Collections : [Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven]

The Judith Ann Schiff collection houses the personal papers and research of archivist Judith Ann Schiff along with additional biographical material from the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven (JHSGNH). This collection dates from the early 1970s to 2023 and consists of correspondence, research, writing, and photographs evidencing Schiff's involvement with JHSGNH and broader work on New Haven history.

This collection consists primarily of organizational records created by the Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont. The extent of this collection is 15 folders containing materials dating from 1926 to 2018. It includes notes, minutes, correspondence, posters, legal documents, ledgers, speeches, governing documents, newsletters, mailings, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and a few photographs. These materials document the activities and discussions of the congregation's officers, charitable appeals solicited by the congregation, and events organized by the congregation. Of particular interest is documentation related to the original synagogue building, repairs to this building, construction of a social hall, the fire that destroyed the synagogue, and future building plans. This collection is a significant resource for understanding the operations, history, and struggles of the only summer synagogue in Connecticut. The contents of this collection were primarily collected and donated to the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven by Dr. David S. Fischer, president of the congregation from 1994 to 2006.

The bulk of this collection focuses on Joseph Einhorn's 1965 mayoral campaign. The materials include press releases, speeches, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photographs, and coorespondence. Additional, there are meeting notes and agendas relating to his work with the Community College Committee of New Haven.

This collection consists of both published and unpublished works by Burton Levine, a sociologist and past president of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven. It grants insight into social and political issues in the Jewish community and the United States throughout the 1980s and 1990s from a left-leaning perspective. The publications include book reviews, newspaper and magazine articles, scholarly articles, and opinion pieces. Levine wrote about Jewish culture, but tried to avoid writing about religion. The publications range over almost two decades, with his first article about men in nursing written in 1981 and the latest article in the collection dated 1997. Levine was published in Jewish magazines, local and regional newspapers, and scholarly journals in his field. The publications in this collection include Bag of Wire Expose, Contemporary Sociology, Fellowship, Hartford Courant, The Humanist, Jewish Book World, Jewish Frontier, Jewish Spectator, Na'amat Women, New Haven Register, New York Times, Nursing Forum, ORT Reporter, Present Tense, Shmate, Social Forces, and Women's American ORT Reporter. A few articles in Shmate were published under the pseudonyms A. Cattimarit and Diego de Susan.

The oral histories included in this index were recorded from 1987 to 2016. They are mostly interviews with Jewish people who lived in New Haven. Interviews topics center on Greater New Haven, including Legion Avenue, Yale University, the Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont, dairy farming in Orange, the Towers, Casa Otonal, the Jewish Historical Society, memories of, growing up, business, politics, redevelopment, unions, and sports in New Haven. Other topics include life in Europe prior to World War II, growing up in New York, World War II, the Holocaust, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), and Israel.

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