Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston Records

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Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston Records

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Includes material preceding and relating to the founding of the Council, including early papers of the local American Jewish Committee and the Central Advisory Committee (a predecessor agency); the Constitution & by-laws of the Council; material relating to organizational membership in and representation on the Council; correspondence of the officers & staff; minutes of Council meetings and proceedings of its Administrative Committee and other committees; and finances of the Council.Includes also material on the relation of the Council to other Jewish agencies including the American Jewish Committee, the American Jewish Congress, the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, National Community Relations Advisory Council, and community councils and local agencies in other communities.Contains also extensive material on the activities of the Council, including anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic organizations, individuals, writings, and incidents; civil liberties and political extremists; civil rights, Negro-Jewish relations, and changing neighborhoods; Christian-Jewish relations, especially with the local Catholic community and Church hierarchy; church-state problems relating to education, Sunday blue laws, dietary laws, and adoption; crime and law enforcement; discrimination in housing, employment, and university admissions; immigration; intergroup relations; Israel and the Middle East, including material on Arab propaganda, boycotts, terrorism, the Palestinian problem, Christian attitudes toward Israel, United States policy, Jews in Arab countries, and pro-Israel organizations and activities; Israel anniversary celebrations; Nazism, the Holocaust, and World War II; political campaigns and organizations, and extensive correspondence with local and national government officials; rabbis and synagogues; and Soviet Jewry.Includes also material on the public conferences of the Council; Council publications and releases; and photographs of Council activities and individuals connected with the Council.

113.1 linear feet (219 manuscript boxes, 2 [22 x 28"] oversized boxes)

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Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society

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Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society

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