Finding Aid to the Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay records
Finding Aid written by Lara Michels and Presley Hubschmitt
The Bancroft Library
© 2011
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay records
Creator:
Jewish Federation of the East Bay (Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2010/739
Physical Description:
34.7 linear feet
(24 cartons, 4 boxes, 7 oversize boxes, and 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1867-2003
Date (bulk): 1867-1999
Abstract: The collection consists of the records of the Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay and its predecessor organizations.
Included are administrative records, records of Special Projects, records of the various divisions of the Federation, and
photographs.
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.
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
The collection is open for research with the exception of Cartons 22-24, which are restricted until 2057 due to privacy concerns.
Curatorial permission required for use of cartons 22-24.
Accruals
No future additions are expected.
Acquisition Information
The Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay records were transferred to The Bancroft Library by the Judah L. Magnes Museum
in 2010.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Biographical Information
The Oakland Jewish Relief Federation was founded in 1918 in an attempt to centralize Jewish relief work in the East Bay. The
organization later became the Jewish Welfare Federation (JWF) of Alameda County, the Jewish Welfare Federation of Alameda
and Contra Costa Counties, and finally the Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay.
The roots of the JWF go back to the East Bay's first Jewish relief effort, the Oakland Hebrew Benevolent Society, founded
in 1862. In 1879, the Hebrew Benevolent Society merged with Oakland's first synagogue, the First Hebrew Congregation. In the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, relief to needy Jews in the East Bay was primarily offered by the Daughters
of Israel Relief Society, a group composed mainly of the wives of prominent First Hebrew Congregation members. In 1912, the
growing needs of the immigrant Jewish community prompted the Daughters of Israel to establish the Fruit and Flower Mission
to visit the sick and bring food baskets to the poor. These early relief efforts were relatively small in scope and had small
annual budgets. Funds were raised from local balls, fairs and rummage sales. The Daughters of Israel destroyed its old records
in order to avoid embarrassing Oakland families who had sought relief.
Other early Jewish relief organizations in the East Bay included the Free Loan Society, founded in 1900 to provide loans to
immigrant Jews, and the Chevra Kadisha, established in 1883 to arrange free burials for indigent Jews.
As early as the turn of the twentieth century and especially after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, some Oakland Jews wondered
about the ability of these small relief efforts to deal with the increasingly complex social welfare programs created by an
influx of homeless Jews from the devastated city across the bay as well as immigrants from Eastern Europe. After World War
I, leaders in the community decided to bring relief efforts under the central control of a professionally-run organization,
the Jewish Welfare Federation. Its first meeting was held in April of 1919 at Temple Sinai (the recently constructed building
of the First Hebrew Congregation). The first president of the Federation was Frederick Kahn, a prominent Oakland clothier.
The Daughters of Israel and the Fruit and Flower Mission continued to provide their services, but now did so as divisions
or constituent agencies of the Federation. These agencies were compelled to provide the Federation with regular reports, financial
statements, and budget requests.
The establishment of the JWF in Oakland was part of a national trend to rationalize and centralize Jewish relief work in the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The earliest Federations were founded in Boston (1895) and Cleveland (1896).
By 1945, more than 90% of Jewish communities had federations organizing social welfare work. Today, there are more than 200
federations across the United States.
In the early 1920s, funds for the JWF were provided by the Oakland Community Chest and donations from local families. The
federation redistributed these funds to its divisions or constituent agencies, including a new Oakland Jewish Community Center
(1924). Each division received about one-fifth of its annual budget from the JWF. Funds also went to national Jewish organizations,
such as the Denver hospital for TB patients.
By the mid-1920s, however, restrictions on fund usage by the Oakland Community Chest and the proliferation of separate appeals
for funds by individual Jewish organizations, prompted the federation to create on of the first Jewish Welfare Funds in the
country. The Jewish Welfare Fund Board, established in 1926, was a constituent agency of the federation and charged with fundraising
for local, national, and international Jewish social welfare needs. Starting in 1926, annual campaigns raised funds for the
federation's own agencies, as well as for the Jewish National Welfare Fund and eventually for the United Jewish Appeal (founded
in 1939), an organization dedicated to providing relief for increasingly beleaguered Jews overseas.
