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Synagogues -- Massachusetts -- Chelsea

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Congregation Agudas Sholom (The Walnut Street Shul) (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

 File
Identifier: JHCI-024
Abstract Congregation Agudas Sholom or Agudath Shalom (known colloquially as the Walnut Street Shul or Synagogue) was chartered in 1887 by a minyan as Ohabei Shalom of Chelsea. In 1901, the congregation purchased a property at Walnut St and 5th. After the building was destroyed in the Great Chelsea Fire of 1908, the congregations of Agudas Achim and Ohabei Shalom of Chelsea merged membership and formed Congregation Agudas Sholom. This collection contains the business and activity records of Agudas...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1924 - 1994
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Congregation Agudas Sholom (The Walnut Street Shul) (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

Congregation Ahaveth Achim Anshe Sphard (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-222
Abstract

Congregation Ahaveth Achim Anshe Sphard (also known as the Elm Street Synagogue) was an orthodox synagogue in Chelsea, Massachusetts. This collection contains a ledger with the congregation’s constitution, bylaws, and the minutes of two meetings. It also contains mortgage records and establishment of association forms for the congregation.

Dates: 1900-1910
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Congregation Ahaveth Achim Anshe Sphard (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

Congregation Linath Hatzedek-Beth Israel (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-101
Abstract Congregation Linath Hatzedek-Beth Israel was located on Chestnut Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts (previously at 200 Second Street). Founded c. 1909 by Ukrainian immigrants from the Kamen Kashirsky region and the local carpenter's union, it was defunct by 1978. The synagogue's cemetery is located in Everett, Massachusetts. This collection contains a ledger with minutes of the Ladies' Auxiliary of Congregation Linas Zedek, a membership ledger, and miscellaneous event flyers and invitations in...
Dates: undated, 1928-1953
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Congregation Linath Hatzedek-Beth Israel (Chelsea, Mass.) Records

Jewish Neighborhood Voices

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Identifier: JHCP-022
Abstract

This collection is comprised of oral history recordings of Jewish Neighborhood Voices participant Narrators, the transcripts of those interviews, as well as photographs donated to the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center by participating narrators.

Dates: undated, 1929-1975, 2022; Majority of material found in 2022
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Neighborhood Voices

Sam (Simche) Katz Collection

 Collection
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 / Sam (Simche) Katz Collection

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