Finding Aid to the American Jewish Congress, Northern California Division records, 1957-1988
Finding Aid written by Judah L. Magnes Museum staff; revised by The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life staff
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Finding Aid to the American Jewish Congress, Northern California Division records, 1957-1988
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2010/702
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Judah L. Magnes Museum staff; revised by The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life staff
- Date Completed:
-
July 2011
© 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: American Jewish Congress, Northern California Division records
Date (inclusive): 1957-1988
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2010/702
Creators :
American Jewish Congress. Northern California Division
Extent:
Number of containers: 10 cartons, 1 box
(Linear feet: 10.4)
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The collection documents the activities of the American Jewish Congress' Northern California Division from 1960 through the
mid-1980s. It contains minutes (1960-1982, incomplete), financial records, membership records, annual reports, articles, programs,
newsletters, press releases, clippings, correspondence, briefs and published material, and some photographs.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], American Jewish Congress, Northern California Division records, BANC MSS 2010/702, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
American Jewish Congress. Northern California Division --Archives
American Jewish Congress
Western Jewish History Center
African Americans--Relations with Jews
Education--California--San Francisco
Jews--California, Northern
Jews--Soviet Union
Jews--California--San Francisco
Jews--Europe, Eastern
National socialism
Oral history
Religion and state
Social service--California, Northern
Zionism
California, Northern--Social life and customs--20th century
Press releases
Administrative records.
Annual reports.
Financial records.
Minutes.
Photographs.
Programs.
American Jewish Congress. Commission on Law and Social Action
American Jewish Congress. East Bay Chapter
Western Jewish History Center. 006
Judah L. Magnes Museum. WJHC 1969.001
Bancroft Library. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The American Jewish Congress records were given to The Bancroft Library by the Judah L. Magnes Museum in 2010.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Processed by the Judah L. Magnes Museum staff in 1999. Additional processing by The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Staff in 2011.
Biographical Information
The American Jewish Congress (AJC) was founded in 1916, and reorganized in 1920 and 1938. The groundwork for the Northern
California Division was laid in the 1930s by Rabbis Saul White of Beth Sholom and Elliot Burstein of Beth Israel when they
organized a boycott of German goods. The Division was officially founded in December 1943. The AJC's mission shifted somewhat
over the years but the core was the promotion of "Jewish rights and freedom" within the U.S. and the support of the "Jewish
Homeland." The organization's Civil Rights stand broadened over the years from a concern for Jewish Rights (American Jewish
Yearbook, 1922) to the "elimination of all forms of racial and religious bigotry" (American Jewish Yearbook, 1995) and was
referred to by one member as a Jewish ACLU. One of the AJC's primary money making activities was the sponsoring of tours
of Israel and Jewish themed tours to other cultural and religious sites around the world.
The Northern California Division grew tremendously under the leadership of Executive Director Ephraim Margolin (1960-1964)
and Divisional Director Joel Brooks (1967-199?). In 1960 Ephraim Margolin, Yale educated lawyer and former Israeli Supreme
Court Clerk, was recruited as both the West Coast Director of the AJC's Commission on Law and Social Action (CLSA) and Executive
Director of the Northern California Division of the AJC. Margolin worked to expand the AJC's base, increasing membership
and promoting the creation of numerous local chapters. Margolin recruited a number of the emerging leaders in the progressive
legal community to the AJC including Joe Grodin (later an AJC President). The AJC's Law Commentary published the first articles
by a number of lawyers who would later become nationally prominent. Margolin held annual retreats with AJC members and leading
legal authorities including the Attorney General which led to a number of major legal cases on employment, housing and church/state
issues. The AJC was instrumental in the drafting of the first Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) legislation and
filed 30-40 briefs in progressive cases expanding out from the National AJC focus on Church/State issues. Margolin stepped
down as director in 1964, but later served as President and remained active in the legal activities of the AJC and the CLSA.