By the 1930s, the JWF was dealing with a new influx of European refugees, who were fleeing the increasingly hostile environment
produced by Hitler's rise to power. To better provide help to these new families in finding jobs and homes, the federation
created the Family Welfare Committee, a successor to the Daughters of Israel. In response to the threat of increasingly anti-semitism
at home, the federation established the Jewish Community Relations Council to mediate relations between East Bay Jews and
the non-Jewish community.
After World War II, the federation's fundraising efforts kicked into high gear in an effort to provide relief for Jewish refugees
in Europe and Palestine. Jewish fundraising reached new heights and the United Jewish Appeal became the preeminent Jewish
organization in the country. More locally, the JWF entered into a period of new building in the early 1950s with the opening
of the Home for Jewish Parents (1951) and plans for a new Jewish Community Center facility (which would open in 1958). In
1952, a new Jewish Family Service assumed the duties of the Family Welfare Committee in order to provide professional services
to refugees in need of resettlement.
The 1960s witnessed the expansion of JWF services to the burgeoning suburbs in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Jewish Family
Service opened offices in Walnut Creek and Hayward in 1964 and 1965 respectively. By 1975, the JWF had located and purchased
a facility for a new Contra Costa Jewish Community Center.
In the 1980s, the JWF of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties was renamed the Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay. In 1996,
the Jewish Family and Children's Service (formerly Jewish Family Service) severed its links to the Jewish Federation and became
a separately functioning entity dedicated to providing counseling, senior services and refugee resettlement.
| 1918 |
Founding of Jewish Welfare Federation |
| 1923 |
Oakland Talmud Torah |
| 1924 |
Oakland Jewish Community Center established |
| 1926 |
First Jewish Welfare Fund annual campaign |
| 1927 |
Berkeley joins JWF |
| 1928 |
Daughters of Israel becomes the Family Welfare Committee |
| 1938 |
Jewish Community Relations Council founded to address increasingly pressing issues of anti-semitism |
| 1939 |
United Jewish Appeal formed in response to Kristallnacht pogrom in Nazi Germany |
| 1950 |
Volunteer Women's Service Board established |
| 1951 |
Home for Jewish Parents opens |
| |
Berkeley Jewish Community Center opens |
| 1952 |
Jewish Family Service takes over for work of Family Welfare Committee to address issues of refugee resettlement after World
War II
|
| |
Jewish Education Council established |
| 1958 |
New Oakland Jewish Community Center facility opens |
| 1961 |
Study Missions to Israel begin |
| 1964 |
Jewish Family Service opens an office in Walnut Creek |
| 1965 |
Jewish Family Service opens an office in Hayward |
| 1968 |
Home for Jewish Parents expanded |
| 1975 |
Facility acquired for Contra Costa Jewish Community Center |
| 1996 |
Jewish Family and Children's Service breaks from federation and becomes its own entity staffed by professional social workers
and counselors
|
| 1918 |
Founding of Jewish Welfare Federation |
| 1923 |
Oakland Talmud Torah |
| 1924 |
Oakland Jewish Community Center established |
| 1926 |
First Jewish Welfare Fund annual campaign |
| 1927 |
Berkeley joins JWF |
| 1928 |
Daughters of Israel becomes the Family Welfare Committee |
| 1938 |
Jewish Community Relations Council founded to address increasingly pressing issues of anti-semitism |
| 1939 |
United Jewish Appeal formed in response to Kristallnacht pogrom in Nazi Germany |
| 1950 |
Volunteer Women's Service Board established |
| 1951 |
Home for Jewish Parents opens |
| |
Berkeley Jewish Community Center opens |
| 1952 |
Jewish Family Service takes over for work of Family Welfare Committee to address issues of refugee resettlement after World
War II
|
| |
Jewish Education Council established |
| 1958 |
New Oakland Jewish Community Center facility opens |
| 1961 |
Study Missions to Israel begin |
| 1964 |
Jewish Family Service opens an office in Walnut Creek |
| 1965 |
Jewish Family Service opens an office in Hayward |
| 1968 |
Home for Jewish Parents expanded |
| 1975 |
Facility acquired for Contra Costa Jewish Community Center |
| 1996 |
Jewish Family and Children's Service breaks from federation and becomes its own entity staffed by professional social workers
and counselors
|
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay records, BANC MSS 2010/739, The Magnes Collection of Jewish
Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Processing Information
Processed by Lara Michels in 2011. Additional processing by Presley Hubschmitt in 2024 to integrate the refugee case files
into the collection. These case files were discovered in 2023 during the course of processing the Oakland-Piedmont Jewish
Community Center records. Archivists determined that the case files belonged in the Jewish Welfare Federation of the Greater
East Bay records.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of the records of the Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay and its predecessor organizations.
