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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

Action for Post-Soviet Jewry Records

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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

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

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

Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass) Records

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Identifier: I-455
Abstract In 1916, the Jewish community of Boston established Beth Israel Hospital on Townsend Street in Roxbury to provide health care to immigrants in the area. Although accessible to everyone, the hospital provided Yiddish-speaking services for Eastern European Jewish immigrants and served kosher food, as well as conducted Jewish religious services. In 1928 the hospital entered into a teaching agreement with Harvard Medical School, Tufts University, and Simmons College. Shortly thereafter, the...
Dates: undated, 1923, 1930-1964, 1988, 1991-1992

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

Boston Workers (Workmen's) Circle Records

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Identifier: I-494
Abstract Created to provide mutual aid and education, The Workmen's Circle was established in New York in 1900 and officially chartered in 1905. Massachusetts established an Independent Workmen's Circle in 1903 to maneuver around prohibitive insurance laws, but was able to unify with the national organization in 1921. Several chapters were operational in Massachusetts by 1911. The Boston District often mirrored National's development, including the establishment of cemeteries, a chorus, a camp, and...
Dates: undated, 1927-1999

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Hurwich, Louis, 1886-1967 3
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Segal, Robert E. 3
Shrage, Barry 3
Stone, Dewey David, 1900-1977 3
United Jewish Appeal 3
Action for Soviet Jewry 2
American Jewish Committee 2
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 2
B'nai B'rith 2
B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. 2
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 2
Boy Scouts of America 2
Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) 2
Combined Jewish Appeal (Boston, Mass.) 2
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.) 2
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds 2
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- 2
Ehrmann, Herbert B. (Herbert Brutus), 1891-1970 2
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Harvard University 2
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston 2
Jewish Labor Committee (U.S.) 2
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Margolis, Daniel J. 2
Massachusetts Board of Rabbis 2
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 2
Newman, Louis 2
Rabbinical Association of Greater Boston 2
Ratshesky, Abraham C. 2
Schindler, Solomon, 1842-1915 2
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 2
Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.) 2
Touroff, Nissan, 1877-1953 2
Union of American Hebrew Congregations 2
Weiner, Harry 2
Action for Post-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 Israel Numismatic Society 1
American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry 1
American Numismatic Association 1
American Numismatic Society 1
American Zionist Federation 1
Ampal-American Israel Corporation 1
Axelrad, Albert S., 1938- 1
Babson College 1
Balkan, Herman 1
Band, Maurice 1
Baram, Phillip J. 1
Baruch, Bernard Mannes, 1870-1965 1
Belluschi, Pietro, 1899-1994 1
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 1
Berlin, Monas 1
Bernstein, Julius 1
Beth Hamidrash Hagodol (Crawford Street Shul) (Boston, Mass.) 1
Biden, Joseph R. 1
Bigelow, Lynne T. 1
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 1
Bortman, Mark 1
Boston Symphony Orchestra 1
Boston University 1
Boston Workers Circle (Brookline, Mass.) 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
Braslavsky, Solomon G., 1887-1975 1
Brooke, Edward W. (Edward William), 1919-2015 1
Brookline Town Meeting 1
Brown, Meyer 1
Burke, James A., 1910-1983 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
Chevra Kedusha (Boston, Mass.) 1
Close, Abraham 1
Cohen, Herbert H. 1
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations 1
Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) 1
Congregation Mishkan Tefila (Chestnut Hill, Mass.). Board of Trustees 1
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