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Boston (Mass.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:

Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-584
Abstract

The Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (JHCNS) collected the records of the North Shore Jewish community and developed exhibits, cultural events, and publications to preserve and disseminate the history of the community. JHCNS’s records contain administrative documents, such as by-laws, deeds of gift, loan agreements, and fundraising paperwork, as well as documents related to exhibits put on between 1991 and 2002.

Dates: undated, circa 1870-2008
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

Jewish Historical Committee (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-137
Abstract

The Jewish Historical Committee (originally called the Committee on Archives) was sponsored by the Associated Synagogues of Greater Boston, and was intended to collect and preserve material related to the Jewish communal life of Greater Boston. The idea of the committee was first conceived at a meeting of the Rabbinical Association of Greater Boston. This collection contains minutes from the first three meetings.

Dates: 1947
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Historical Committee (Boston, Mass.) Records

Jewish Tuberculosis Sanatorium of New England (Rutland, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-004
Abstract

The Jewish Tuberculosis Sanatorium of New England was founded in 1927 to provide a place for those afflicted with tuberculosis to recover. It was a non-sectarian hospital that provided for leisure, the latest medicine and treatments, and recreation. This collection contains brochures, event programs, newspaper articles, and newsletters.

Dates: undated, 1928-1954
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Tuberculosis Sanatorium of New England (Rutland, 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

Jewish Welfare Centre (South End, Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-435
Abstract

This collection contains a ledger recording the Jewish Welfare Centre of the South End's disbursement of funds to individuals and families in need, as well as individual and organizational donations it recieved.

Dates: 1918-1930
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Welfare Centre (South End, Boston, Mass.) Records

Jewish Women's College Club (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: JHCI-005
Abstract

The Jewish Women’s College Club was an organization in Boston’s Jewish community, active from 1921 to 2005, that was founded to provide scholarships to Jewish women pursuing a college or university education. This collection contains concert programs and invitations to the events put on by the organization.

Dates: 1947-1956
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Women's College Club (Boston, Mass.) Records

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
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jews of Tachau (Czech Republic) Papers

Kadimah Zionist Club (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-116
Abstract There is little information on the Kadimah Zionist Club as an organization other than being a regional branch of the Zionist Organization of America. Past presidents included Benjamin Rabalsky, Morris Rabinovitz, and Max Miller. The club occupied two locations, 27 School Street in Boston in 1929 and by 1934 and 1935, Barristers Hall, also in Boston. This collection contains the records of the Kadimah Zionist Club, 1929-1935. It includes a membership list for January 1929, letters sent to...
Dates: undated, 1929-1935
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Kadimah Zionist Club (Boston, Mass.) Records

Ladies Bikur Cholim Society (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-515
Abstract The Ladies Bikur Cholim Society of Roxbury, Massachusetts, was the founding organization of Jewish Memorial Hospital. In the 1920s, Beth Israel Hospital moved to a larger medical facility in Boston and sold their existing building to the Society. The president at the time of the building's purchase was Ida Cooper. This collection contains the minutes book of the Board of Directors meetings, with meeting minutes and membership lists from 1928-1932. The meeting minutes specifically discuss the...
Dates: 1928-1932
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Ladies Bikur Cholim Society (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.) Records

Leo Levine Papers

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Identifier: P-646 and P-646A
Abstract Leo Levine was born Leizers Levins in Riga, Latvia, on September 30, 1907. He worked as a European war correspondent until the outbreak of World War II. After immigrating to Dorchester circa 1941, Levine wrote freelance newspaper columns about the war, including several that were published in St. John’s, Newfoundland’s The Telegram. Levine was also an artist. Leo Levine died in November 1980.The addendum contains materials about Leo Levine's wife, Sylvia...
Dates: undated, 1920s-2010
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Leo Levine Papers

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