Included are administrative records, records of Special Projects, records of the various divisions of the Federation, and
photographs. Among the administrative records are historical materials on the Federation, including an 1881 history of the
Oakland Hebrew Benevolent Society; by-laws; files on anniversary celebrations; president and executive director speeches and
reports; president and executive director correspondence; annual reports from 1927 to 1994; and minutes and proceedings of
Federation meetings from 1925 to 1982. Special Projects documented in the collection include the following: the Jewish Population
Census, Project Renewal, the Americanism Commission, Operation Exodus, the Judah L. Magnes Museum, and the Federation's response
to the Oakland Firestorm of 1991. Federation divisions represented in the collection include: the Jewish Welfare Fund; the
Oakland Jewish Community Center; the Jewish Community Relations Council; the Jewish Education Council; the Women's Division;
the East Bay Armed Forces Committee; the Rummage Shop; Area Councils; the Jewish Family Service; the Jewish Observer; the
Home for Jewish Parents, and the Endowment Foundation. The records of the Jewish Observer include copies of the Jewish Observer
and its predecessor newspapers dating back to 1922 but mostly from the 1940s through the early 1980s. The records of the Jewish
Welfare Fund concist mostly of yearly campaign files. These may include donation information as well as other campaign ephemera
and publicity material (with particulalry interesting files from the years during and just preceding World War II). The records
of the Jewish Family Service include a history of the division and some materials from its predecessor bodies, the Family
Welfare Committee and the Daughters of Israel Relief Committee and Fruit and Flower Mission. Includes case files of Jewish
refugees from Europe and Russia. The photographs in the collection consist mostly of images of individuals, annual meetings,
and events from circa 1960-1980. There are, however, some early (circa 1920) photographs the the Federation building. There
are also photographs and a photo album of activities and events at the Oakland Jewish Community Center from 1924 through 1942.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Jewish Federation of the East Bay (Calif.)--Archives
Jewish Community Relations Council (San Francisco, Calif.)
Jewish Education Council (San Francisco, Calif.)
Oakland Hebrew Benevolent Society (Oakland, Calif.)
United Jewish Appeal
Jewish Welfare Federation of Oakland
Oakland Jewish Relief Federation
Jewish Welfare Federation of Alameda County
Jewish Welfare Federation of Alameda and Contra Costra Counties
Jewish Welfare Federation of the Greater East Bay
Western Jewish History Center. 003
Judah L. Magnes Museum. WJHC 1967.011
Bancroft Library. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Fund raising--California
Jews--California--East Bay
Jews--California--Oakland
Jews--California--Oakland--Charities
Jews--California--Oakland--Social life and customss
Jews--Education--California
Jewish community centers--California--East Bay
Jewish refugees--Europe
World War, 1939-1945--California
Alameda County (Calif.)--Social life and customs
Contra Costa County (Calif.)--Social life and customs
Oakland (Calif.)--History
Photographs
Administrative records--California
Financial records--California
Series 1:
Administrative,
1881-1999
carton 1, folder 1
History of the Oakland Hebrew Benevolent Society,
1881
carton 1, folder 2-3
East Bay Federation history,
circa 1926-1968
carton 1, folder 5
Bylaws and amendments,
1945
1951
1978
carton 1, folder 7
Anniversary Celebrations,
1958
1968
carton 1, folder 8
Proclamations, certificates, and awards,
circa 1955-1974
oversize_box 5
Proclamations, certificates, and awards,
1955-1974
oversize_box 1, folder 3
Oversize proclamations, certificates, and awards,
1925-1974
oversize_box 7
Oversize proclamations, certificates, and awards,
1925-1974
carton 1, folder 9
Council of Jewish Federations,
1971-1977
carton 1, folder 10
Literature from other Federations,
circa 1970
carton 1, folder 11
Congregational newsletters,
1973-1978
carton 1, folder 12
President and Executive Director speeches and reports,
1927-1932
circa 1940
carton 1, folder 13
President and Executive Director correspondence,
1920-1970
carton 1, folder 14-15