In 1967 Joel Brooks became Northern California Divisional Director. Under Brooks the AJC expanded rapidly and branched out
into a variety of service areas. The Experience Reserve Bank (ERB) was founded in 1969 to give free management and technical
assistance to minorities, new immigrants, and veterans interested in owning and operating their own businesses. The Legal
Assistance to the Elderly Project, established in 1974, provided free legal and social services on a non-sectarian basis to
San Francisco's elderly poor. The AJC's Committee on Law and Social Action (CLSA) filed friend of the court briefs and worked
on a variety of legal and social action issues. The AJC was also at the forefront of struggles on the behalf of both Soviet
and Ethiopian Jews. Brooks, whose former service included a stint in the Israeli Army and work with a number of other Jewish
agencies, liked the idea of doing things differently. He is proud of having recruited Hal Lipset, the nation's number one
private eye (inventor of the martini microphone, authenticator of the Watergate Tapes, and head of a number of law enforcement
associations), as President of the Division. The AJC was the only Jewish organization with which Lipset was involved. Brooks
also lectured as an expert on the Black Jews of America.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains minutes (1960-1982, incomplete), financial records, membership records, annual reports, articles,
programs, newsletters, press releases, clippings, correspondence, briefs and published material, and some photographs. One
sound recording on a thin plastic disc is also included in the collection. The material is divided into five series: Corporate
Records, Newsletters and Press Releases, Oral History Project, Subject Files and Correspondence. Most of the materials cover
the 1970s through the mid 1980s, with some material from the early 1960s as well.
The collection documents the activities of the AJC from 1960 through the mid-1980s. The majority of the material concerns
events from the mid to late 1970s. The largest series consists of subject files containing of correspondence, flyers, clippings,
pamphlets and other background materials relating to AJC events, programs and areas of interest. Correspondence files provide
additional information on AJC activities and concerns, as well as documenting the organizational structure and the relationship
between the national and local offices. Of special interest are materials relating to the Falashas (Ethiopian Jews), Soviet
Jewry, Black-Jewish Relationships, Affirmative Action, Black Jews in the United States, church-state affairs, Zionism, education,
and Nazism in San Francisco. The Experience Reserve Bank (ERB) and the Legal Assistance to the Elderly programs are also
documented, as are the AJC's annual Kallah (retreat) and the activities of various chapters.
Also of interest are documents pertaining to the Jews of Eastern Europe Oral History Project co-sponsored by the AJC and the
WJHC. Other examples of Magnes Museum/AJC cooperation and connection are scattered throughout the collection.
Series 1
Corporate Records.
1960-1984
Physical Description:
Carton 1 and Carton 2, folders 1-19
Scope and Content Note
This series contains minutes, board of directors, financial and membership records. Incomplete board of directors minutes
(1960-1982) are supplemented by notices to the board, some committee reports, and biographical sketches of some board members.
Also included in this series are information on the AJC's Annual Meeting and Dinner, the budget process and other financial
records. Membership records also include lists of members and potential members, forms and a calendar and list of San Francisco
synagogues and rabbis.
Carton 1, Folder 1-7
Board of Directors Minutes,
1960-1982
Carton 1, Folder 8
Reports and Minutes from Various Committees,
1979-1984
Carton 1, Folder 9
Programs, Plans and Resolutions,
1979-1982
Carton 1, Folder 10
Monthly Reports to Board,
1982
Carton 1, Folder 11-17
Board of Directors - Board Notices,
1973-1983
Carton 1, Folder 19
Biographical Sketches of Board Members,
1982-1983
Carton 1, Folder 20
Board Mailing Lists,
1974-1981
Carton 1, Folder 21
Annual Reports,
1960-1966
Carton 1, Folder 22-29
Annual Meeting/Dinner,
1970-1980
Carton 1, Folder 31-34
Budget Requests/Meetings,
1967-1970
Carton 1, Folder 35-38
Budget Requests -- Federation,
1971-1974
Carton 2, Folder 1-5
Budget Requests -- Federation,
1976-1979
Carton 2, Folder 6-7
Budget - San Jose,
1975-1978
Carton 2, Folder 9
Requests to Treasurer -- Misc. Financial,
1975-1979
Carton 2, Folder 10
Proposal of Commission on Membership and Organization,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 11
Ways and Means Committee -- Membership,
1960
Carton 2, Folder 12
Membership Records and Instructions,
1967,
1972
Carton 2, Folder 13
Membership -- Century Club,
1967-1972
Carton 2, Folder 14
Membership Request,
1971-1972
Carton 2, Folder 15
Membership -- Forms and Examples,
1972,
1981
Carton 2, Folder 16
Telephone Drive -- List of Potential Members,
1982-1983
Carton 2, Folder 17
Miscellaneous Membership Materials,
1967-1984
Carton 2, Folder 18
Membership Surveys List,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 19
AJC Calendar List of S.F Synagogues and Rabbis,
1981-1983
Series 2
Newsletters and Press Releases.
