Container List ~ Documents ~ Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael 02/04/2009. Container Folder Location Creator Date Title

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1 Container List 02/04/ ~ Documents ~ 1 1 Includes: Rabbinic Statement on Funeral Practices, Functions of Committees and a Handbook for the Members of The Board of DIrectors Administrative/Board of Directors/Handbook and Guidelines Administrative Board of Directors Handbook and Guidelines 1 2 Annual schedules and calendars with handwritten notes 1 3 Blank questionnaire document, handwritten notes and blank report sheets Administrative/Calendars Administrative Calendars Administrative/Miscellaneous Administrative Miscellaneous Administrative/Resolutions The following resolutions are included: Two resolutions to borrow on the mortgage (1972) NJ State Senate Resolution by Senator Dorsey in recognition of the Morristown Community Center's 85th Anniversary (1984) Administrative Resolutions 1 5 Constitution and minutes from the Inter-City Youth Council; Central Morris Shelter for the Homeless; Morristown Veteran's Council; United Jewish Appeal; Jewish National Fund and the Zionist Organization of America 1 6 Signed declarations of conversion, Various Registrar's confirmatiion of marriages and Dept. of Health forms 1 7 Community Builders certificate from the Jewish Family Services of Metrowest 1 8 Specifications and plans for various renovations and additions - also included and separated are blueprints Affiliations Affiliations Inter-City Youth Council Awards and Certificates/Marriage Certificates, 1960s-1980s Awards and Certificates Marriage Certificates Awards and Certificates/Miscellaneous Awards and Certificates Miscellaneous Building/Architect - Plans and Specifications, Building James Goldstein and Partners Page 1

2 Building/Building Fund Campaigns Announcements, solicitations, brochures and pamplets from various campaigns 1 10 Campaign bulletins reporting previous building renovations and detailing future work; Responsibilities and Proceedures guidelines and Status Reports 1 11 Blueprints and drafts of assorted building renovations - see also oversized seperated blueprints 1 12 Brochures about the "Windows Ascent" surrounding the Willner Chapel in the 2 1 Scorecards, schedules, membership lists and other related items 2 2 Letters and announcements Constitution 2 4 Incoming and Outgoing letters to members and guest speakers - including letters of thanks; correspondence with potential guests (Yankees announcer Mel Allen, Mayor Ray Manahan); meeting announcements and agendas and assorted correspondence 2 5 Tickets, announcements, flyers and brochures from sponsored events from the 1950s - some programs from the Annual Father/Son Dinners where special guests include: Outfielder Sid Gordon, Pitcher Saul Rogovin, sports announcers, gymnasts, boxers, and others Building Building Fund Campaigns Building/Planning and Reports Building Planning and Reports Building/Plans and Plots Building Plans and Plots Buildings/Windows Building Windows Wilmark Studios Robert Pinart /Bowling League Bowling League /Boy Scouts and Browinies Boy Scouts and Brownies //Constitution Constitution //Correspondence, Correspondence // Page 2

3 2 6 Bank account statements and various vendor receipts 2 7 Agenda includes the adoption of the constitution and a President's Report 2 8 Assorted membership lists 2 9 Newspaper clippings about sponsored events 2 10 Letters to choir members, practice schedules, vendor receipts, announcements and other related materials 2 11 Voting ballots 2 12 Constitutions, by-laws and revisions 2 13 Announcements and letters to members 2 14 Flyers, brochures and announcements - also included are handmade invitations adorned with ribbons and lace for certain events //Finance Finance //Meeting Minutes, 1948 Meeting Minutes //Membership Lists Membership Lists //Press/Newspaper Clippings Newspaper Clippings /Choir Choir //Ballots, Ballots //Constitution Constitution //Correspondence, Correspondence //, & 1980s Page 3

