A Century of Shalom

Exhibit Catalogue

1. Unidentified Family

Thought to be around the turn of the century.

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2. Menu - S & S Deli and Restaurant

In Inman Square

1943

Courtesy of the S & S Deli and Restaurant

2a. Back of Current Menu, S & S Deli and Restaurant

With history of restaurant

Courtesy of the S & S Deli and Restaurant

3. Swartz Bros. Furs

1928

4. Receipt for U. S. & Zion Flag Sets

Purchased March 20, 1944

Four years before the founding of the State of Israel

One year before the end of World War II

Courtesy of Amy Kaufman

5. Abe & Rose Andelman - Anniversary Celebration

Courtesy of Amy Kaufman

6. Mortgage - Congregation Beth Israel

Framed, Illuminated Calligraphy

December 14, 1929

Courtesy of David Fillingham

7. Testimonial in Honor of Rabbi Benjamin Gorelick

Photograph - October 17, 1937

Cambridge Historical Society

8. Menorah (Seven Branched Candelabra)

Given in memory of Rabbi & Mrs. Zvi Gewirtz

June 19, 1929

9. The Scribe - Announcements of Congregation Beth Israel

Sample Copies

1936 - 1939

10. Board Commemorating the Burning of the Mortgage by Mr. & Mrs. Jack Swartz

11. Confirmation Class Congregation Beth Israel

1940

12. Congregation Beth Israel

Photograph of Building at 238 Columbia Street

Courtesy of the Photographer, Steve Kellerman

13. Congregation Beth Israel Sisterhood Life Members

Framed, Illuminated Calligraphy

14. Program, Golden Jubilee - Congregation Beth Israel

1951

Courtesy of Amy Kaufman

15. Sisterhood Dinner - Congregation Beth Israel

1943

Photograph

Courtesy of Amy Kaufman

16. Early Version of Constitution and By Laws of Congregation Beth Israel

17. Ballot Authorizing Leadership of Congregation to Dissolve all Real Property and confer to Temple Beth Shalom

18. Golden Book Congregation Beth Israel

Presented at the 40th Anniversary, 1940

19. Mortgage & Authorization - Temple Ashkenaz

1959

20. Golden Book, Temple Ashkenaz

c. 1940

21. Ten Commandments and Lions

Thought to be affixed to the ark Congregation Anshe Sfard of Cambridge

22. Merger of Anshe Sfard into Congregation Beth Israel

Life Magazine Article, June 17, 1957

23. Congregation and Talmud Torah Yavna

Photograph of Building at 8 Howard Street

Courtesy of the Photographer, Steve Kellerman

24, 25, 26. Photographs, members of Temple Beth Shalom

27. Congregation Agudath Ashkenazim - Temple Ashkenaz

(Later Temple Beth Shalom)

Photograph of Building at 8 Tremont Street

Courtesy of the Photographer, Steve Kellerman

28. Commemorative Cloth. Sisterhood Temple Ashkenaz

Embroidered

29. Reb Moshe & Frieda Holcer

30. Temple Beth Shalom Sisterhood Life Members

Framed, Bonze Plaque

31. Minutes Sisterhood, Temple Ashkenaz

Open to meeting of January 4, 1926

32. First Minutes of the new Temple Beth Shalom of Cambridge

Showing resolutions dissolving the assets of Temple Ashkenaz and Congregation Beth Israel, forming the new entity of Beth Shalom

33. Corporate Seal, Congregation Beth Israel

1901

34. Corporate Seal, Temple Ashkenaz

1908

35. Corporate Seal, Cambridge Jewish Community Center

1951

36. Program, Annual Donor Luncheon

Ladies Auxiliary of the Hebrew School

January 19, 1955

37. Hebrew School Graduates 1962-65

Wooden Plaque

38. Framed Copy of Plaque - Hebrew Literary Association

1917

Building Committee and Memorial Plaque

39. Framed Copy of Plaque - Hebrew Literary Association

1917

Ladies Auxiliary and Association Officers

40. Corporate Charter

Cambridge/Somerville Gemeleth Chesed Benevolent Society

1913

41. Receipt Book

Cambridge/Somerville Gemeleth Chesed Benevolent Society

Early 1950's

42. Bank Books

Cambridge/Somerville Gemeleth Chesed Benevolent Society

1954 - 1980

43. Revised By-Laws

Cambridge/Somerville Gemeleth Chesed Benevolent Society

December 21, 1931

44. Directory, Cambridge Jewish Community Center

Wooden Wall Directory

45. The Center Newsletter, Cambridge Jewish Community Center

May, 1968

46. Cambridge Jewish Community Center

Photo of Building at Harvard & Lee Streets

Courtesy of the Cambridge Historical Society

47. Cambridge Jewish Community Center

Photo of Interior of Building at Harvard & Lee Streets

Courtesy of the Cambridge Historical Society

48. Cambridge JCC Activities

Article, Boston Sunday Globe

December, 29, 1957

49. Portable Podium - Hadassah

50. Meeting of Hadassah

Photograph

51. Presentation to Bessie Starr

Cambridge Hebrew Women's Aid Society

52. Invitation - Golden Jubilee Banquet

Cambridge Hebrew Women's Aid Society

May 27, 1945

53. Group Photograph

Cambridge Hebrew Women's Aid Society

54. Life Members

Cambridge Hebrew Women's Aid Society

Framed, Illuminated Calligraphy

55. Commemorative Cloth

Cambridge Hebrew Women's Aid Society

Embroidered

56. Torahs being carried to Rosovsky Hall

Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Foundation

1995

Courtesy of H-R Hillel Foundation

57. Rosovsky Hall - Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Foundation

Courtesy of H-R Hillel Foundation

58. The Jewish experience at Harvard and Radcliffe

by Nitza Rosovsky

An introduction to an exhibition at the Harvard Semetic Museum

Courtesy of H-R Hillel Foundation

59. The Hillel Foundation at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

60. City of Cambridge Holocaust Commemoration Program

Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust

Richard Rawlins

Framed Poster, 1989

Courtesy of Betsy and Ted Kaptchuck

61. City of Cambridge Holocaust Commemoration Program

Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust

Framed Poster, 1990

Courtesy of the Cambridge Arts Council

62. City of Cambridge

Holocaust Commemoration flyers

1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995

63. City of Cambridge

Holocaust Commemoration Programs

1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995

64. Cambridge/Somerville Jewish Community Build Day

Photo Montage

65. Cambridge/Somerville Jewish Community Build Day

Program

66. Kesher, The After-School Hebrew School

67. Havurah Or Hadash

68. Alef-Bet Child Care Center

69. Congregation Aitz Chayim

70. Operation Exodus

Framed Serigraph by Mordechai Rosenstein

Presented by Combined Jewish Philanthropies

71. Simchat Torah at Temple Beth Shalom

Photograph

72. Flag, Ladies Auxiliary

Post 35, Jewish War Veterans

Courtesy, JWV Post 35

73. Flag, Post 35, Jewish War Veterans

Courtesy, JWV Post 35

74. Photo, Post 35, Jewish War Veterans

Courtesy, JWV Post 35

75. Photo ,Post 35, Jewish War Veterans

Courtesy, JWV Post 35

76. Framed Charter, Post 35, Jewish War Veterans

Courtesy, JWV Post 35

77. Photo - Post 35, Jewish War Veterans

Courtesy, JWV Post 35

78. Morris Roberts, Boston Bruin Goalie

Courtesy, Cambridge Historical Society

79. Alice Wolf - First Jewish Mayor of Cambridge

News articles, Austrian passports;

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