1964-1982
Physical Description:
Carton 2, folders 20-32
Scope and Content Note
This series contains scattered issues of a variety of Newsletters and Bulletins from AJC and other organizations. Also included
are press releases.
Carton 2, Folder 20
Monthly Bulletins -- Northern California Division,
1964-1966
Carton 2, Folder 21
Regional Newsletters,
1973-1981,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 23
"Frankly Speaking" Newsletter,
1977
Carton 2, Folder 24
Other News Bulletins,
1978-1981
Carton 2, Folder 25-32
Press Releases,
1968-1982
Series 3
Oral History Project.
1976-1978
Physical Description:
Carton 2, folders 33-38
Scope and Content Note
This series contains documents related to the Jews of Eastern European Origin Oral History Project co-sponsored by the Western
Jewish History Center and the AJC. Documents include proposal, background information, volunteer and interview information,
steering committee information and funding materials.
Carton 2, Folder 33
Description and Proposal,
1976
Carton 2, Folder 35
Volunteer Information and Materials,
1976,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 36
Steering Committee and Advisory Board,
1976-1978,
n.d.
Carton 2, Folder 37
Funding Information and Correspondence,
1976-1978,
n.d.
Series 4
Subject Files.
1957-1988
Physical Description:
Carton 2, folders 39-41 and Cartons 3-8
Scope and Content Note
This series contains a wide variety of clippings, letters, bulletins, tickets, announcements and other documents covering
the full range of activities and events sponsored by the AJC. This series includes both information and program files. Folders
are arranged alphabetically by subject. Some subjects are divided into sub-series. These include Chapters (arranged alphabetically
by location), Commission on Law and Social Action (CLSA) files (some of which duplicate subjects found elsewhere), Experience
Reserve Bank (ERB) files, and Programs which includes individual event folders for 1979-1980 arranged chronologically.
The four folders labeled Newspaper Articles and Clippings contain information on AJC events. Other folders may include clippings
as well. The Activities files consist of flyers received by the WJHC documenting AJC events. Other topics of special note
are: Affirmative Action (also see CLSA), the Arab Economic Boycott, Black/Jewish Relations, Complaints about a Spartan Dodge
ad which ran on Channel 36 in 1972, the Black Panthers and Angela Davis, the Falasha (Ethiopian Jews), Jewish Film Festivals
and various film projects, responses to a planned meeting of Holocaust Debunkers (Institute of Historical Review), Informational
and Cultural projects related to Israel and Israelis in the U.S., various Jewish welfare organizations and concerns including
the groundbreaking Legal Assistance to the Elderly Project, religion in the schools and other Church/State Issues, programs
and events supporting Soviet Jews including a Benefit Run, and materials pertaining to the activities of the Women's Division.
