Administrative/Active Aged Client List, 1968-1969 & 1974

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Administrative/Active Aged Client List, 1968-1969 & 1974

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Administrative/Active Aged Client List, 1968-1969 & 1974 Names and addresses of residents active with Jewish Counseling and Service Agency

Administrative/Agencies/Bureau of Service to the Foreign Born - Immigration Documents, 1949-1951 NOTE - RESTRICTED MATERIALS, INDEFINITELY Immigration hearing documents from Helen Gottleib's files (Representative of Bureau of Service to the Foreign Born)

Administrative/Agencies/Bureau of Service to the Foreign Born, 1957 Includes a few photograph research requests to Jewish News

Administrative/Agencies/Guild for Jewish Children, 1957-1980 Lists of board officers; Letters about Guild discontinuing funding to JCSA (10/77); and Letters of appreciation for gifts

Administrative/Agencies/Hebrew Benevolent and Orphans Asylum Society/Annual Reports, 1887-1911 Includes bound volume covering information on: Relief Committee, Finance Committee, Dedication Committee, financial statistics, institutional reports, Orphan Committee, membership dues, medical conditions, statistics, Hebrew Ladies' Sewing Circle, Hebrew Ladies Orphan Aid Society, Hebrew Ladies Immediate Relief Society, "Charity Whists", drawing and picture of building, Hebrew Free BurIal Society, United Hebrew Charities, Memorial Reserve Fund, Chesed Schel Emes Institution, administrative matters, activities, Howard Savings Institution, German Savings Bank, West Side Trust Company, Federal Trust Company, Jewish Sisterhood of Newark, NJ; medical staff, Rabbi Solomon Foster, Louis Bamberger, Louis Plaut, Emanuel Abeles, Reuben Trier,Abraham Rothschild, Dr. Joseph Kussy, Moses Straus, Solomon De Jonge, religious instruction, educational efforts discussed; also, pictures of: children in synagogue, baseball team, drum and fife corps and calisthenics; effects noted of Child Labor Law, annual Kaffee Klatch, memoria, pictures of Simon Scheuer, Moses Strausand, Bernard Strauss; Female Charitable Society, Work Room Committee, Denver Jewish National Hospital for Consumptives (tuberculosis), Golden Jubilee Celebration of H.B.O.A., pensioners, speeches by Governor-elect Dr. Woodrow Wilson, Hon. Edward Lauterbach and Mayor Jacob Haussling

Administrative/Agencies/Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan's Asylum Society/Souvenir Journal, 1926 Includes historical information, various institutional pictures, Women's Auxiliary, Board members, staff and officers listed, and listing of life insurance policies dedicated to the Society.

Administrative/Agencies/Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society/Minutes, 1939-1958 These records are the Board of Trustee minutes from the “Hebrew Benevolent Orphan Home" (changed name from "Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan's Asylum Society")

Administrative/Agencies/Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), 1959-1980 Materials of Irving Greenberg, JCSA Executive Director and his appearance before the Subcommittee on Refugees at Rutgers University Law Center with letter from Edward "Ted" Kennedy, Correspondence and guidebooks to/from United HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society); Quarterly reports; Statistics

Administrative/Agencies/Jewish Child Guidance Bureau: Annual Report, 1942 Includes information on: U.S. Marine Corps, World War II, case study examination, rehabilitation possibilities, Dr. David M. Levy, Melvin Hollander Foundation and juvenile delinquency

Administrative/Agencies/Personal Service Association, 1941-1947 Includes letter and newspaper clippings on activities, programs, home for undernourished girls in Summit, NJ; Major Arthur Heyman, World War II, and listing of PSA presidents: 1886-1927; invitation and program in memory of Jennie Marx Heller's birthday, YM-YWHA, Newark, NJ

Administrative/Agencies/Young Men's Welfare Society, 1861-1977 Includes English language translation of original German minutes of Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society (H.B.O.A.S.)

Administrative/Awards and Certificates United Jewish Federation - "On the Occasion of its 125th Anniversary", 1986 HAIS Recognition, 1995

Administrative/Board and Officer's Lists, 1975-1976 & 1990 Board and Officer's lists

Administrative/By-laws - Revised, 1977 Revised by-laws of Jewish Family Service

Administrative/Correspondence/Incoming: Jewish Community Council of Essex County, 1965 & 1971 Memos to/from Jewish Community Council of Essex County includes: Task Force on Services to the Elderly; Committee on the Aged; and minutes from a meeting of the Inter-disciplinary Geriatric and Fact Finding Team

Administrative/Correspondence/Incoming - 1964 & 1966 Two letters are included in this folder: Correspondence from Morton Teicher (Dean of Yeshiva University, NYC) - Race Relations Paper Correspondence from Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy inviting Irving Greenberg to testify at the Judiciary subcommittee on Refugees and Escapees (SEE: Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society folder - Box 2 Folder 1 - for complete transcription of testimony)

Administrative/Correspondence/Outgoing - 1960s and 1970s Correspondence about aging and elderly issues

Administrative/Legal/Din Torah Notes, 1966 A case is examined where a Din Torah (judgment according to the Torah) takes place

Administrative/Legal/Grant Application, 1974 Grant application for a project titled "Protective Service System"

Administrative/Legal/Immigration and Refugee Work Guidelines, surveys, forms and other materials related to immigration assistance

Administrative/Legal/Re-accreditation Study, 1963 A study done by the Family Service Association of America

Administrative/Legal/Miscellaneous, 1960-1977 Includes Agreement between Jewish Family Service Association of Essex County and Jewish Child Care Association of Essex County regarding merger and Agreement and Certificate of Merger of Hebrew Benevolent Orphan Home Foundation and Jewish Counseling and Service Agency

