Dr. Joseph and Sheila Tenenbaum collection Records relating to the career of Joseph Tenenbaum correspondence articles essays speeches.

Beth Israel Hospital (Boston, Mass. : 1916-1996)

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Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts In 1916, the Jewish community of Boston established Beth Israel Hospital on Townsend Street in Roxbury to provide health care to immigrants in the area. Although accessible to everyone, the hospital provided Yiddish-speaking services for Eastern European Jewish immigrants and served kosher food, as well as conducted Jewish religious services. The 45-bed hospital had several departments, including Medical Services, Surgical Serv...

Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring

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The Workmen’s Circle (Arbeiter Ring), founded in 1892, became a national order in 1900. It was established as a social and cultural Jewish labor fraternal order. Its purpose was to provide members with mutual aid and health and death benefits and to support the labor and socialist movements of the world. Historically, the Workmen’s Circle was closely tied to Jewish unions, the Yiddish labor press, and the Socialist Party. The Circle was highly dedicated to raising the education levels of members...

Stern, Horace, 1878-1969

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World Federation of Polish Jews

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Federation of Polish Jews in America

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Zionist Organization of America

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American Jewish congress

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The American Jewish Congress was founded originally in 1918 by a group of Jewish American leaders as an umbrella structure for Jewish organizations to represent the American Jewish interests at the Peace Conference following the end of World War I. It was seen as a national parliamentary assembly representing all American Jews. Representatives to the Congress were selected by all major national Jewish organizations and delegates representing local communities were elected by some 35...

American Zionist Federation

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Goldman, Nachum.

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Lepkowski, Boleslaw.

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Tenenbaum, Joseph, 1887-

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Joseph Tenenbaum was born in Sasow, Poland, in 1887. During his years as a student he became involved in the Hashahar student youth organization. He served as a military doctor in the Polish army during World War I. Tenenbaum emigrated to New York in 1920. He formed the Joint Boycott Council of the American Jewish Congress and Jewish Labor Committee in 1933. He died in 1961. From the description of Dr. Joseph and Sheila Tenenbaum collection Records relating to the career of Joseph Te...

Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949

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Stephen Samuel Wise was born in Budapest, Hungary, and came to the United States the following year. He graduated with honors from Columbia University and in 1893 he was ordained in Austria "The People's Rabbi," as Wise would later be known, developed his deep concern for the less fortunate at an early age. Wise fought for housing projects, the abolition of child labor, the improvement of working conditions, securing rights for female workers and equal rights for African Americans. He founded th...

Deutsch, Bernard S. (Bernard Seymour), 1884-1935

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