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Box 2

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

Jill Hamilton Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0200-0034
Abstract

Personal papers documenting aspects of the final few years of an independent Temple Sinai, and merger talks with Temple Beth Am, to form a new combined Reform and Reconstructionist congregation, Congregation Shir Shalom.

Dates: 1952-2012; Majority of material found within 2008-2012

Merger Discussions, Agreement Drafts and Correspondence, 2011

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jill Hamilton papers document the final few years of Temple Sinai, where she served as an active member, as well as a board member and president. Historically, Temple Sinai was the only independent Reconstructionist synagogue in the Buffalo area from 1952 until 2012. These papers document the steps taken to merge with a local Reform congregation (former Temple Beth Am) in the face of declining membership, and the efforts made to enshrine both Reform and Reconstructionist Jewish...
Dates: 2011

Merger Discussions, Agreement Drafts and Correspondence, January 2012

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jill Hamilton papers document the final few years of Temple Sinai, where she served as an active member, as well as a board member and president. Historically, Temple Sinai was the only independent Reconstructionist synagogue in the Buffalo area from 1952 until 2012. These papers document the steps taken to merge with a local Reform congregation (former Temple Beth Am) in the face of declining membership, and the efforts made to enshrine both Reform and Reconstructionist Jewish...
Dates: January 2012

Merger Discussions, Agreement Drafts and Correspondence, 2012 January-March

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jill Hamilton papers document the final few years of Temple Sinai, where she served as an active member, as well as a board member and president. Historically, Temple Sinai was the only independent Reconstructionist synagogue in the Buffalo area from 1952 until 2012. These papers document the steps taken to merge with a local Reform congregation (former Temple Beth Am) in the face of declining membership, and the efforts made to enshrine both Reform and Reconstructionist Jewish...
Dates: 2012 January-March

Merger Documents, Agreement Drafts and Correspondence, 2012 March-April

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jill Hamilton papers document the final few years of Temple Sinai, where she served as an active member, as well as a board member and president. Historically, Temple Sinai was the only independent Reconstructionist synagogue in the Buffalo area from 1952 until 2012. These papers document the steps taken to merge with a local Reform congregation (former Temple Beth Am) in the face of declining membership, and the efforts made to enshrine both Reform and Reconstructionist Jewish...
Dates: 2012 March-April

Newsletters, Shir Shalom Congregation, 2012

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents

New merged synagogue.

Dates: 2012

Media, 1952

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: IV
Scope and Contents

Label of Temple Sinai record. Seder Melodies of the New Haggadah, narration by Rabbi Nathan Gaynor, with Cantor Ralph Sternberg and Chorus, and Ruth Axlerod, Organist. Recorded exclusively for Temple Sinai, Buffalo, N.Y. by Howell Recording Studio, Buffalo 23, New York. Long playing microgroove, 33⅓ RPM, 1952. Donor retains physical media.

Dates: 1952