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Boston (Mass.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin Ulin Oral History (Transcript Only)

 Collection
Identifier: P-798
Abstract Benjamin Ulin was born in Boston on Oct. 21, 1899. He attended Harvard and later graduate school at the London School of Economics. He was highly active in the Jewish community and Boston community. He served as President for the Boston board of the Associated Jewish Philanthropies (1953-1956) and the Combined Jewish Philanthropies (1962-1964). He served as Vice President for the Zionist Council (1943-1960) and Vice President and founder of Zionist House (1945-1988). He was founder and...
Dates: 1987
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Benjamin Ulin Oral History (Transcript Only)

Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-497
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, 1919-2009
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Bureau of Jewish Education (Boston, Mass.) 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

David R. and Muriel K. Pokross Papers

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Identifier: P-1041
Abstract

This collection contains awards and honors, business records, meeting minutes, financial documents, correspondence, manuscripts, interview transcripts, and speeches documenting the work and personal lives of lawyer and philanthropist David R. Pokross and his wife Muriel K. Pokross.

Dates: undated, 1898-2015
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / David R. and Muriel K. Pokross Papers

Dr. Samuel A. Levine and Rosalind Weinberg Papers

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Identifier: JHCP-018
Abstract

This collection contains materials belonging to esteemed cardiologist Dr. Samuel A. Levine and his wife, philanthropist and artist Rosalind Weinberg. Materials include artifacts and documents such as correspondence, newspaper clippings from Jewish and local papers, issues of medical journals, programs, recognitions of philanthropy, and photographs.



Dates: undated, 1923-1993.
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Dr. Samuel A. Levine and Rosalind Weinberg Papers

Farband Labor Zionist Order (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-534
Abstract

The Farband Labor Zionist Order was a Jewish fraternal organization founded in 1910 and chartered in New York in 1913. With branches across the United States and Canada, it functioned as a mutual aid society aligned with the Socialist and Zionist political party Poale Zion. The material in the collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, press releases, photographs, meeting minutes, brochures, and memos.

Dates: undated, 1941-1984
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Farband Labor Zionist Order (Boston, Mass.) Records

Harold and Romayne Goldberg Papers

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Identifier: P-861
Abstract Harold and Romayne Goldberg were active members of numerous Jewish organizations in Boston. Harold Goldberg was a member of the Associated Jewish Philanthropies, American Jewish Committee of Greater Boston and the Combined Jewish Appeal. In 1964 he served as president of the Business Men’s Council of the Combined Jewish Appeal and was also a member of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies. Romayne Goldberg served as president of the Boston chapter of Hadassah from 1948-1951. She also served as...
Dates: undated, 1924-1971
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Harold and Romayne Goldberg Papers

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Boston Port Records

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Identifier: I-96
Abstract The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) was founded in New York City in the 1880s by the Russian Jewish community of New York in response to the influx of Russian Jewish immigrants fleeing the pograms in the Pale of Settlement in Russia and Eastern Europe. In 1889, a shelter which was used to house many of the immigrants adopted the name “Hebrew Sheltering House Association.” This organization merged with HIAS in 1909 and by 1914, had branches operating in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and...
Dates: undated, 1886-1977; Majority of material found within 1938-1954
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Boston Port Records

Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston Records

 Collection
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

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