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Israel

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

American Physicians and Friends for Medicine in Israel Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-586
Abstract The American Physicians and Friends for Medicine in Israel (APF) is an organization of physicians and health care professionals whose aims are to advance the state of medical education, research and care in Israel and to advance relationships between the health care communities of North America and Israel. This collection contains materials relating to the organization’s activities and internal proceedings, including correspondence, scrapbooks, reports, meeting minutes, financial statements,...
Dates: undated, 1920-2014
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / American Physicians and Friends for Medicine in Israel Records

Benjamin Rabalsky Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-153
Abstract

A Boston lawyer, Hebrew scholar and Yiddish orator, Benjamin Rabalsky was involved in the local Zionist movement. A member of the American Jewish Congress, American Zion Commonwealth, Boston West End Jewish Liberty Loan Committee, Zion Association of Greater Boston and New England Zionist Region, he dedicated much of his time to Zionist causes. This collection contains a small amount of business correspondence and family correspondence.

Dates: undated, 1913-1932
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Benjamin Rabalsky Papers

Dewey D. Stone Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-529 and P-529A
Abstract Contains papers and photos including correspondence and other materials relating to work as Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine (and Israel), as National Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, as a leading campaigner for Israel Bonds, and as co-founder of and Chairman of the Board of the Weizmann Institute of Science; 2 texts of radio broadcasts made in 1948 informing America about the Israeli war for independence and the new Israeli republic; a list of military equipment supplied by...
Dates: undated, 1916-1984
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Dewey D. Stone Papers

Elihu Stone Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-555 and P-555A
Abstract This collection contains speeches, essays, correspondence, resolutions, and photographs documenting the professional, political, and personal life of Elihu David Stone. Included are materials pertaining to Stone's Zionist activities and his associations with the New England Zionist Region, World Zionist Organization, Zionist Organization of America, Jewish National Fund, Keren Hayesod, and the passing of the Palestine and Lodge-Fish resolutions. Also included are speeches from Louis Lipsky,...
Dates: undated, 1881-2015
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Elihu Stone Papers

Glick Family Papers

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Identifier: P-999
Abstract

Joseph Glick and Annie Cooperstein emigrated from Russia in the early 1900s and married in Boston in 1898. They had eleven children, and upon Joseph’s death, their son James became administrator of Joseph’s estate. The material in the collection primarily documents James’s disposal of his father’s estate, while also including a family tree and copy of Joseph and Annie’s wedding invitation.

Dates: circa 1898-1993
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Glick Family Papers

Jewish Agency for Israel, Department for Renewal and Development Records

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Identifier: I-591
Abstract The Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) was established in 1929 to assist the Jewish population in Palestine. It is now the largest Jewish nonprofit organization in the world and seeks to connect the Jewish diaspora to Israel and vice versa, as well as running programs to support the Israeli population through education and economic development. This collection centers on the Department for Renewal and Development within JAFI, primarily between the years 1990 through 1992 and includes reports to...
Dates: undated, circa 1987-1992
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Agency for Israel, Department for Renewal and Development Records

Leo Shapiro Newspaper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P-929
Abstract Leopold (Leo) Shapiro was born in Paris, France, in 1907 and emigrated with his parents and brother, Jacques, to Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, when he was 8 years old. Shapiro began his career with the Boston Globe as a copy boy on the night shift. By 1928, Shapiro was reporting on education topics in Boston. Through much of his career, from the 1940s through the 1970s, Shapiro wrote about the Jewish community in Boston and abroad. Although he covered many other...
Dates: undated, 1928-1974
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Leo Shapiro Newspaper Collection

Leo Shubow Papers

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Identifier: P-395
Abstract

Leo Shubow was a Boston rabbi who founded Temple Emanuel in Newton, Massachusetts. Prior to becoming a Rabbi he served as a Yeoman with the International Ice Patrol and wrote frequently about his experiences as well as what happened on the Titanic. This collection contains articles, speeches, and correspondence with Stephen Wise, as well as news clippings and broadsides.

Dates: undated, 1933-1961
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Leo Shubow Papers

Lewis H. Weinstein Papers

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Identifier: P-641
Abstract

Consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, press releases, pamphlets, publications and other similar materials pertaining to Weinstein's involvement in Jewish organizations and institutions in the Boston area and nationally.

Dates: undated, 1947-1992
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Lewis H. Weinstein Papers

Meretz Relief Association (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-217
Abstract The Boston Meretz Relief Association (Boston MRA) was founded by the Jewish immigrants of the town of Meretz, Lithuania, Russia. Officially incorporated in 1893, the Boston MRA was an association that celebrated their Meretz identity and heritage, as well as a humanitarian association dedicated to assist all Meretzers in need, whether in Boston or in Israel. This collection contains constitutions, meeting minutes, financial reports, correspondence, photographs (including photos of the...
Dates: undated, 1893-2003
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Meretz Relief Association (Boston, Mass.) Records

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