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Synagogues

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Congregation Rodeph Sholom (Bridgeport, Conn.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-006
Abstract

Congregation Rodeph Sholom is a synagogue in Bridgeport, Connecticut. This collection contains two dedication journals commemorating major construction projects, as well as a 1959 book celebrating the congregation's 50th anniversary.

Dates: 1949-1959
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Congregation Rodeph Sholom (Bridgeport, Conn.) Records

Hebrew Educational Alliance and Congregation Toras Moshe (Boston, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-231
Abstract The Hebrew Educational Alliance was formed in Roxbury, Massachusetts and built a community hall there in 1921, establishing an orthodox synagogue, Congregation Toras Moshe, soon after. The Congregation sold the land and merged with Congregation Kadimah of Brighton, MA in 1964 to form Congregation Kadimah-Toras Moshe. The collection contains administrative records, such as ledgers, insurance records, correspondence, and membership lists, as well as documents sent to members of the...
Dates: undated, circa 1949-1964
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Hebrew Educational Alliance and Congregation Toras Moshe (Boston, Mass.) Records

Jewish Neighborhood Voices

 Collection
Identifier: JHCP-022
Abstract Jewish Neighborhood Voices: Using Oral History to Link Massachusetts’s Past and Present Communities is a pilot project of the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center (JHC), funded by Mass Humanities/Massachusetts Cultural Council and Combined Jewish Philanthropies. This project conducted approximately 20 oral history interviews with narrators (interviewees) who are the first- or second-generation members of families that came to the United States in the early to mid-twentieth century, and...
Dates: 2022 - 2023
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Neighborhood Voices

Kehillath Israel Synagogue (Brookline, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-488
Abstract The Kehillath Israel Synagogue Collection includes numerous photographs, publications and event information pertaining to services, fundraisers and anniversaries at the Synagogue from its first official year in 1924 to more recently, 2001. The primary bulk of the papers consist of photographs, K.I. Brotherhood papers and ephemera, and activities supported by the Synagogue. Kehillath Israel was home to noteworthy Rabbis, including Louis M. Epstein, Judah Nadich, and Manual Saltzman....
Dates: undated, 1924-2001
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Kehillath Israel Synagogue (Brookline, Mass.) Records

Steven Kellerman Synagogue Photographs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P-931
Abstract

At the time these photographs were taken in 1981 and 1985, Steven Kellerman was a machinist with an interest in synagogue history. This particular collection of photographs started with Kellerman’s visits to former synagogues in Dorchester and Roxbury, Massachusetts; the project expanded to include most of Massachusetts and other states.

Dates: undated, 1980s-1990s
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Steven Kellerman Synagogue Photographs Collection

Temple Beth-El (Providence, R.I.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-460
Abstract Temple Beth-El, located on the East Side of Providence, dates back to 1849, with the creation of the group Sons of Israel. On September 10, 1849, Solomon Pareira, Leonard Gavitts and Morris Steinberg were granted an acre of land along the New London Turnpike (now Reservoir Avenue) to establish a cemetery. In 1854, the Congregation of the Sons of Israel and David was established, leading to president Solomon Pareira's deeding of the cemetery land in 1857 for the sole utilization of the...
Dates: 1940-1969
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Temple Beth-El (Providence, R.I.) Records

Temple Beth Shalom (Needham, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-013
Abstract

Temple Beth Shalom was established in the mid-20th century in Needham, Massachusetts and is still active in the community there today. The collection consists of the synagogue’s newsletter, The Scroll, spanning five years from 1991 to 1996, plus Sisterhood News, the newsletter of the synagogue’s Sisterhood, covering two years from 1993 to 1995.

Dates: 1991-1996
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Temple Beth Shalom (Needham, Mass.) Records

Temple B'nai Abraham (Beverly, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-573
Abstract Temple B’nai Abraham is a Conservative congregation, originally founded in Beverly, Massachusetts in 1908 as the Sons of Abraham. The Hebrew Community Center was annexed to the synagogue in 1930 and incorporated social groups, such as the Sisterhood and the Beverly Lodge of B’nai B’rith. The congregation expanded to a new location in 1962 and officially changed their name to Temple B’nai Abraham. The collection was formed by a former president of the Sisterhood and contains Temple B’nai...
Dates: undated, circa 1925-2008
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Temple B'nai Abraham (Beverly, Mass.) Records

Temple B’nai Jacob (Lexington, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-102
Abstract

Temple B'nai Jacob was an Orthodox synagogue on Sylvia Street in Lexington, Massachusetts. Their first service was held on Passover in1916. Although this congregation is no longer operational, two synagogues in Lexington—Temple Emunah (Conservative) and Temple Isaiah (Reform)—have their roots in Temple B'nai Jacob. This collection contains one financial ledger in English and Yiddish.

Dates: 1938-1945
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Temple B’nai Jacob (Lexington, Mass.) Records

Temple Emanuel (Andover, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-442 and I-442A
Abstract

Temple Emanuel was founded in 1920 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It began by serving a small immigrant Jewish community that has since grown to an affluent and lively congregation of about 600 families. This growth occurred largely under the tenure of Rabbi Harry A. Roth, who lead the congregation from 1962 until 1990 and oversaw the temple’s move to Andover, Massachusetts. This collection includes correspondence, photographs, and sermons.

Dates: 1939-2004
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Temple Emanuel (Andover, Mass.) Records

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