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Boston (Mass.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 169 Collections and/or Records:

Celia and Mauricio Dulfano Papers

 Collection
Identifier: JHCP-008
Abstract

This collection contains personal documents belonging to Celia and Mauricio Dulfano, a Jewish scholarly couple who emigrated from Argentina to Israel and later to the United States. The collection consists primarily of official documents such as government-issued identity cards and academic certificates that detail their migratory life between the three countries as well as their professional success in the fields of social work and pulmonary medicine, respectively.

Dates: undated, 1937-1998
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Celia and Mauricio Dulfano Papers

Charles Follen Adams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-176
Abstract

Charles Follen Adams was born in 1842 and was known for his dialectic poems. This collection includes an excerpt from "Leedle Yawcob Strauss" (1876) dated 1882 and signed, as well as a reprint of a photogravure signed by Adams.

Dates: 1882
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Charles Follen Adams Papers

Chebra Gemilath Chesed (Boston, Mass.).

 Collection — Box S7: [Barcode: 37432000142762-B], Folder: 1
Identifier: I-130
Abstract

This collection contains the minutes in English, of the society for the years 1853 to 1869, describing its activities, finances, and giving information about the membership.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1853 - 1869
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Chebra Gemilath Chesed (Boston, Mass.).

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

Chevra Kedusha (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-185
Abstract Chevra Kadusha of Boston is an independent, non-denominational organization of individuals, synagogues, universities and other Jewish institutions committed to making the full range of burial rituals accessible and available to the entire Jewish community. It was organized and instituted in 1856. The collection contains two versions of the constitution of Chevra Kedusha as well as the board minutes (1892-1904, 1911-1974), financial records (1933-1968), and a ledger recording payments of...
Dates: undated, 1856-1981
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Chevra Kedusha (Boston, Mass.) Records

Companions of the Forest of America Boston Area Circles Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-015
Abstract

The Companions of the Foresters of America was a social and benvolent fraternal organization that was a branch of the Foresters of America. This collection contains charter certificates, materials pertaining to the practices and rituals of the organization, songbooks, and membership and entertainment ledgers for local Boston area circles, including Franklin Park Circle #1571, Brookline Circle #1558, and Dorchester Circle #1542.

Dates: undated, circa 1929-1981
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Companions of the Forest of America Boston Area Circles Records

Congregation Adath Jeshurun (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-002
Abstract This collection contains materials of the Congregation Adath Jeshurun, the founding institution of the Jewish community in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. The main materials cover the last twenty years of the congregation’s existence, a period marked by the decline of the Jewish population of Roxbury which ultimately resulted in the congregation’s demise. The main part of the collection consists of minute books that record the activities of the congregation during this period as well as...
Dates: undated, 1916-1991
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Congregation Adath Jeshurun (Boston, Mass.) Records

Congregation Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard, Adam St. Shul (Newton, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-021
Abstract In 1911, Congregation Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard, more commonly known as the Adams Street Shul, was granted an official charter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By December of the following year, the building was opened to the public. While there was a lull in membership starting in the ’50s, by the mid to late ’80s, more young Jewish families moved to the area, spurring efforts to revitalize the building. Due to their efforts, the Adams Street Shul is now listed on the National...
Dates: undated, 1912-2018, bulk 1980-2018
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Congregation Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard, Adam St. Shul (Newton, Mass.) Records

Congregation Ahabot Sholom (Lynn, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-568
Abstract

Incorporated in 1901, Congregation Ahabat Sholom constructed a German Romanesque synagogue on Church Street, which was dedicated in 1905 during a ceremony lead by the congregation's first cantor, Benjamin Gordon. The congregation was one of Lynn’s several Jewish Orthodox congregations in the early 1900s. This collection contains administrative records, photographs, scrapbooks, and programmatic materials.

Dates: undated, 1982-2001
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Congregation Ahabot Sholom (Lynn, Mass.) Records

Congregation Anshai Sfard (Lynn, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-556
Abstract Congregation Anshai Sfard (Anshei, Anshe, Anshi) was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue established by Jewish immigrants in Lynn, Massachusetts from 1888 to December 1999. This collection contains a letterpress printing block used to print the incorporation papers, a large "Golden Book of Congregation Anshei Sfard," which includes an illuminated manuscript with hand-painted and gold-leafed elements, a donor list, newspaper clippings, and photographs; meeting minutes, several family history...
Dates: undated, 1899-2001
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Congregation Anshai Sfard (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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