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North Shore (Mass. : Coast)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Jewish Federation of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-572
Abstract The Jewish Federation of the North Shore was founded in 1938 in Lynn, Massachusetts with the objective to support organizations that helped enrich the Jewish community on the North Shore and abroad. After a period of declining donations and to consolidate services, the JFNS Board of Directors voted to merge the organization with the Combined Jewish Philanthropies in 2013. The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings and publications from JFNS, as well as a large group of...
Dates: undated, circa 1926-2007
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Federation of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-575
Abstract The Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged of the North Shore (JRC) was founded in 1945 as a convalescent home for the elderly in the North Shore Jewish community. Over the years, the organization expanded and became a permanent residence for the elderly, and with the opening of its assisted living facility in Peabody, the JRC became the largest not-for-profit home for the elderly on the North Shore. The collection contains programs for meetings and events, as well as a small group of...
Dates: undated, circa 1961-2004
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Post 31 (Lynn, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-567
Abstract This collection contains scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, newsletters, photographs, and event flyers from the Jewish War Veterans chapter in Lynn, MA, which was founded in the 1950s. The documents provide information on the organization’s purpose and activities. Some information on Jewish War Veterans organizations and their Ladies Auxiliaries in the general North Shore area can also be found in this collection. In 1991, an exhibit was held in the North Shore about the Jewish veterans from...
Dates: undated, 1954-2000
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Post 31 (Lynn, Mass.) Records

Lillian Glickman Papers

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Identifier: JHCP-009
Abstract

Lillian Glickman was born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1915. This collection contains photographs—including those documenting her many travels aboard cruise ships—an autographs book, and a "Checker of the Year Award" from the grocery store chain Stop & Shop.

Dates: undated, 1930-2000
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Lillian Glickman Papers

Morton Shanok Papers

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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
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Morton Shanok Papers

Myron S. Geller Arbitration Papers

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Identifier: P-398
Abstract

The Myron S. Geller Arbitration Papers record the arbitration process of a contract dispute between Rabbi Myron S. Geller and Temple B'nai Abraham of Beverly, Massachusetts. The collection contains correspondence between all parties involved in the dispute, as well as legal documents, such as exhibits, affidavit, depositions, hearing transcripts, judgments, briefs, and the claims themselves.

Dates: undated, 1974-1981
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Myron S. Geller Arbitration Papers

Ron Fox Papers

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Identifier: JHCP-014
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, writings, articles, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, and cassette tapes documenting Ron Fox’s longtime activism and criticism of Israel, as well as his involvement in the Jewish community.

Dates: undated, 1971-2019
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Ron Fox Papers

Series I: Independent Order of B’rith Abraham, George Peabody Lodge, No. 667 (Peabody, Mass.) Records, undated, 1913-1932

 Series
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: This collection contains typed transcripts of the first meeting of the George Peabody Lodge No. 667 branch, as well as a record ledger containing meeting minutes beginning on January 1, 1913 and ending on January 1, 1932, as recorded in English by Secretaries F. Hershenson and Sol Hershenson and in Yiddish by Secretary J. Edelstein. This collection also contains semi-annual reports to the U.S. Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of B’rith Abraham for 1927 and 1929. The collection was...
Dates: undated, 1913-1932
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / JHCI-003, Independent Order of B’rith Abraham, George Peabody Lodge No. 667 (Peabody, Mass.) Records

Sterling and Selesnick Family Papers

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Identifier: P-1040
Abstract

This collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, comic strips, publications, memoirs, and reports documenting the family life of the Sterling, Selesnick, Segal, Shapiro, Katz, and Zoll families, as well as the educational and professional work of Hinda Sterling and Herb Selesnick—particularly the work they conducted for Sterling & Selesnick, Inc., their organizational consulting firm, and Stockworth, the comic strip they produced.

Dates: undated, 1905-2014
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Sterling and Selesnick Family Papers

Steven Kellerman Synagogue Photographs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P-931
Abstract

At the time these photographs were taken in 1981 and 1985, Steven Kellerman was a machinist with an interest in synagogue history. This particular collection of photographs started with Kellerman’s visits to former synagogues in Dorchester and Roxbury, Massachusetts; the project expanded to include most of Massachusetts and other states.

Dates: undated, 1980s-1990s
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Steven Kellerman Synagogue Photographs Collection

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