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Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Buffalo records

 Collection — Box: 1-21
Identifier: MS-0203
Abstract

The Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Buffalo records consist primarily of records documenting the activities of the Bureau, a non-profit community-based educational institution.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1935-2009

Congregation Ahavath Sholem (Lovers of Peace) [Jefferson (Ave) Shul] records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0200-0005
Abstract

Collection includes a minute book, ephemera, and material relating to the religious and administrative and cultural activities of the synagogue also known as the Jefferson Shul. Materials relating to preservation campaigns includes clippings and reports.

Dates: 1921-2012; Majority of material found within ( 1921-1961); Majority of material found within ( 1990-2012)

Congregation Kehilat Shalom Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0200-0004
Abstract

Organizational papers documenting aspects of the congregational life of Congregation Kehilat Shalom. Materials include minutes, newsletters, programs, financial statements, video, ritual Judaica, and clippings.

Dates: 1977-2002

Arnold and Ruth Fernandez Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0210
Abstract

Arnold and Ruth Fernandez papers, document Temple Beth Zion’s Brotherhood’s and Sisterhood’s administrative and its members’ synagogue activities.

Dates: 1916-2011

Charlotte E. Gendler Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0200-0009
Abstract

Personal papers documenting aspects of Jewish community in Buffalo and Niagara Falls collected by Charlotte E. Gendler. Material includes minutes, newsletters, programs, photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to Temple Beth David-Ner Israel and other institutions.

Dates: 1959-2012; Majority of material found within 1960-1967

Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America Niagara Falls Chapter Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0200-0041
Abstract

The records of the Niagara Falls chapter of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, document both organizational and individual activities.

Dates: 1953-2012; 1953-1989

Ralph L. Halpern Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0200-0020
Abstract

These are the personal papers documenting a segment of the life of local communal leader, Ralph L. Halpern. materials include speeches, and other material relating to his volunteer service in the Jewish community.

Dates: 1984-2004; Majority of material found within 1984-1997

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

Hebrew Benevolent Loan Association Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0200-0044
Abstract

Organizational papers documenting aspects of the work and history of the Hebrew Benevolent Loan Association originally known as Gemilut Chasidim [Acts of Loving Kindness] and its work in the development of the Buffalo Jewish community through interest free loans.

Dates: 1939-2015; Majority of material found within 1939-1954

Hillel of Buffalo records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0228
Abstract

The records of Hillel of Buffalo, the center of Jewish life on campus, documents organizational, religious, and cultural activities of students in the greater Buffalo area.

Dates: 1954-2009; Majority of material found within 1993-2004

Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0205
Abstract

Papers documenting aspects of the work of the Holocaust Resource Center, and predecessor committees associated with the Jewish Federation. An additional series documents refugee aid, and the Haven-Buffalo Jewish Club 1933, a German-Jewish Refugee social club formed in 1933.

Dates: 1938-2015; Majority of material found within (Bulk 1973-2009)

Individual and Community Memorabilia Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0200-0033
Abstract

Papers documenting aspects of the Jewish community in Buffalo and Niagara Falls through family and organizational donations.

Dates: 1890s-2016; Majority of material found within 1942-1987

Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo, Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo records

 Collection — Box: 1-28
Identifier: MS-0150-0001
Abstract

The Records of the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo in the Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo. Included are the records of constituent agencies and member organizations of the Federation such as, the Bureau of Jewish Education, Jewish Family Services, the Jewish Community Center, Kadimah School of Buffalo, and the Rose Coplon Home. Records include minutes, committee reports, publications, correspondence, yearbooks, scrapbooks, and photographs.

Dates: 1902-1979; Majority of material found within 1930-1975

Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo, Local Jewish Community records

 Collection — Box: 1-5
Identifier: MS-0150-0003
Abstract

Records of the Local Jewish Community in the Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo include cemetery records, local temple and shul records, and Jewish organizations. Also included are material pertaining to deported persons and refugee matters, and the papers of Max M. Yellen and Dr. Gerhard J. Falk and Dr. Ursula A. Falk.

Dates: 1844-1976

Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo, papers of Prominent Local Jews

 Collection — Box: 1-8
Identifier: MS-0150-0004
Abstract

The papers of Prominent Local Jews in the Jewish Archives of Greater Buffalo include the papers of Donald S. Day, Dorothy Goldberg, Bernard Mandelkern, Morton Merowitz, Haskell Penn, and Milton Plesur as well as oral history interviews with other notable persons. Included in the collection are committee reports, correspondence, photographs, and citizenship records.