4 2 15 Handwritten account ledger from Syllabus from the afternoon study group 2 17 Reports from 1951 and Committee chairs and members listings 2 19 Constitution (n.d.) 3 1 Dozens of postcards from the Congregation to its members announcing assorted events and activities 3 2 Board of Directors Election Ballots 3 3 Outgoing letters to parents of religious school students, //Finance/Ledger, Finance Ledger //Miscellaneous Miscellaneous //Reports Reports Committees Committees Constitution Constitution Correspondence/Announcements Correspondence Announcements Correspondence/Ballots, 1946 Correspondence Ballots Correspondences/, Correspondence 3; 4 4-6; Correspondence/General, s These folders contain letters to members about upcoming meetings, solicitations and general issues about the Congregation. Also included are letters announcing guest speakers Dr. Maurice Perlzweig, Gov. Harold Hoffman, Mayor Clyde Potts and others. Pleas to enroll children in the religious school program, letters sent politicians and dignitaries including: Opposition to the Legislative bill called The Mundt Bill; Letter to Ambassador to the USSR; Letter and resolution sent to President Truman Page 4 Correspondence General

5 objecting to his "sharmeful silence regarding the forcible ejection (of 4,500 Jewish Refugees)...at Hamburg..." and a letter to President Regan's "...decision to visit a German military cemetery..." 5 1 Programs from Confirmation Services 5 2 Memos and letters to parents and teachers 5 3 Staff listings, article about Marjorie Elkind, letters to Marjorie Elkind from students and letters of acceptance for teaching positions 5 6 Student enrollment lists (majority of these lists are not dated, one list is for ) 5 7 Flyers and announcements from a variety of school events 5 8 Assortment of examinations for religious school students /Confirmation Services, Confirmation Services /Correspondence Correspondence /Employees Employees /Enrollment Lists Enrollment Lists / /Examinations Examinations /Miscellaneous Blank documents (attendance reports, "youth record card", book record sheet, etc.) PTA Constitution and other items that are unclassifiable Miscellaneous 5 10 Titles include: "Sunday School Monthly News", 1947 "The Kibbitzer", 1948 "Youth Speaks", 1949 & 1950 "Etonenu", /Newsletters Newsletters 5 11 A laminated Yizkor book created by 4th grade students with letters written to the departed /Projects Projects Page 5

6 /Reports Teacher's reports and a 1954 study of the school by the American Jewish Committee of New York 5 13 School schedules 5 14 "The Yeladimer" yearbook from 1997 and This file contains both letters of hire and resignations Reports /School Schedules, , and 2000 School Schedules /Yearbooks, 1997 & 1998 Yearbooks "The Yeladimer" Employees Employees /General, s+ Flyers, brochures and announcements from assorted events, including sisterhood and brotherhood sponsored events (which can also be found in the series "clubs and groups") 6 5 Music and scripts from productions and holidays Prayers and responsive readings from assorted services 6 9 Invitations, announcements and other documents related to this event 7 1 Audits, reports and summaries /Music and Scripts, 1940s-1960s Music Scripts /Services, & 1990s Services Rosh Hashana Chanukah /Siyum Hatorah, 2000 Siyum Hatorah Finance Finance History The following history is found within this folder: "Early Jewish History in Morristown" by Carl Scherzer History Page 6

7 "Morristown Parade" - compiled by J.C. Schoeffler A one-page history (seperated from another work) about MJCBY 7 3 Letters from attorneys and copies of wills related to financial gifts 7 4 Letters, mortage notes and deed of property for Speedwell Ave. property 7 5 Photocopied materials - Certificate of Incorporation and agreements with contractors 7 6 Lease agreements with tenants of the property located on Vail Place 7 7 Letters, zoning reports and certification from the tax assessor's office related to properties 7 8 Lists of members, prospective members and local vendors - some lists are related to contibutions Legal/Bequests Legal Bequests Legal/ Building-Related Legal Building Legal/Historical Documents Legal Historical Documents Deed Certificate of Organization Agreements Legal/Lease Agreement - Vail Place Legal Lease Vail Place Legal/ Town of Morristown Legal Morristown Membership and Vendor Lists Membership Vendors Miscellaneous A few newsletters and brochures from other institutions (Beth El of Manhattan Beach and B'nai B'rith of Northern NJ); Mitzvah "Deck of Cards"; reproduction of letter from George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island; Miscellaneous Magazine article "The Mental Battle of the Presecuted Jew" by Baron Guy de Rothschild; and a list of approved local caterers George Washington Temple Beth El of Manhattan Beach ; 1-4; 1-4 Board meeting minutes with the exception of , which is only a synopsis of board meetings. The actual meeting minutes start in 1940 and there is a gap from The bulk is from the 1980s Board Meeting Minutes, 1928-present Board Meeting Minutes Page 7

