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The Adat Ami Synagogue Collection consists of the congregation's business records and records about the congregation, including its meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, and records of special programs and events regarding the congregation dating mostly from the 1990s with a few items from 2000 to 2002 and the merged congregation, Ohr Shalom Synagogue.

Scope and Contents The Agency for Jewish Education Collection consists of photos, newspaper clippings, course material, scrapbooks and publicity from the Agency for Jewish Education, previously known as the Bureau of Jewish Education. It also contains material from other entities run by the AJE, including the High School of Jewish Studies.The records of the Bureau of Jewish Education, the precursor to the Agency for Jewish Education, are found in the Bureau of Jewish...

Scope and Contents The Anti-Defamation League Collection reflects the institutional, educational, and organizational matters that the ADL has addressed over the course of its history from 1913 to the late 1990s. It contains local, regional and national materials. Social topics addressed by comments and actions of the ADL include Antisemitism, Christian Antisemitism, racial discrimination and reverse discrimination, hate crimes, the Holocaust, and the founding of the State of...

Scope and Contents The Joyce Axelrod Collection documents the San Diego Jewish Film Festival and the work of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center Cultural Arts Committee. Materials include film festival brochures, newspaper clippings, and photographs of committee members, as well as brochures and pamphlets from the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture and the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center. A DVD and brochure from the "First Fifty Years" celebration of...

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The Ralph Berman and Roberta Wagner Berman Collection consists of newsletters, photographs, scrapbooks, and membership rosters related to the B'nai B'rith Lasker-Breitbard Lodge. Photographs of various medals, pins, a gavel, and a presentation Bible given by Solomon Rosenberg are present and are also available in digital format. The collection also includes a copy of the book 90 Weinberger Years.

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The Dorothy Bernard B'nai B'rith Scrapbook contains photographs, newspaper clippings, newsletters, invitations and other ephemera documenting the Bay City chapter of B'nai B'rith Women.

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The Rabbi Morton J. Cohn Collection consists of materials collected since Cohn's school days until his death, including correspondence, more than 2000 sermons, plays, personal documents, photographs and materials regarding the various congregations he served.  There are scrapbooks and newspaper clippings regarding both Cohn and his wife Sally and current events, in addition to index cards, pamphlets, research notes and plaques.

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The Congregation Beth Tefilah Collection consists of the congregation's official business records and documents about the congregation including its newsletters, minutes, amd financial records, as well as newspaper clippings and photographs. The materials date from 1962 to 1998 with the majority being from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Scope and Contents The Cantor Joseph Cysner Collection comprises Cysner's personal papers before, during and after World War II. It includes a handwritten and translated diary from his detention at Zbaszyn, plus a signed and decorated farewell document handmade by other detainees for Cysner. There are programs, books, writings and music from his time as a cantor and teacher in Manila and his internment at Santo Tomas. It includes Holocaust artifacts, newspaper clippings,...

Scope and Contents The Dolls for Democracy Collection consists of 15 dolls from the Dolls for Democracy Program of the San Diego County Chapters of B’nai B’rith Women. The collection also includes textual documentation with information on who made the dolls and how they were made, materials used in the Dolls for Democracy presentation, correspondence, and publicity materials. The dolls measure roughly 11 inches tall and 3.5 inches wide. The dolls are arranged in alphabetical...