President and Executive Director correspondence,
1960-1972
carton 1, folder 16
Harry Sapper's death,
1965
carton 1, folder 17-28
Ami Nashon chronilogical file,
1993-1996
carton 1, folder 29-35
Annual meeting reports,
1927-1933
carton 2, folder 1-21
Annual meeting reports,
1934-1955
carton 2, folder 22-23
Annual reports (scattered),
1931
1955-1988
carton 2, folder 24
Annual reports,
1989-1994
carton 2, folder 25
Annual meeting agendas and programs (scattered),
1927-1982
carton 2, folder 26-31
Minutes and proceedings,
1925-1932
carton 11
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1936-1943
carton 11
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1943-1946
carton 3, folder 1-22
Minutes and proceedings,
1932-1948
carton 11
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1947-1949
carton 11
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1950-1951
carton 12
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1952
carton 12
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1953
carton 12
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1954
carton 12
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1955
carton 13
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1956
carton 13
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1957
carton 13
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1958
carton 3, folder 23
Minutes and proceedings,
1959
carton 3, folder 24-26
Minutes and proceedings,
1961-1970
carton 19
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1964
carton 19
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1965
carton 19
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1966
carton 19
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1967
carton 19
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1968
box 3
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1969-1970
carton 14
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1970-1971
carton 14
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1971-1972
carton 14
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1972-1973
carton 14
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1973-1974
carton 15
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1974-1975
carton 15
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1975-1976
carton 15
Minutes and proceedings (bound),
1976-1977
carton 3, folder 27
Minutes and proceedings,
1977
carton 3, folder 28
Minutes and proceedings,
1976-1981
carton 4, folder 1-3
Minutes and proceedings,
1976-1981
carton 4, folder 4-7
Minutes and proceedings,
1982-1986
carton 4, folder 8
Minutes and proceedings,
1983-1984
1986-1987
carton 4, folder 9-13
Executive Committee meeting minutes,
1960-1986
carton 4, folder 14
Press releases,
1967-1968
carton 4, folder 15-18
Brochures, flyers, publicity,
circa 1950-1999
carton 4, folder 19-21
Cards and invitations,
circa 1980-1999
carton 4, folder 22-24
Clippings,
circa 1980-1999
oversize_box 5, folder 1-2
Scrapbooks for Exhibit at national conference of Welfare Federations,
1957-1958
Series 2:
Special Projects,
1950-1996
carton 4, folder 25-26
Jewish Population Census,
circa 1950-1970
carton 5, folder 1-5
Jewish Population Census,
circa 1950-1970
carton 5, folder 6
Survey of Temple Non-Members,
1957
carton 5, folder 7
Federation Study Committee,
1973
carton 5, folder 8-13
Project Renewal,
1983-1984
carton 5, folder 14
Americanism Commission,
1950
carton 5, folder 17
Federation University,
circa 1993
carton 5, folder 21
Loma Prieta earthquake,
1989
carton 5, folder 22-24
Judah L. Magnes Museum,
circa 1968-1972
carton 5, folder 26-32
East Bay Firestorm,
1991-1992
carton 6, folder 1-15
East Bay Firestorm,
1991-1992
carton 6, folder 1-15
East Bay Firestorm,
1991-1992
Series 3:
Federation Divisions,
1922-1995
Subseries 3.1.
Jewish Welfare Fund,
1924-1995
Physical Description:
0 needs updating
0 needs updating; Carton 6, Folders 16-23; Carton 7; Carton 8, Folders 1-22; Oversize Box 5, Folder 4
carton 6, folder 16-23
Campaign files,
1924-1940
oversize_folder 1B
Oakland Jewish Welfare Fund campaign poster,
1928
carton 7, folder 1-19
Campaign files,
1941-1950
carton 8, folder 1-18
Campaign files,
1950-1973
carton 8, folder 19
Campaign files,
1978-1979
oversize_box 5, folder 4
United Jewish Appeal Yearbook,
1965
oversize_folder 1B
Oversize Jewish Welfare Fund campaign ephemera,
circa 1957-1997
Subseries 3.2.