8 11 1 Two photographs of the Board of Directors 11 2 of renovation and ribbon cutting ceremony - event announcement included 11 3 Parking lot renovation photographs Boy's Choir 11 5 of gymnasts and dining hall /Board of Directors Fern Spitzer Linda Kornreich Meryl Balaban Ray Chimoff Deborah Bender Carole Klein Harriet Sakofs Ilene Wolff Lawrence Kornreich Sid Chonowski Paul Green Michael Balaban Fran Lowensteiner Syd Levitt Alan Berger Michael Shatker /Building - Center Renovation, 1991 Renovations /Building - Parking Lot Renovation, Renovation /Choir, 1930 Choir Samuel Hollander Harold Krauss William Miller Ralph Friedman George Golding Armand Feldman Isador Schiff Ben Schneider ---- Shifrin ----Leiberman S. Goldfarb Clubs & Groups/ - Father and Son Dinners, Page 8

9 of sisterhood sponsored events, induction ceremonies, productions, and other untitled events - included are photos from luncheons where Gussie Roth made aprons for all attendees Photo from a 1971 Chanukah party and a 1976 event 12 1 This folder contains group photographs of classes and a few selections from assorted school related events 12 2 Photograph of Cantor Attias 12 3 Photograph of Rabbi Balser The 85th anniversary event folder contains numerous photographs with some identifications, the 95th anniversary event folder contains one photograph with no identification of those in the group photograph 12 6 Two photographs from the Erma Krief retirement party / /Shalom Club Shalom Club Jean Sachs Lillian Ossie Cohn Syrel Roth Gilson Pat Goldring Eleanor Dornfield //School, s School /Employees/Cantor Maimon Attias Employees Cantor Maimon Attias /Employees/Rabbi Balser Employees Rabbi Balser //85th and 95th Anniversary, 1984 & th Anniversary 95th Anniversary Photograph/Event/Erma Krief Retirement Event Erma Krief Rabbi Asher Krief Rabbi Nesson Cantor Attias Page 9

10 //Groundbreaking Ceremony, 1929 Photocopy from The New York Times 12 8 from the 1985 Israel Day Parade 12 9 from untitled events from the ribbon cutting event from Siyum Hatorah 13 4 In 1992 the synagogue honored seven Soviet Jewish families who were denied a wedding in their homeland by celebrated and conducting new weddings from this event honoring Larry and Linda Kornreich Groundbreaking Ceremony Mr. Bricker Al Fromm Harry Roth David Salny Abraham Schall Milton Schlosser Mr. Gurevitz Max Mintz Charles Feldman Maurice Epstein Emil Newmark Mr. Needel //Israel Day Parade, 1985 Israel Day Parade //Miscellaneous Miscellaneous //Parking Lot Dedication Parking Lot Dedication //Siyum HaTorah, 2002 Siyum HaTorah //Soviet Wedding Soviet Wedding //Tributes - Larry and Linda Kornreich, 2002 Page 10