Carton 2, Folder 40
Activities -- West Coast,
1960-1969
Carton 2, Folder 41
Activities -- Northern California,
1969-1979
Carton 3, Folder 1
Activities -- Northern California,
1980-1988,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 2-3
Affirmative Action -- Goals and Quotas,
1972-1975,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 4
Affirmative Action,
1978-1981
Carton 3, Folder 5
Affirmative Action -- Statement by Dershowitz to U.S. Senate,
1981
Carton 3, Folder 6-7
Affirmative Action -- California/Clippings,
1974-1982,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 8-10
Aging -- Reports/Mandatory Retirement/Clippings,
1971-1977,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 12
American Jewish Committee,
1964-1974,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 13
American Israeli Cultural Foundation,
1970
Carton 3, Folder 14
American Veterans of Israel [photo],
1972-1977
Carton 3, Folder 15
Anti-Arab Propaganda,
1968-1971,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 16
Anti-Defamation League (ADL),
1972
Carton 3, Folder 17-19
Arab Economic Boycott,
1975-1977,
n.d,
Carton 3, Folder 20
Arab Information Center -- Violations of Human Rights in Israel,
1961
Carton 3, Folder 21
Arab Propaganda,
1958-1967
Carton 3, Folder 22
Archbishops Committee on Social Justice -- Newsletter,
1965
Carton 3, Folder 23
Asher, Rabbi Joseph,
1975
Carton 3, Folder 24
Baer, Monroe -- Standard Oil Bias Case,
1972-1976
Carton 3, Folder 25
Bikel, Theodore [photo],
1969-1973,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 26
"Black Jews" Talk,
1969,
1977
Carton 3, Folder 27-28
Black/Jewish Relations,
1964-1979,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 30
Black Panther Party,
1969-1979,
n.d.
Carton 3, Folder 31
Black Problems,
1962-1973
Carton 4, Folder 1
Board of Education -- San Francisco (Quotas),
1971-1973
Carton 4, Folder 2
Board of Rabbis -- Northern California,
1973
Carton 4, Folder 3
"Breira" -- Informational Material,
1976
Carton 4, Folder 4
Brichah Weekend Teach-in,
1970-1971
Carton 4, Folder 5
Brookings Institution Report,
1977
Carton 4, Folder 6
Brooks, Joel -- Interview with,
1969
Carton 4, Folder 7
Bureau of Jewish Education,
1964
Carton 4, Folder 8
Catholic Seder,
1972,
1975
Carton 4, Folder 9
Channel 36 -- Spartan Dodge,
1972
Carton 4, Folder 10
Chapters -- Alameda County,
1962-1963,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 11
Chapters -- Contra Costa County,
1972
Carton 4, Folder 12
Chapters -- East Bay,
1968-1974,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 13
Chapters -- Marin County,
1972-1974,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 14
Chapters -- Peninsula,
1972-1973
Carton 4, Folder 15
Chapters -- San Francisco,
1974
Carton 4, Folder 16
Chapters -- San Jose,
1974-1975,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 17-18
Chapters -- Santa Clara Valley,
1961-1962,
1973-1975,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 21
Church and State (Schools),
1969-1970
Carton 4, Folder 22
City Officials and Agencies,
1973
Carton 4, Folder 23
Cohen, Julius -- AJC Los Angeles,
1968-1973
Carton 4, Folder 24
College Youth,
1967-1970,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 25
Committee for Israel,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 26
Committee on Israeli Affairs,
1972
Carton 4, Folder 27
Commission on Law and Social Action (CLSA) -- Affirmative Action,
1974-1978,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 28
(CLSA) -- Censorship,
1962-1963
Carton 4, Folder 29
(CLSA) -- Church-State,
1980,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 30
(CLSA) -- Constitutional Convention,
1981
Carton 4, Folder 31
(CLSA) -- Dinner Programs,
1963,
1970,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 32
(CLSA) -- Letters,
1970-1972
Carton 4, Folder 33
(CLSA) -- Programs [photos],
1970-1971
Carton 4, Folder 34
(CLSA) -- Public Schools,
1970-1971,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 35
Community Organization United for Progress (COUP),
1968
Carton 4, Folder 36-37
Conscientious Objectors, Draft, and Selective Service,
1968-1981,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 39
Council for Civic Unity,
1967
Carton 4, Folder 40-41
Crime -- AJC Materials/Programs/Clippings and Background,
1968-1977,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 43
De Funis Case -- Washington State,
1974-1976
Carton 4, Folder 44
Displaced Homemakers Act,
1975-1980
Carton 4, Folder 45
East Bay Commission on Jewish Affairs,
1962-1968
Carton 4, Folder 46
East Bay Foundation,
1970,
n.d.
