Jewish cemeteries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Chebra Kadisha (Chelsea, Mass.) Records
Collection
Identifier: JHCI-030
Abstract
This collection consists of financial and administrative records of the Chebra Kadisha (burial society) of Chelsea, Massachusetts. These include photocopies of the incorporation records of the Chebra Kadisha (sometimes spelled Chevre Kadisha) and photocopies and digital copies of burial records ledgers, as well as copies of the constitution and by-laws of Congregation Agudath Sholom of Chelsea, a synagogue with which several of the founders of the Chebra Kadisha were involved. There are also...
Dates:
1901-2012; Majority of material found within 1920s-1950s
Congregation Anshei Libovitz (Boston, Mass.) Records
Collection
Identifier: I-103
Abstract
Congregation Anshei Libovitz (alternatively referred to as Lebowitz, Libawitz, Libavitz, and Lebavitz) was founded in 1890 in Downtown Boston. The collection contains meeting minutes and financial records that provide information on the congregation’s membership and the day-to-day management of the synagogue.
Dates:
undated, 1894-1965
Synagogue Council of Massachusetts Records
Collection
Identifier: I-454
Abstract
The Synagogue Council of Massachusetts was founded in 1941 as the Associated Synagogues of Greater Boston (and later the Associated Synagogues of Massachusetts). The documents in this collection describe the proceedings and activities of the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts, as well as those of its affiliated organizations, including the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis, the Rabbinical Association of Greater Boston, the Kashruth Commission, the Beth Din, and the Jewish Chaplaincy Council....
Dates:
undated, 1908-2014