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Boston (Mass.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:

Jacob J. Kaplan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-864
Abstract Judge Jacob J. Kaplan, born March 12 1889, was a prominent and well-respected judge in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Kaplan spent seven years under the tutelage of Louis Brandeis, and gained skills that led to employment at the distinguished law firm of Nutter, McClennen and Fish. As a senior partner at Nutter, McClennen and Fish, Kaplan earned great respect from his colleagues and soon began his career as a judge with a seat as the Justice of the...
Dates: 1927-1960
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jacob J. Kaplan Papers

Jecomen Club (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-564
Abstract

The Jecomen Club was a fraternal organization established in 1925 and based in Lynn, Massachusetts. Men over the age of twenty-one with a college degree were eligible to apply for membership. The group hosted both social and philanthropic events, including an annual fundraising theatrical production for the Jecomen scholarship fund. The material in the collection describing the club’s operations includes meeting minutes, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and program books.

Dates: undated, 1925-1945
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jecomen Club (Lynn, Mass.) Records

Jennie Loitman Barron Papers

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Identifier: P-547
Abstract Jennie Loitman Barron was a judge and suffragist. She earned her law degree and master of law at Boston University. As the first president of the Boston University Equal Suffrage League, JLB advocated for equal rights for women. In 1934 she was appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts as a special Justice of the Western Norfolk District. JLB was the first mother on the Boston School Committee, and the first female United States delegate to the United Nations Congress on Crime and Juvenile...
Dates: undated, 1954-1960
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jennie Loitman Barron Papers

Jewish Community Center (Fitchburg, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-317
Abstract

The Jewish Community Center of Fitchburg, Massachusetts was founded in 1947. Not much else is known about the Center. This collection contains Bulletins from the founding of the Center to 1964.

Dates: 1947-1964
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Community Center (Fitchburg, Mass.) Records

Jewish Community of Lynn (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-580
Abstract

This collection contains a range of materials documenting the Jewish community of Lynn, Massachusetts. Included are materials from Jewish-owned businesses, Jewish individuals and families, and Jewish organizations in Lynn.

Dates: undated, 1855-2010
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Community of Lynn (Mass.) Records

Jewish Community Relations Council Boston MacIver Report Records

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Identifier: I-78
Abstract

This collection contains materials collected by Boston’s JCRC, which monitored the situation as well as participated in the review of the report. Materials include news clippings, written reactions from the organizations, notes and correspondence from JCRC director Robert Segal, and the full report with recommendations, reactions and NCRAC action steps.

Dates: 1949-1953
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Community Relations Council Boston MacIver Report Records

Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston Records

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Identifier: I-123 and I-123A
Abstract This collection includes material preceding and relating to the founding of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston (JCRC), including early papers of the local American Jewish Committee and the Central Advisory Committee (a predecessor agency),the constitution and by-laws of the JCRC, material relating to organizational membership in and representation in the organizations, correspondence of the officers and staff, minutes of meetings and proceedings of its Administrative...
Dates: undated, 1933-2008
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston Records

Jewish Culture Club (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-179
Abstract

The Jewish Cultural Club (Boston) was established in 1924 upon the initiative of six young local Jews who wished to hold regular meetings to discuss cultural and social problems related to Jewish life. The club was founded as a branch of the Jewish National Workers’ Alliance. This collection contains meeting minutes and a few other materials that illustrate the goals the club members set for their organization and the different initiatives they took to achieve them.

Dates: undated, 1924-1963
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Culture Club (Boston, Mass.) Records

Jewish Family & Children’s Service (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-218
Abstract The Jewish Family and Children’s Service was established in Boston, Massachusetts in 1946. It is the oldest social service agency in Boston devoted to serving the Jewish community, and it is one of the largest non-profit organizations in the United States. A major constituent agency of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, the JF&CS traces its origin to the United Hebrew Benevolent Association, founded in 1864. This collection contains governance and activity records of...
Dates: undated, 1922-1995
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Family & Children’s Service (Boston, Mass.) Records

Jewish Family Services of the North Shore (Salem, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-557
Abstract

The Jewish Family Service of the North Shore was founded by a group of Jewish women in the winter of 1897. This collection contains brochures of the Jewish Family Service 100th Anniversary Gatsby Gala in 1997, “Our Community Heroes” - Annual Community Service Awards and Celebration in 2003, 2004 and 2010.

Dates: undated, 1976-2010
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Family Services of the North Shore (Salem, Mass.) Records

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