Carton 4, Folder 47
Education -- School Integration,
1967-1968,
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 1
Education Committee,
1968-1969
Carton 5, Folder 3
Ethnic Studies,
1973,
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 4
Experience Reserve Bank (ERB) -- Proposal,
1969
Carton 5, Folder 5
(ERB) -- Articles of Incorporation,
1979
Carton 5, Folder 7
(ERB) -- Jack Brown,
1978
Carton 5, Folder 8
(ERB) -- Finances,
1972-1978
Carton 5, Folder 9
(ERB) -- Finances,
1979,
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 10-11
Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) -- Employment Agency Survey (SF and LA),
1962-1966,
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 12-13
Falasha -- AJC Materials/Clippings, etc.,
1976-1983,
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 15
Federal Programs (clippings),
1974
Carton 5, Folder 16
Film on Slave Trade,
1969
Carton 5, Folder 17
Film Projects,
1979,
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 18
Fine, Rabbi Alvin and Wise, Rabbi Steven Tribute at Temple Emanuel,
1963
Carton 5, Folder 20
Food Stamps Information ("Food Power"),
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 21
Friday Night Discussion Series,
1970-1971,
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 23
Generation Gap,
1969,
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 24
German Consulate -- Picketing (S.F.),
1965
Carton 5, Folder 25
Golden Gate University and Saudi Arabia,
1982-1983
Carton 5, Folder 26
Handgun Control,
1968-1975
Carton 5, Folder 27
Hastings School of Law (expansion conflict),
1977
Carton 5, Folder 28
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS),
1979
Carton 5, Folder 29
Hevra Group (Marin),
1973
Carton 5, Folder 30
Hewlett Packard -- Arab Boycott,
1976-1977
Carton 5, Folder 32
Hillel Academy (Jewish Guide to Bay Area),
1977
Carton 5, Folder 35
Humphrey-Hawkins Bill (Jobs),
1977
Carton 5, Folder 36
Institute of Historical Review ("Holocaust Debunkers"),
1981
Carton 5, Folder 38
International Cultural Exchange Foundation,
1974-1978,
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 39
International Hotel,
1969,
1974
Carton 5, Folder 40
International Singers [photo; record],
1979-1980
Carton 5, Folder 41
Israel Aliyah Center,
c. 1978
Carton 5, Folder 42
Israel Backgrounder and Clippings,
1969-1970
Carton 5, Folder 43
Israel Cultural and Social Events,
1969-1975,
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 44
Israel Hotline,
1980-1981
Carton 5, Folder 45
Israel Information -- Brochures,
1968-1970
Carton 5, Folder 46
Israel Information Guide Project -- "Where It's At",
1969-1971
Carton 5, Folder 47
Israel Speakers Training Program,
1970-1974
Carton 5, Folder 48-49
Israel, Study-In/War Clippings,
1970-1973,
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 50
Israeli Investment Club,
1970-1971
Carton 5, Folder 51
Israeli Policies,
1969-1970
Carton 5, Folder 52
Israeli Student Hospitality Program (Passover),
1971-1972
Carton 5, Folder 54
Jewish Defense League (JDL),
1970-1972
Carton 5, Folder 55-56
Jewish Diseases/Jewish Education (adult),
1973-1975,
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 57-58
Jewish Film Festival,
1972-1974,
1980
Carton 5, Folder 59
Jewish Free University,
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 60-61
Jewish Poor/Jewish Security,
1969-1974,
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 62
Jewish Studies on Campus,
1968,
1972
Carton 5, Folder 64
Jewish Welfare Federation (Anti),
1973
Carton 5, Folder 65
Jewish Yellow Pages,
1978
Carton 5, Folder 66
Jews For Jesus -- Moishe Rosen,
1970-1979,
n.d.