11 Larry Kornreich Linda Kornreich 13 6 Assorted photographs //Members and Special Guests /Miscellaneous Unidentified group photographs, photocopies, building exterior photos, group photo of Jewish leaders (including Rabbi Prinz) with President Eisenhower, group photo with someone who has been identified as President Taft Miscellaneous 13 9 Negatives and slides from various events Photocopies and orginals 14 3 List of items donated by individuals 14 4 Programs, announcements, flyers and syllabi from the Institute for Adult Jewish Studies 14 5 Meeting reminders and a list of local synagogues High Holiday Youth Program Review and assorted USY and Kadimah reports from Synagogue brochure and a paper titled "Why a Jewish Center?" /Negatives and Slides Negatives Slides Press/Newspaper Clippings Press Newspaper Clippings Programs/Donor Program Programs Donor Program Programs/Institute of Adult Jewish Studies, ; 1983 & 2004 Programs Institute of Adult Jewish Studies Programs/Keruv Interfaith Outreach, 2000 Programs Keruv Interfaith Outreach Programs/Youth Program, 2004; USY/Kadimah, 1989 Programs Youth Program Publicity Publicity Page 11

12 /Newsletter Drafts, 1980s These two folders contain materials that are submissions and drafts for the synagogue's newsletters. It was decided that these materials should not be de-accessioned because there are handwritten notes throughout Publicity magazine for the synagogue ; 1 Anniversary Journals for the following: 10th Anniversary 50th Anniversary 75th Anniversary 85th Anniversary 90th Anniversary 95th Anniversary 100th Anniversary 16 2 Journal with listings of officers and leaders as well as the history of Jews in Morristown 16 3 Journal from 2004 event honoring Cantor Attias 16 4 Journal from the 2003 event honoring the Gottesmans 16 5 Journal from the 2002 event honoring the Kornreich 16 6 Journal from the 2007 event honoring Rabbi Nesson Newsletters /Annual Magazine, 2004 Annual Magazine /Journals - Anniversary Journals, Journals - Anniversary Journals /Journals - Dedication Journal, 1929 Journals - Dedication Journal /Journals - Tribute Journal, Cantor Attias, 2004 Journals - Tribute Journals Cantor Attias /Journals - Tribute Journals, Paula and Jerry Gottesman, 2003 Journals - Tribute Journals Paula Gottesman Jerry Gottesman /Journals - Tribute Journal, Larry and Linda Kornreich, 2002 Journals - Tribute Journals Larry Kornreich Linda Kornreich /Journals - Tribute Journal, Rabbi Nesson, 2007 Journals - Tribute Journals Rabbi Nesson Page 12

13 /Membership Directories Membership Directories from 1997, 1999, 2001 & Booklets with advertisements and messages from synagogue leaders and members 16 9 Book with family portraits and assorted activities Yizkor rememberance booklets Membership Directories /New Year Greetings New Year Greeting /Photo Book Photo Book /Yizkor Booklets, 1984, 2002 & 2004 Yizkor Booklets ;1-7;1-7;1-5;1-4;1-4; /Newsletters, 1940-present Some of these newsletters have been removed from scrapbooks compiled by the sisterhood and brotherhood of the synagogue, resulting in some torn edges and inconsistent paging sequences. The years are consistent with a few gaps; the 1970s are not complete and there is a large gap until 1993 and continue through 1999; the collection then picks up Newsletters in This box contains the following items: USY Hat and Pin from Julie Stone nee Abraham CD - "Rockin' into the Future: 50s and 60s Dance - November, 23, 2002" DVD - " Never Sleeps" Assorted Yalmukes T-Shirt commemorating the 100th Anniversary of MJCBY Scrapbook, Commemorative Trowel and front door key used to lay cornerstone of MJCBY (Donated by Jerome and Abby Salny) Mother/Daughter Luncheon Oversized Materials Oversized Materials Oversized Materials Oversized Materials Time Capsule Contents, 1929 This box contains exhumed items (2004) from the 1929 time capsule. The items include: - Two notices announcing an upcoming banquet honoring the 10th Anniversary of the Ladies Auxiliary Time Capsule New York Times Morristown Daily Record - A synopsis of select board meetings from A history of Morristown Jewish Community Page 13

14 - New York Times - March 3, Morristown Daily Record - March 3, 1929 These items were delivered by Fern Spitzer (2005) 27 Blueprints from an entryway addition to the back of the Speedwell Ave. building Oversized Materials - Blueprints Building Renovations/Addition Blueprints Page 14