Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Boston Port Records

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Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Boston Port Records

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The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) was founded in New York City in the 1880s by the Russian Jewish community of New York in response to the influx of Russian Jewish immigrants fleeing the pograms in the Pale of Settlement in Russia and Eastern Europe. In 1889, a shelter which was used to house many of the immigrants adopted the name “Hebrew Sheltering House Association.” This organization merged with HIAS in 1909 and by 1914, had branches operating in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The Boston office of HIAS was chartered in 1904 under the leadership of Harris Poorvu, Hyman Pill, Abraham Alpert, Meyer Bloomfield, Max Wyzanski and Samuel L. Bailen. Harris and operated autonomously from the national office in New York, even after their merger in 1916. HIAS ensured that Jewish immigrants had access to holiday and religious services and kosher food; provided shelter and social services; and assisted immigrants with finding employment and schools, often on short notice. This collection contains the individual case files of immigrants who received assistance from the Boston office of HIAS, ship manifests, tracer correspondence, scrapbooks, passenger lists and photographs. Some later individual case files remain restricted (those dated after 1960) and researchers will require permission from the archivist of AJHS New England Archives in order to view them.

124.5 linear feet (243 Manuscript boxes and 3 oversized boxes)

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Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6346058

Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society

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Pill, Hyman

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Wyzanski, Max

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Alpert, Helen

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Boston Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) was founded in New York City in the 1880s by the Russian Jewish community of New York in response to the influx of Russian Jewish immigrants fleeing the pograms in the Pale of Settlement in Russia and Eastern Europe. In 1889, a shelter which was used to house many of the immigrants adopted the name “Hebrew Sheltering House Association.” This organization merged with HIAS in 1909 and by 191...

Alpert, Abraham

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Bailen, Samuel L.

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Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Boston, Massachusetts

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Boston Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) was founded in New York City in the 1880s by the Russian Jewish community of New York in response to the influx of Russian Jewish immigrants fleeing the pograms in the Pale of Settlement in Russia and Eastern Europe. In 1889, a shelter which was used to house many of the immigrants adopted the name “Hebrew Sheltering House Association.” This organization merged with HIAS in 1909 and by 191...

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston

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Founded in 1895 as Federation of Jewish Charities; 1908 named changed to Federated Jewish Charities; 1930 name changed to Associated Jewish Philanthropies; 1940 the United Jewish Campaign (for overseas rescue and services) and the Associated Jewish Philanthropies united their fundraising in the nations first Combined Jewish Appeal; 1960 name changed to Combined Jewish Philanthropies. From the description of Records, 1933-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70966136 Jewish p...

Poorvu, Harris

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Bloomfield, Meyer, 1878-1938

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