Carton 5, Folder 67
Jews in Latin America,
1958-1971,
n.d.
Carton 6, Folder 1
Jews in Other Lands (Arab),
1957-1978,
n.d.
Carton 6, Folder 2-3
Jews in Politics/Jews in Prison,
1972,
1974
Carton 6, Folder 4
John Birch Society,
1968-1969
Carton 6, Folder 5
Judaism and Peace,
1968-1970,
n.d.
Carton 6, Folder 6
"Justice" Bulletin,
1968-1974
Carton 6, Folder 12
Keneseth Israel (Temple) -- Vandalism,
1971
Carton 6, Folder 13
Key 73 Missionary Campaign,
1973
Carton 6, Folder 15
Lawyer Programs,
1968,
1973-1975
Carton 6, Folder 17
Lebanon,
1961,
1981-1983,
n.d.
Carton 6, Folder 18-20
Legal Assistance to the Elderly,
1975-1980,
n.d.
Carton 6, Folder 21
Legislators/Legislation,
1968-1971,
n.d.
Carton 6, Folder 22
Levin, Mike -- Media Project,
n.d.
Carton 6, Folder 23
Levine, Naomi -- National Director AJC [photo],
1974
Carton 6, Folder 25
Membership Telethon,
1977-1981
Carton 6, Folder 26
Merritt College -- Jewish/Ethnic Studies Conflict,
1976-1977
Carton 6, Folder 27
Middle East Commission,
1977-1978
Carton 6, Folder 28
Middle East Information,
1975-1977
Carton 6, Folder 29
Museum on Wheels,
1978-1982
Carton 6, Folder 30
Myers, Larry -- No. Ca. AJC President,
1972-1973
Carton 6, Folder 31
NAACP -- Legal Defense Fund,
1969
Carton 6, Folder 33
National Council of Christians and Jews (NCCJ),
1979,
n.d.
Carton 6, Folder 34
National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Committee (NJCRAC),
1983
Carton 6, Folder 35
Nazi Activity in San Francisco (Vincent Suit),
1977-1978
Carton 6, Folder 36
Network (Jewish Students),
1979
Carton 6, Folder 38
New Left,
1966-1968,
n.d.
Carton 6, Folder 39-40
Newspaper Articles and Clippings,
1959-1971
Carton 7, Folder 1-2
Newspaper Articles and Clippings,
1976-1983
Carton 7, Folder 4
"Nuclear" Speakers Bureau,
1982
Carton 7, Folder 7
Ozick, Cynthia (speaker),
1974-1975
Carton 7, Folder 8
Palestine,
1974,
1977,
n.d.
Carton 7, Folder 9
Passover Seder -- Co-Sponsored with Hillel,
1973-1978
Carton 7, Folder 10
Peoples Temple (Jim Jones),
1976-1977
Carton 7, Folder 11
Performers -- Committee Tree,
1979
Carton 7, Folder 14
Police Community Relations,
1963-1969
Carton 7, Folder 15
Polier, Shad -- Meetings,
1961
Carton 7, Folder 21-25
Program Materials,
1967-1979
Carton 7, Folder 26
Program Review,
1969-1970
Carton 7, Folder 28
Programs -- Black Jews/Brooks,
2/23/1979
Carton 7, Folder 29
Programs -- Iranian Jews/Wernick,
3/1/1979
Carton 7, Folder 30
Programs -- Lazarus -- US/Yona,
3/30/1979
Carton 7, Folder 31
Programs -- Jews/Arab Lands,
4/5/1979
Carton 7, Folder 32
Programs -- Peace Treaty/Marsh,
4/9/1979
Carton 7, Folder 33
Programs -- Falasha/Rapaport,
4/15/1979
Carton 7, Folder 34
Programs -- Greene, Sheldon,
1/8/1980
Carton 7, Folder 35
Programs -- Arab and Jews -- Confrontation of Co-Existence,
2/3/1980