Jewish Community Center (Oakland, Calif.),
1924-1978
carton 9, folder 2
Brochures, flyers, invitations,
1924-1967
carton 9, folder 5
The Center Bulletin (newsletter),
1924-1927
carton 9, folder 6
Special Issue of the East Bay Observer on the JCC,
1970
carton 9, folder 7-14
Building Committee files,
1951-1958
oversize_folder 1B
Oakland JCC poster for USO-Jewish Welfare Board activities,
1943
oversize_folder 1B
Oakland JCC publication of center activities and events,
May 1948
Subseries 3.3.
Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC),
1950-1978
carton 10, folder 5
Administrative,
1956-1973
carton 10, folder 7
Research File: Hadassah,
circa 1965-1970
carton 10, folder 8
Research File: Joint Distribution Committee,
1971-1972
carton 10, folder 9
Research File: World Zionist Organization,
1974-1975
carton 10, folder 10
Research File: Israel and Zionism,
1971-1978
carton 10, folder 11
Research File: Soviet Jewry,
circa 1972-1978
carton 10, folder 12
Research File: Encyclopedia Judaica,
1974
carton 10, folder 13
Research File: American Nazis,
1977
carton 10, folder 14
Research File: DeFunis Case,
1974
carton 10, folder 15
Research File: History of American Jews,
1964-1976
carton 10, folder 16
Research File: Yom Kippur War,
1973
carton 10, folder 17
Research File: Tay Sachs,
1974
carton 10, folder 18
Research File: Miscellaneous,
1973-1975
Subseries 3.4.
Jewish Education Council (JEC),
1954-1980
carton 10, folder 21
Administrative,
1954-1980
carton 10, folder 22
Flyers, programs, brochures,
1934-1975
carton 10, folder 23
Seder for Soviet Jewry,
1968-1969
Subseries 3.5.
Women's Division,
1948-1990
carton 10, folder 24
Administrative,
1970-1973
carton 10, folder 28
Brochures, pamphlets, and programs,
circa 1952-1990
carton 10, folder 29
Awards and certificates,
1953
carton 10, folder 30-32
Volunteer Women's Service Board,
1948-1956
Subseries 3.6.
East Bay Armed Forces Committee,
1952-1956
carton 10, folder 33
Administrative records,
1952-1954
carton 10, folder 34
Administrative records,
1954-1956
Subseries 3.7.
Rummage Shop,
1950-1952
carton 10, folder 35
Administrative records,
1950-1951
carton 10, folder 36
Administrative records,
1952
Subseries 3.8.
Area Councils,
1964-1984
carton 10, folder 37-39
Berkeley/Richmond Area Council,
1978-1984
carton 10, folder 40
Southern Alameda Area Council,
1976-1977
carton 10, folder 41-42
Contra Costa Area Council,
1964-1977
Subseries 3.9.
Jewish Family Service,
1928-1978
carton 16, folder 1
Daughters of Israel Relief Committee and Fruit and Flower Mission (Joint Committee) meeting minutes and financial statements
(disbursements),
1928-1929
carton 16, folder 2-3
Family Welfare Committee general meeting minutes, disbursements, and Case Committee minutes,
1929-1933
carton 16, folder 4-5
Social Service Board policies and procedures manual,
1950
carton 16, folder 6-7
Social Service Board: A Course in Social Work for Volunteers,
circa 1933
carton 16, folder 8
Jewish Family Service history,
circa 1955
carton 16, folder 9-10
Jewish Family Service Board meeting minutes and proceedings,
1964-1978
Subseries 3.10.
Jewish Observer (and predecessors),
1922-1982
carton 16, folder 11-12
Oakland Community Bulletin Board meeting minutes and proceedings,
1937-1950
carton 16, folder 13-17
Correspondence,
1955-1978
carton 16, folder 18
Subscription solicitations,
1976-1977
carton 16, folder 19
Jewish Observer committee,
1974-1978
carton 16, folder 20
Financial records,
1972-1978
carton 16, folder 21-22
American Jewish Press Association,
1968-1978
carton 16, folder 24
Other Jewish publications,
1972
carton 16, folder 25
Scattered copies of the Welfare Federation News and the Oakland Community Bulletin,
1922
1938
1940-1941
1946
oversize_box 1, folder 1
Welfare Federation News (loose newspapers),
1948-1951
oversize_box 1, folder 2
California Jewish Record (loose newspapers),
January 1952-December 1961
oversize_box 2, folder 1
California Jewish Record (loose newspapers),
January 1962-March 1967
oversize_box 2, folder 2
California Jewish Record (loose newspapers),
March 1967-December 1969
oversize_box 3
Jewish Observer of the East Bay (loose newspapers),
January 1970-February 1978
oversize_box 4
East Bay Jewish Observer (loose newspapers),
March 1978-July 1982
Subseries 3.11.
