Collection
Identifier: JHCP-008
Abstract

This collection contains personal documents belonging to Celia and Mauricio Dulfano, a Jewish scholarly couple who emigrated from Argentina to Israel and later to the United States. The collection consists primarily of official documents such as government-issued identity cards and academic certificates that detail their migratory life between the three countries as well as their professional success in the fields of social work and pulmonary medicine, respectively.

Dates: undated, 1937-1998

Evelyn B. and Janot S. Roskin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-685
Abstract This collection contains items relating to the Roskin, Borofsky, and Grosbayne families, with special focus on the musical contributions of Evelyn B. (née Borofsky) and Janot S. Roskin, which make up the bulk of the collection. A smaller portion of the collection comes from the Borofsky and Grosbayne families, including Jacob and Ida Borofsky, Evelyn's sister, Edith Borofsky and her husband, Mitchell Grosbayne and his brother, Benjamin. The collection includes publicity photographs,...
Dates: undated, circa 1903-1989

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Boston Port Records

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Identifier: I-96
Abstract The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) was founded in New York City in the 1880s by the Russian Jewish community of New York in response to the influx of Russian Jewish immigrants fleeing the pograms in the Pale of Settlement in Russia and Eastern Europe. In 1889, a shelter which was used to house many of the immigrants adopted the name “Hebrew Sheltering House Association.” This organization merged with HIAS in 1909 and by 1914, had branches operating in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and...
Dates: undated, 1886-1977; Majority of material found within 1938-1954

Immigrants Mutual Aid Society, Inc. Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-109
Abstract Contains the papers of the Society founded in 1938 by recent German speaking Jewish immigrants to Boston to assist their initial adjustment to the economic, cultural, spiritual, and social life of the American community and subsequently, to provide mutual assistance to its membership and aid to other immigrants.The collection consists of the Society's by-laws (1953, 1956, 1964); handwritten notes with the names of Officers and Directors (1949-1961), plans for cultural and social...
Dates: undated, 1938-1980

Jewish Agency for Israel, Department for Renewal and Development Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-591
Abstract The Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) was established in 1929 to assist the Jewish population in Palestine. It is now the largest Jewish nonprofit organization in the world and seeks to connect the Jewish diaspora to Israel and vice versa, as well as running programs to support the Israeli population through education and economic development. This collection centers on the Department for Renewal and Development within JAFI, primarily between the years 1990 through 1992 and includes reports to...
Dates: undated, circa 1987-1992

Jews of Tachau (Czech Republic) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: JHCP-007
Abstract This collection contains material pertaining mainly to four families from the city of Tachau, Czechoslovakia, the Glaubers, Langschurs, Steiners, and Wolfners. These families are all related either through marriage or through common ancestors, there is also material for extended family. Included in the collections is genealogical research, family histories, family trees, photographs, memoirs, correspondence, cookbooks, personal papers and documents, and family film reels. Items trace the...
Dates: undated, 1910-2019

Lewis H. Weinstein Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-641
Abstract

Consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, press releases, pamphlets, publications and other similar materials pertaining to Weinstein's involvement in Jewish organizations and institutions in the Boston area and nationally.

Dates: undated, 1947-1992

Loewenstein Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1043
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence between members of the Loewenstein family, mainly Eric Loewenstein in New York City, his brother Gerhard Loewenstein in London, and their mother Marie Loewenstein in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The collection includes letters about Eric Loewenstein’s struggles at starting a new life in the United States after fleeing Nazi Germany and the brothers’ attempt to find an immigration solution for their mother.

Dates: undated, 1937-1949

Marcus and Feldman Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-1008
Abstract The Shevitz and Feldman families were first-generation immigrants from Russia who settled in Worcester, Massachusetts in the early 20th century. Wolf Shevitz changed his name to William Marcus upon enlisting in the United States Army and married Minnie Feldman after his discharge. The collection contains William’s service and naturalization records, correspondence between William and Minnie while William was serving in World War I, photographs of the Feldman and Marcus families, and a series...
Dates: undated, 1914-2015

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American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry 1
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Antin, Mary, 1881-1949 1
Axelrad, Albert S., 1938- 1
Bailen, Samuel L. 1
Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass.) 1
Biden, Joseph R. 1
Bloomfield, Meyer 1
Borofsky, Ida S., 1883-1982 1
Borofsky, Jacob, 1880-1965 1
Boston Latin School (Mass.) 1
Boston Society of Natural History 1
Boston Symphony Orchestra 1
Boston University. College of Communication 1
Boxer, Barbara 1
Brandeis University 1
Brandeis University,. Student Coalition for Soviet Jewry 1
Combined Jewish Appeal (Boston, Mass.) 1
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations 1
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 1
Congregation Beth-El Zedeck (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds 1
Dodd, Christopher 1
Driscoll, Dawn-Marie 1
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- 1
Dulfano, Celia 1
Dulfano, Mauricio 1
Feldman, Joseph 1
Girls’ Latin School (Boston, Mass.) 1
Glauber, Alfred 1
Glauber, Auguste 1
Glauber, Emil 1
Glauber, Susi 1
Gorfinkle, Bernard 1
Gorfinkle, Joseph I. (Joseph Isaac), b. 1880 1
Grosbayne, Benjamin, 1893-1976 1
Grosbayne, Mitchell 1
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of Boston 1
Hecht, Jacob, 1834-1903 1
Immigrants Mutual Aid Society, Inc. 1
Jewish Agency for Israel 1
Jewish Agency for Israel. Department for Renewal and Development 1
Katz, Label A., 1918- 1
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 1
Kohner, Frank 1
Lawson, Eric, 1917-2006 1
Lawson, Gerald A., 1916- 1
Lawson, Jeanne, 1920-2016 1
Levin, Jacob 1
Levine, Abraham 1
Loewenstein, Eric, 1917-2006 1
Loewenstein, Gerhard, 1916- 1
Loewenstein, Marie, 1889-1984 1
Marcus, Dorothy 1
Marcus, Joseph, 1921-1985 1
Marcus, Minnie 1
Marcus, Norman, 1934- 1
Marcus, Seymour 1
Marcus, William, 1892-1978 1
Massachusetts. General Court 1
Millionthaler, Louis (1837-1917) 1
Milontaler, Frances Levine, 1886-1978 1
Milontaler, Harold, 1910/11-1992 1
Milontaler, Louise, 1917-1998 1
Milontaler, Maurice, 1875-1965 1
Morrison, Etta Levin 1
Morrison, Morris 1
Morrison, Ralph 1
Morrison, Robert 1
National Community Relations Advisory Council (U.S.) 1
Nessen, Beatrice 1
Nessen, Peter 1
Nissim, Moshe 1
Nudel, Ida 1
Nytrai, Anny 1
Oppenheim Brothers, Inc. 1
Park Street Church (Boston, Mass.) 1
Pill, Hyman 1
Pollack, Meyer 1
Poor Jews' Temporary Shelter (London, England) 1
Poorvu, Harris 1
Roe, Alfred S. (Alfred Seelye), 1844-1917 1
Roskin, Evelyn Borofsky, 1903-1967 1
Roskin, Janot S. 1
Rothstein, Gertrude 1
Schindler, Solomon, 1842-1915 1
Shcharansky, Anatoly 1
Shevitz, Abraham 1
Shevitz, Sarah 1
Soviet Union 1
Starr, Myer 1
Steiner, Alfred 1
Steiner, Betty 1
Student Coalition for Soviet Jewry 1
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