Carton 7, Folder 36
Programs -- Night Fog,
2/5/1980
Carton 7, Folder 37
Programs -- Ida Nudel,
2/27/1980
Carton 7, Folder 38
Programs -- Jews of San Francisco Politics,
3/7/1980
Carton 7, Folder 39
Programs -- Syrian Jewry,
3/11/1980
Carton 7, Folder 40
Programs -- Nazis and the First Amendment/L. A. Greenfeld,
3/16/1980
Carton 7, Folder 41
Programs -- Medical Ethics,
4/11/1980
Carton 7, Folder 42
Programs -- Jews of China,
4/23/1980
Carton 7, Folder 43
Programs -- Myth of the Jewish Mother/Jacqueline Mintz,
5/16/1980
Carton 7, Folder 44
Programs -- Jews of Iran/Segaghtfar, Weinstein,
5/17/1980
Carton 7, Folder 45
Programs -- Egypt,
5/27/1980
Carton 7, Folder 46
Programs -- Soviet,
6/8/1980
Carton 7, Folder 47
Programs -- Boxer, Barbara,
6/20/1980
Carton 7, Folder 48
Programs -- Prophets/Perspective,
6/22/1980
Carton 7, Folder 49
Programs -- Judah Magnes,
7/13/1980
Carton 7, Folder 50
Programs -- Zionism,
7/31/1980
Carton 7, Folder 51
Programs -- Haas,
8/17/1980
Carton 7, Folder 52
Programs -- Lawyers Luncheon,
9/27/1980
Carton 7, Folder 53
Programs -- Concert,
9/29/1980
Carton 7, Folder 54
Programs -- Public Affairs Forum (PAF),
10/5/1980
Carton 7, Folder 55
Programs -- Delancy Street,
10/6/1980
Carton 7, Folder 56
Programs -- Torah Study,
10/10/1980
Carton 7, Folder 57
Programs -- Yiddish,
10/19/1980
Carton 7, Folder 58
Programs -- L'Chaim,
10/12/1980
Carton 7, Folder 59
Programs -- Angel Island,
11/2/1980
Carton 7, Folder 60
Programs -- Jewish Mysticism,
11/5/1980
Carton 7, Folder 61
Programs -- Dinner,
11/15/1980
Carton 7, Folder 62
Programs -- Blacks and Jews,
11/30/1980
Carton 7, Folder 63
Programs -- Latin - Argentina,
12/5/1980
Carton 7, Folder 64
Proposition 13,
1979,
n.d.
Carton 7, Folder 66
Regional Directors -- National Jewish Organizations,
1960-1965
Carton 7, Folder 67
Religion in Schools,
1954-1969,
n.d.
Carton 7, Folder 68
San Francisco -- City Hall (Mayor, Supervisors),
1969-1970
Carton 7, Folder 69
San Francisco -- Office of the Mayor,
1972-1974
Carton 7, Folder 70
San Francisco Coalition for Public Education,
1983
Carton 7, Folder 71
San Francisco Hevra,
1973-1974,
n.d.
Carton 8, Folder 1
San Francisco Human Rights Commission,
1972
Carton 8, Folder 2
"San Francisco re: Israel",
1969
Carton 8, Folder 3
San Francisco Renaissance - Employment and Economic Development,
1982-1983
Carton 8, Folder 4
San Francisco State -- Teacher Education Project Undergraduate Program (STEP-UP),
c. 1969
Carton 8, Folder 5
School Discrimination,
1964,
1970,
n.d.
Carton 8, Folder 6
Senate Bill 50 -- Full Employment,
1976
Carton 8, Folder 7
Senior Citizen Survey,
1974-1975
Carton 8, Folder 8-9
Singles Group -- Membership Lists/Forms/Programs,
1975-1976,
n.d.
Carton 8, Folder 12
Soviet Jews -- Letter Writing Campaigns,
1975-1977,
n.d.
