Scope and Contents The Jewish Community Center of San Diego Collection consists of business records and documents regarding the documents the 54th Street JCC, North County JCC, and the Lawrence Family JCC in University City. It includes miscellaneous material from the 1950s to 2002 regarding programs, building plans, staffing rosters, photos and correspondence. There is also significant documentation regarding the Astor Judaica Library and the moving of the library from 54th...

Scope and Contents Though there are a few copies of pre-mid-20th century historical documents and photos, the bulk of the collection is photos from the 1980s-2000s. Included in the collection are photos of senior activities, fund raising events, office openings, refugee resettlement, staff and volunteers, annual meetings and award ceremonies, JFS periodicals, newspaper clippings, annual reports and correspondence. Included is an article by Dr. Joellyn Zollman, “Family is Our Middle Name: 100 Years of San...

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The Jewish Federation of San Diego County Collection consists of the Jewish Federation's business records including meeting minutes, newsletters, campaign materials, and photographs from the 1940s to 2013.

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The Jewish Historical Society of San Diego Newspaper Clipping File consists of copies of articles and obituaries from the early 1990s to 2021 concerning San Diego's Jewish community and residents. The collection is filed alphabetically by personal name, organization or topic. Some topics or personalities have separate folders which are filed by date. Folders designated with a letter or letters have a list of names in the description.

Scope and Contents The Jewish Historical Society of San Diego Oral History Archive consists of interviews with members of San Diego's Jewish community concerning family and community history from the early 20th century to the present. The recorded interviews have been digitized from the original tapes and can be accessed in the Special Collections & University Archives reading room. In a few cases, transcriptions of interviews exist. A comprehensive spreadsheet with the...

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The Jewish Historical Society of San Diego Small Personal Collection consists of the personal papers and other materials donated by individuals or their families at different times. They are filed in alphabetical order by last name and range in size from one to five folders per person or family.

Scope and Contents This collection contains background material about the Kalb and Nadler families, B’nai B’rith and B’nai B’rith Women. Date range for the collection is 1960s – 2000s.There are scrapbooks, minutes, correspondence, newsletters, invitations, directories and photos regarding the following in San Diego: the programs of the Shalom Chapter of B’nai B’rith Women and several other chapters, the San Diego B’nai B’rith Women’s Presidents Council, B’nai B’rith Women District 4, B’nai B’rith Youth...

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The Audrey Karsh Collection includes Audrey Karsh's research notes, newspaper clippings and copies of original source material on San Diego’s Jewish pioneers and some notables of the 19th & 20th century. There are also personal photos and copies of Karsh's short stories, articles and plays.

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The Edith Kotler B'nai B'rith Scrapbook contains photographs, newspaper clippings, newsletters, invitations and ephemera documenting the Bay City Chapter of B'nai B'rith Women.

Scope and Contents The La Jolla in Jewish History Collection documents the community of La Jolla, California from 1967 to 2014 and includes materials regarding housing discrimination; an organization called the Jewish Community of La Jolla, started in 1964; newspaper clippings regarding the Mt. Soledad cross controversy; Jews at institutions of higher learning in La Jolla, and materials from Congregation Beth El. The collection also includes a copy of the large B’nai Aron...