Entries for 'B’nai B’rith'
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The Jewish Educational Loan Fund, Inc., originally provided funding for and orphanage in Atlanta. Over the years it provided funding for displaced European Jewish children and eventually interest-free loans to Jewish students in the Southeast. The records consist of general administrative files which include annual reports, legal papers and minutes; case files of residents of the Home and case files of European children brought to Atlanta under the auspices of the Jewish Children's Service during the years immediately prior to, during and after World War II.
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B’nai B’rith, Jewish Children's Service, Hebrew Orphan's Home, The Jewish Educational Loan Fund, Hebrew Orphan's Asylum
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Jacob A. Blumberg was a native Atlanta and salesman at Briarcliff Mills for 55 years. The papers include telegrams from the marriage of Miriam Saul and Jacob Blumberg, 1913, and the genealogy of the Saul family.
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Jewish businessmen, B’nai B’rith
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B’nai B’rith Gate City Lodge #144 was founded in Atlanta in 1870 and is the oldest benevolent association to be founded by the Jewish community. These are the only extant records of this organization. The records include minutes, membership records, and scrapbooks.
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B’nai B’rith, Jewish charities, Philanthropy
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The B’nai B’rith Girls (BBG) was officially established in 1944 under the umbrella of the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO). The Deborah Chapter was the Atlanta chapter of BBG. The records consist of correspondence, newsletters, reports, newspaper articles and membership records.
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Jewish women, , B’nai B’rith, Jewish youth
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B'nai B'rith Governor David Emanuel Lodge No. 1698 - Waycross, Georgia was organized in 1947. The collection consists of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings relating to the chapter's activities including a press release announcing the final mortgage payment for Waycross Hebrew Congregation located on Screven Avenue and loose newspaper articles relating to the golfing career of Barry Jacobson of Waycross.
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Fraternal organizations , B’nai B’rith
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The Jewish section of Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama, was created in 1874 and now consists of over 150 grave monuments and a number of unmarked plots. The records include layouts, publications, histories, receipts, and information on the trust fund that maintains the site.
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B’nai B’rith, Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville (Ala.), Groundskeeper