Dates: 1888-1988; Majority of material found in undated

Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo records

 Collection — Container: 1-36, 37+-40+, 41
Identifier: MS-0225
Abstract

Records of the Jewish Federation and, because of the Federation's encompassing nature, the some records from affiliated and supported institutions. Local case files on Soviet Jewish immigration created by Jewish Family Service are included. The collection includes a file of the Jewish Federation's newsletter, Federation News.

Dates: 1914-2011

Jewish Federation of Niagara Falls records

 Collection — Box: 1-32, 33+
Identifier: MS-0202
Abstract

The Jewish Federation of Niagara Falls administrative records including minutes, committee reports, publications, correspondence, yearbooks, scrapbooks, and photographs. Records of the Rosa Coplon Home are also included.

Dates: circa 1930-2001; 1935-1994

Jewish Liberal Arts Club Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0200-0036
Abstract

Scrapbooks documenting aspects of the work of the Jewish Liberal Arts Club, a Jewish social and philanthropic women's club.

Dates: 1931-2000

Kadimah School of Buffalo records

 Collection — Box: 1-4
Identifier: MS-0209
Abstract

The Kadimah School of Buffalo Records describe the governance and activities of the school between 1959 and 2010 as well as pre-opening materials from 1958. The bulk of the material dates from between 1957 to 1989. The collection contains minutes and administrative papers, budgets, student and faculty related materials, publications and publicity materials.

Dates: 1958-2009

Judy R. Kantor Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0200-0039
Abstract

Personal papers documenting aspects of the Women's Activity Group of the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo and the Education Department. Material includes minutes, programs, photographs and newspaper clippings relating to several conferences and special events aimed towards women.

Dates: 1985-2012; Majority of material found within 1985-2000

Morris Mesch Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0200-0013
Abstract

Personal papers documenting aspects of local communal leader Morris Mesch. Materials include photographs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera related to the community Holocaust Memorial Sculpture and volunteer activities and efforts.

Dates: 1920-1990; Majority of material found within 1977-1987

Rabbi Shay Mintz Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0200-0018
Abstract

Personal papers documenting aspects of local community leader Rabbi Shay Mintz's work in the Jewish community. Materials include photographs, newspaper clippings, and other material relating to his professional career in several institutions including Shaarey Zedek, Hillel, and the Jewish Book Fair.

Dates: 1980-2004; Majority of material found within 1989-1999

Records of the Buffalo Board of Rabbis

 Collection — Box: 1-3
Identifier: MS-0200-0031
Abstract

Records documenting activities of the Buffalo Board of Rabbis. Includes minutes, correspondence, newspaper clippings and policy documents relating to the activities within the Jewish community, broader Buffalo community. It also contains materials that deal with issues relating to Jewish life within the University at Buffalo.

Dates: 1985-2000

Kenneth Rogers Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0200-0030
Abstract

Personal papers documenting demographical aspects of the broader Jewish community in Buffalo, as well as future planning for specific Jewish organizations as created by Kenneth Rogers.

Dates: 1980-2013; Majority of material found within 1984-2007

Elliot Shapiro Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0200-0029
Abstract

Personal papers documenting member and leadership experience of Elliot Shapiro at Temple Sinai in Amherst, NY. Material includes minutes, newsletters, programs, photographs and newspaper clippings relating to the cultural and religious life of this Reconstructionist synagogue.

Dates: 1962-2007; 1973-1989

Harold I. Siegel Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0200-0025
Abstract

Personal papers consist of research materials and maps documenting Jewish businesses and organizations that were located on the East Side of Buffalo during the 1930s. Also includes programming relating to Holocaust education. Programs, photographs, notes and newspaper clippings are included on other aspects of Jewish practice and history.

Dates: 1972-2006; Majority of material found within 1972-1980

Temple Beth El Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0222
Abstract

Congregational papers documenting the religious, historic and cultural life of Temple Beth El from its beginnings in 1847 until 2006 just prior to merger with Shaarey Zedek to form Temple Beth Tzedek in 2008.

Dates: 1847-2006

Temple Beth Israel (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0224
Abstract

Temple Beth Israel (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) documenting aspects of Jewish community in Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Material includes minutes, newsletters, programs, photographs and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1880-2011

Temple Beth Shalom, Elma, New York Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0200-0040
Abstract

Papers documenting aspects of Temple Beth Shalom, Elma, NY based at Camp Centerland, Elma, NY.

Dates: 1979-1997

Temple Beth Zion Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0156
Abstract

Organizational papers documenting the religious and community activities of Temple Beth Zion synagogue. Includes photographs, ledgers, scrapbooks, correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, flyers, certificates, architectural drawings and special format or oversize materials dating from 1864 to 2008. Includes materials created by auxiliaries, religious school, leadership, administration and clergy.

Dates: 1864-2008; Majority of material found within (Bulk 1890-1995)