Category Archives: Archives of the Center for Jewish Culture
Tifereth Israel Celebrates Golden Anniversary
The synagogue and Hebrew school building that Tifereth Israel occupies was dedicated fifty years ago this Sunday, May 22nd. The two week-long dedication ceremony began on May 22, 1966 with a solemn processional led by elders of the congregation, transferring … Continue reading
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Archives Intern Completes CJC Collections
As a graduate student from Simmons College in the Library and Information Sciences program, I completed a semester long internship at the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections. As part of my internship I processed two collections; the … Continue reading
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70th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Concentration Camps
Text by Cynthia Yoken; Layout by Judy Farrar Seventy years ago, while the Germans were in retreat, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camps. It was April, 1945, one month before the end of the war in Europe. A number … Continue reading
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Lily Dumont Mindus, Concert Pianist
To celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8th), I would like to highlight the story of an extraordinarily successful woman whose legacy is preserved in the Archives and Special Collections. Lily Dumont Mindus was born in Berlin, Germany on July 12, … Continue reading
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Holocaust Remembrance Day
Dr. and Mrs. Julius Picard and Sons To escape persecution by the Nazis, in 1938 Dr. Julius Picard emigrated from Mainz, Germany to Massachusetts with his wife and two sons. The day after their arrival in the port of Boston, … Continue reading
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New Item Featured – Pressed Flower Souvenir Book from the Holy Land
Amongst a group of books recently donated by Melvin Lash to the Archives of the Center for Jewish Culture was a small jewel – a souvenir book of pressed flowers from the Holy Land “accumulated from the most important and … Continue reading
NCJW to celebrate 95th Anniversary
The New Bedford Chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women celebrates its 95th anniversary on June 27, 2010 with a dinner at Ahavath Achim. The Archives and Special Collections at the Claire T. Carney Library, which preserves the archival … Continue reading
Collection focus: MC 45 Fisher and Evelyn Abramson Papers
In 1989 the Archives of the Center for Jewish Culture, part of the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, were given a collection of materials regarding Fisher and Evelyn Abramson by Irving and Dede Abramson. Some items were … Continue reading