Carton 8, Folder 13
Soviet Jews -- Memo for Edwin Meese III,
1980-1981
Carton 8, Folder 14-15
Soviet Jews -- Passover Event/Benefit Run,
1982-1983
Carton 8, Folder 17
St. Vincent de Paul -- Rosalie House,
1983
Carton 8, Folder 19
State and City Legislation,
1969-1972
Carton 8, Folder 20
State Anti-Discrimination Laws,
1962-1964
Carton 8, Folder 21
Sunday Closing Laws,
1961-1963,
n.d.
Carton 8, Folder 23
Television and Violence,
n.d.
Carton 8, Folder 24
Television Script and Production -- S. F. Jews 1880-1940,
c. 1977
Carton 8, Folder 26
Travel Guide -- American Jewish Congress,
1969,
1974,
1985
Carton 8, Folder 30
United Nations Conferences,
1981,
n.d.
Carton 8, Folder 31
UNESCO -- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,
1993-1994
Carton 8, Folder 34-35
Women's Division,
1965-1975,
n.d.
Carton 8, Folder 36
Women's Division Conferences,
1976-1976,
n.d.
Carton 8, Folder 37
Women's Rights,
1972-1975,
n.d.
Carton 8, Folder 38
Women's Rights - ERA,
1977-1978
Carton 8, Folder 39
Young Adult Group - Events,
1968-1978,
n.d.
Carton 8, Folder 41
Miscellaneous,
1972,
n.d.
Carton 8, Folder 42
Miscellaneous Publications,
1948-1981,
n.d.
Series 5
Correspondence.
1960-1983
Physical Description:
Cartons 9-10 and Box 1
Scope and Content Note
This series contains both incoming and outgoing correspondence. Correspondence includes letters and memos sent between the
local and national offices, members, board members, officers, and others. Topics covered include internal structural matters,
event planning, controversies, public relations, budget, staffing and more. Most of the correspondence relates to Joel Brooks'
tenure as Director, but there are a few files with correspondence between Ephraim Margolin and the National office (1960-1962),
and concerning a Seattle law case (1960-1962). There is no extant correspondence from 1963 to 1968 and only a scattered correspondence
from 1969 to March of 1972. Between 1972 and 1978 correspondence was divided into National or New York Correspondence and
Local Correspondence. There is a single correspondence run from 1979 and 1980, and starting in 1981 a separate file was kept
labeled Memoranda. Subject matter crosses over these categories and both should be examined when trying to track specific
subjects. Other correspondence can be found in various subject folders.
Carton 9, Folder 1-3
Correspondence -- New York,
Mar. 1960-Feb. 1962
Carton 9, Folder 4
Correspondence -- Seattle,
Jul. 1960-Aug. 1962
Carton 9, Folder 5
Correspondence -- Scattered,
1969-1971
Carton 9, Folder 6-8
Correspondence -- New York,
1972-1974
Carton 9, Folder 9
Correspondence -- Local,
Oct.-Dec. 1974
Carton 9, Folder 10
Correspondence -- New York,
1975
Carton 9, Folder 11
Correspondence -- Local,
Jan.-Jun. 1975
Carton 9, Folder 12
Correspondence -- Local [photo],
Jul.-Dec. 1975
Carton 9, Folder 13
Correspondence -- New York,
1976
Carton 9, Folder 14
Correspondence - Local,
Mar., Sept.-Dec. 1976
Carton 9, Folder 15
Correspondence -- New York,
1977
Carton 9, Folder 16-17
Correspondence - Local,
1977
Carton 9, Folder 18
Correspondence -- National,
1978
Carton 9, Folder 19-21
Correspondence,
1978-1979
Carton 10, Folder 1-12
Correspondence,
1979-1981
Carton 10, Folder 13
Correspondence -- Memoranda,
1981
Box 1, Folder 3-6
Correspondence -- Memoranda,
1982
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence -- Board of Governors /Joel Brook,
1969-1972
Box 1, Folder 9
Correspondence -- Form Letters,
1969,
1972,
n.d.
