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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 157 Collections and/or Records:

Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-120
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, 1926-1992
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) Records

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

 Collection
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
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Chelsea-Revere Hebrew School (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

Chevra Kedusha (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-185
Abstract Chevra Kadusha of Boston is an independent, non-denominational organization of individuals, synagogues, universities and other Jewish institutions committed to making the full range of burial rituals accessible and available to the entire Jewish community. It was organized and instituted in 1856. The collection contains two versions of the constitution of Chevra Kedusha as well as the board minutes (1892-1904, 1911-1974), financial records (1933-1968), and a ledger recording payments of...
Dates: undated, 1856-1981
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Chevra Kedusha (Boston, Mass.) Records

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Records

 Collection
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
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Records

Concerned Jewish Students of Greater Boston Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-157
Abstract Contains material pertaining to the establishment of the organization, including a list of incorporators, and lists of constituent members, minutes of meetings (November 1970-February 1972), a speech giving a review of the group's activities (1972), and financial records (July 1970-March 1972). Also contains general correspondence (March 1970-March 1972), correspondence with Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston (1970-1971), and information on the group's Chavurat Shabbat project...
Dates: 1969-1973
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Concerned Jewish Students of Greater Boston Records

Congregation Adath Israel (Newtown, Conn.) Records

 Collection
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
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Congregation Adath Israel (Newtown, Conn.) Records

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

 Collection
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; Majority of material found within 1980-2018
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Congregation Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard, Adam St. Shul (Newton, Mass.) Records

Congregation Ahabot Sholom (Lynn, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-568
Abstract

Incorporated in 1901, Congregation Ahabat Sholom constructed a German Romanesque synagogue on Church Street, which was dedicated in 1905 during a ceremony lead by the congregation's first cantor, Benjamin Gordon. The congregation was one of Lynn’s several Jewish Orthodox congregations in the early 1900s. This collection contains administrative records, photographs, scrapbooks, and programmatic materials.

Dates: undated, 1982-2001
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Congregation Ahabot Sholom (Lynn, Mass.) Records

Congregation Anshai Sfard (Lynn, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-556
Abstract Congregation Anshai Sfard (Anshei, Anshe, Anshi) was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue established by Jewish immigrants in Lynn, Massachusetts from 1888 to December 1999. This collection contains a letterpress printing block used to print the incorporation papers, a large "Golden Book of Congregation Anshei Sfard," which includes an illuminated manuscript with hand-painted and gold-leafed elements, a donor list, newspaper clippings, and photographs; meeting minutes, several family history...
Dates: undated, 1899-2001
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Congregation Anshai Sfard (Lynn, Mass.) Records

Congregation Kenesseth Israel (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-266
Abstract

This collection contains a record book of meetings (1908-1913), membership lists, addresses, and yahrzeits; correspondence; notes; and photographs and newspaper clippings marking the closure of the synagogue (1965). The collection also contains artifacts, including: one ornamental Torah breast plate, one inscribed European spice box, and three Torah pointers (two wooden, one of which is inscribed, and one silver, which is inscribed).

Dates: undated, 1908-1965
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Congregation Kenesseth Israel (Boston, Mass.) Records

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