Home for Jewish Parents,
1950-1978
carton 16, folder 29-30
Committee on Services for the Aging,
1969
carton 17, folder 1
Information packet,
circa 1965
carton 17, folder 2-3
Council for Aged Care,
1950-1951
carton 17, folder 4-6
Administrative files,
1968-1976
carton 17, folder 4-6
Administrative files,
1968-1976
carton 17, folder 7
Financial records,
1950-1951
carton 17, folder 8
Flyers and programs,
circa 1977
Endowment Foundatio, Subseries 3.12.
1993
carton 17, folder 10
Endowment Foundation packet,
1993
Series 3.
Photographs,
circa 1910-1980
Physical Description:
0 needs updating
0 needs updating; Carton 17, Folders 11-30; Carton 18; Boxes 1-2; Oversize Box 6
carton 17, folder 11
Early building photos,
circa 1920
carton 17, folder 12
Federation Directors and Presidents,
1918-1965
carton 17, folder 13
Individuals A-K,
circa 1940-1970
carton 17, folder 14
Individuals L-Z,
circa 1940-1970
carton 17, folder 15-17
Annual Meetings,
1970-1976
oversize_folder 1B
Oversize photographs of Federation banquets,
circa 1940-1950
carton 17, folder 18-23
Israel Study Mission,
1969-1979
carton 17, folder 24-27
Joint Distribution Committee photographs,
circa 1960-1970
carton 18, folder 1
Israel anniversaries,
1973-1976
carton 18, folder 2
Maalot Memorial Rally,
1974
carton 18, folder 3
Minert Road office,
circa 1970
carton 18, folder 4
Tay Sachs Education,
circa 1970
carton 18, folder 5
B'nai B'rith at White House,
1976
carton 18, folder 6
Fortieth Anniversary Dinner,
1958
carton 18, folder 7-10
Oakland Jewish Community Center,
circa 1924-1978
oversize_box 6
Oakland Jewish Community Center photo album,
circa 1930-1942
carton 18, folder 11
Contra Costa Jewish Community Center,
circa 1976-1985
carton 18, folder 12
Jewish Welfare Annual Campaig,
circa 1930-1940
carton 18, folder 13-41
Jewish Welfare Annual Campaig,
1961-1977
carton 18, folder 42
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds Campaig,
1958
carton 18, folder 43
Women's Divisio,
1947-1948
carton 18, folder 44-46
Women's Divisio,
1968-1971
box 1, folder 1-11
Women's Divisio,
1972-1978
box 1, folder 12-13
Home for Jewish Parent,
circa 1950-1975
box 2, folder 1
Satellite home,
circa 1965-1975
box 2, folder 2-3
Jewish Education Counci,
circa 1955-1978
box 2, folder 4
Jewish Community Relations Counci,
circa 1960-1978
box 2, folder 5
Jewish Family Servic,
circa 1960
box 2, folder 6
Endowment Fun,
circa 1974
box 2, folder 6
Endowment Fun,
circa 1974
box 2, folder 7
Judah L. Magnes Museu,
circa 1974
box 2, folder 8-11
Miscellaneou,
circa 1950-1978
Series 4.
Refugee Case Files,
1939-1985
Carton 20-21 and Box 4 are open for research. Cartons 22-24 are restricted until 2057 due to privacy concerns.
carton 20
Refugee case file,
1940-1950
box 4
Refugee case file,
1940-1950
carton 21
Refugee case file,
1944-1965
carton 22
Refugee case file,
1980-1985
Scope and Contents
Mostly refugees from the Soviet Union.
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted until 2057 due to privacy concerns. Curatorial permission required for use.
carton 23
Refugee case file,
1980-1985
Scope and Contents
Mostly refugees from the Soviet Union.
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted until 2057 due to privacy concerns. Curatorial permission required for use.
carton 24
Refugee and immigration program financial material,
1981-1985
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted until 2057 due to privacy concerns. Curatorial permission required for use.
Scope and Contents
Mostly refugees from the Soviet Union.
