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New Haven (Conn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Beatrice Feingold Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-621
Abstract Beatrice Miller Feingold was a past President of both the Worcester Section and New England Region of the National Council of Jewish Women. In addition, she was the first female Vice President of the Worcester Jewish Federation, Vice President of the Worcester Chapter of Brandeis University’s National Women’s Committee, and a board member of the Jewish Community Council and Jewish Family Services of Worcester. Feingold was also one of the founders of the Worcester Area Community Service, the...
Dates: undated, 1932-1986
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Beatrice Feingold Papers

Maurice L. Zigmond Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-112
Abstract Rabbi Maurice L. Zigmond, or “Ziggy” as he was known to friends and colleagues, was born in Denver, Colorado on March 5, 1904. Rabbi Zigmond taught Anthropology at Yale from 1948-1961, but he began his career as a counselor for Jewish college students in 1935, and was a staunch advocate of Hillel establishing and directing several Hillels throughout his professional career. In 1941, he established the Hillel Foundations at both Yale and the University of Connecticut, and from 1955-1956 he...
Dates: undated, 1943-1964
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Maurice L. Zigmond Papers

New Haven Jewish Community Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-328
Abstract

The Jewish Center of New Haven was first founded as a branch of the Young Men's Hebrew Association in 1913. It would later join with the Young Women's Hebrew Association and would remain the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association until 1938, when it merged with the Hebrew Institute to form the Jewish Center of New Haven. The Center provided vocational guidance, exercise programs, a day camp, and educational activities for the Jewish community of New Haven.

Dates: undated, 1930-1968
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / New Haven Jewish Community Center Records

Rabbi Richard J. Israel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-860
Abstract Rabbi Richard J. Israel was born in 1929 in Chicago. After attending the University of Chicago and Hebrew Union College, Rabbi Israel began his lengthy career in Hillel at the University of California, Los Angeles. He later worked at Hillel at Yale University, followed by an Executive Director position at the Hillel Council of Greater Boston. Rabbi Israel was also the Director of Central Services and Judaica at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Boston and was the Director of the...
Dates: undated, 1949-1996
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Rabbi Richard J. Israel Papers

Sara Wernon Sloan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-640
Abstract

Born in 1888 in Odessa, Sara (Buminowitz) Wernon Sloan immigrated to the United States at the age of ten with her mother and siblings. She became a garment worker and wrote of her experiences working in New York City. This collection contains typed manuscripts of her memoirs written in the 1970s and also includes related correspondence, in which various readers of the memoirs describe their impressions.

Dates: circa 1974-1987
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Sara Wernon Sloan Papers

The Sam (Simche) Katz Collection

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 37432000143034]
Identifier: JHCP-019
Abstract

This collection contains photographs and architectural drawings depicting 14 of the aron kodesh, or holy arks, created by early 20th century Russian woodworker Sam Katz. Also included are dedication programs, 3 snapshot portraits of Katz, and newspaper clippings relating to several congregations which feature Katz's holy arks.

Dates: 1910-1933, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1991, undated
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / The Sam (Simche) Katz Collection

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