Chevry Lomday Mishnayes (1918 - 1983 merger with Teferes Israel)

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Collection Inventory: Series I: Chevry Lomday Mishnayes Records & Manuscripts

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Repository: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford
Title: Chevry Lomday Mishnayes (1918 - 1983 merger with Teferes Israel)
ID: Synagogue.0011.002.008c
Date [inclusive]: 1918-1983
Extent: 0.5 Cubic feet
Language: English
Biographical/Historical: Biographical/Historical note Congregation Chevry Lomday Mishnayes was founded in 1918 by a group of Eastern European and Russian immigrants under the name of "Chevre Mishnayos of Hartford" (roughly translated as Fellowship of the Mishnah). For the first seven years the congregation had no permanent home. In 1925, the congregants built their first shul at 150 Bedford Street. In 1934, the synagogue re-incorporated under the name "Congregation Chevry Lomday Mishnayes" (roughly translated as Fellow Students of the Mishnah). In response to the mass movement of the Jewish population to the northwest part of Hartford and to West Hartford, Chevry Lomday Mishnayes purchased the former Young Israel shul at 191 Westbourne Parkway in 1964. By 1983, attendance declined and the congregation merged with Teferes Israel.
Scope and Contents: Scope and Contents note This collection contains important information on the turning points and general nature of the congregation, but less information about activities.

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Publication Information: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

333 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT, 06117
860-727-6171
ekafer@jewishhartford.org

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Series I: Chevry Lomday Mishnayes Records & Manuscripts
Board of Directors/Activities Scope and Contents This folder contains several original letters of correspondence from Chevry Lomday Mishnayes board directors concerning financial matters and other business matters related to the synagogue. Dates 1960-1968 Location Note Letters of correspondence
Board of Directors/Members Scope and Contents This folder contains original correspondence pertaining to the election of Isadore Gershman to the Chevry Lomday Mishnayes Board of Directors. Dates 1963-1967 Location Note Letters of correspondence, photocopy newspaper articles
Buildings/150 Bedford Street Scope and Contents This folder contains the original purchasing agreement for the Chevry Lomday Mishnayes property on Bedford Street with member signatures, dated 1926. Also, 1963 letters of correspondence created by board director secretary Harry Cooper. Dates 1926, 1963 Location Note Original deed of purchase, letters of correspodence
Buildings/191 Westbourne Parkway Dates 1964-1965 Location Note Original deed agreement, dedication programs, newspaper articles
Buildings/Locations under Consideration Scope and Contents This folder contains letters created by Harry Cooper to Hartford mayor. Dates 1956-1958 Location Note letters of correspondence
Cemetery and Burial/Cemetery Administration
Cemetery and Burial/Cemetery Deeds of Congregation Members, 1950s & 1960s Dates 1950s-1960s
Cemetery and Burial/Cemetery Invoices and Deeds -- Blank Copies
Cemetery and Burial/Purchase of Land, Garden Street, 1966
Constitution and By-Laws
Financial Information/Insurance
Financial Information/Tax Exemption Forms, 1960s Dates 1960s
Fundraising and Donations
Historical Highlights
Incorporation Papers, 1918, 1934 Dates 1918, 1934
Members and Membership, 1950s & 1960s
Merger with Teferes Israel
Miscellaneous
Music, Choir, Cantorial Programs/Weinberg, Hyman
Newsletters, 1950s to 1970s Dates 1950s-1970s
Rabbis/Zywica, Meyer F.
Ritual Matters and Shabbat Events
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Chevry Lomday Mishnayes (1918 - 1983 merger with Teferes Israel)

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