Administrative/Legal/National Council of Jewish Women, 1944-1951 Includes radio station WAAT script on work of Newark Section NCJW'S Bureau of Service to the Foriegn Born, World War II, refugees, citizenship issues, Twenty-Fifth Annual Convention NJ Conference, program, Faith and Humanity Bulletin, Know Newark: Guidebook for Newcomers, 50 Year Corresponding Date Calendar: Hebrew-Civil Dates and leaflets. Administrative/Jewish Child Care Association/Annual Reports, 1950-1959 JCCA was created by merging Jewish Children's Home, Personal Service Association and Jewish Child Care Association in 1948

Administrative/Jewish Counseling and Service Agency/Board Minutes, 1961-1982 SEE BOX #712 in the UJFMW FILES FOR MORE MINUTES

Board meeting minutes and JCSA's "For the Eyes of the Board" newsletters and reports - includes: (1961-1962) Correspondence and information on: staff, problems, salaries, accomplishments, expenditures, receipts, history of Bureau of Service to the Foreign Born, emigre relief, immigrant cases discussed, refugees from Iron Curtain countries, Jewish Counseling and Service Agency, budgets, adoption issue; also, Child Welfare League of America, Martin S. Fox's opposition to New Jersey Assembly Bill #236, statistics, notes for Centennial Dinner, services and brief chronological history: 1861- 1961.

(1963-1964) Annual Report, Jewish Counseling and Service Agency, Cuba, emigre families, service provided, staff increase, Friendly Visiting, communist anti-Semitism, Newark News Christmas Fund, Centennial celebration, Volunteers Committee, refugee problems, salaries, budgets, training of pediatric residents, Beth Israel Hospital, Dr. Aziz Nourmand, immigration quotas issue, Nazis, displaced person, Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Poland, concentration camps and World War II; also, Irving Greenberg, JCSA Executive Director, Child Welfare League of America, Family Service Association, United HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) Service, Andrew Hacker's defense of welfare state, Homemaker Service discussed, race relations, Negroes, student training program, Abe L. Sudran, staff's educational background and professional experience given.

(1965-1966) Annual Reports, budgets, study of recommended fees and family income, study of aging client, statistics, Rutgers School of Social Work, Hebrew Benevolent Orphan Asylum Foundation, Herschel Alt, Herbert Aptekar, historical review of agency activities, and related matters.

(1967-1971) Budget, staff, study of recommended fees and family income, study of purchase of Homemaker Service for Elderly, study of aging client and crisis for public assistance recipients; Annual Report by Irving Greenberg, Executive Director.

(1979-1981) Budget - Summary by programs, program description and related expendi- tures, chart of accounts and notes

Other minutes found in Federation Collection (Box #903 Folder #2)

Administrative/Jewish Social Service/Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, 1930-1946 1930- Includes Relief Committee Minutes and information on: Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, social welfare activities concerning allocations and payments of funds, administrative matters, medical and other conditions reported on, former convicts, Workmen's Circle, Jewish Anti-Tuberculosis League, World War I veteran, Poor and Alms Department, Beth Israel Hospital, Conference of Jewish Charities of Newark, Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society, West Side Relief Society, and Theresa Grotta Convalescent Home; Max Karp and Newark Museum

1931- Includes Relief Committee Minutes and information on: social welfare activities concerning allocations and payments of funds, administrative matters, medical and other conditions reported on, Citizen's Committee Fund, United Jewish Aid Societies of Brooklyn NY; Jewish Sheltering Home, Resolutions on Deaths of William S. Rich and Leopold Jay, former convicts, Caldwell Penitentiary, Poor and Alms Department, Committee on National Transient Registration, Prisoner's Aid Society, Beth Israel Hospital, National Desertion Bureau, and National Registration Bureau for Homeless Men.

1932- Includes information on: social welfare activities concerning various allocations and payments of funds, medical and other conditions reported on, administrative matters, Jewish Guidance Bureau, Personal Service Association, Department of Public Welfare, Conference of Jewish Charities, Jewish Children's Home, National Desertion Bureau, issue of menial work, National Committee on Transients, Research Bureau on Public Relief, Newark's Citizen's Committee, Family Welfare Association of America and Commissioner Meyer C. Ellenstein

1933- Includes information on: social welfare activities concerning various allocations and payments of funds, medical and other conditions reported on, administrative matters, Department of Public Welfare, NJ State Emergency Relief Administration, Fresh Air Work, anti-Semitism issue, Welfare Federation, Vineland Training School and State Commission for the Blind. 1934- Includes information on: State Emergency Relief Administration, Social Service Bureau, National Desertion Bureau, National Conference of Social Work, Welfare Federation, National Council of Jewish Women, Third Ward Political Club, Fresh Air Work, Milford, PA camp; Passover needs issue, Personnel Committee action questioned, Conference of Jewish Charities, Family Welfare Association of America, Anti-Nazi League of New Jersey; social welfare activities concerning allocations and payments of funds, medical and other conditions reported on, administrative matters, budget, Jewish Children's Home, and Jewish War Veterans.

1935- Includes information on: social welfare activities concerning various allocations and payments of funds, medical and other conditions reported on, administrative matters, Family Welfare Association of America, Personnel Committee, Essex County Hospital, Birth Control Clinic and its results, West Side Ladies Relief, State Emergency Relief Administration, Case Discussion Group, Conference of Jewish Charities, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and Works Progress Administration (WPA). [New Deal]

1936- Includes information on: social welfare activities concerning various allocations and payments of funds, medical and other conditions reported on, administrative matters, Case Discussion Committee, Family Welfare Association of America, Works Progress Administration (WPA), Theresa Grotta Convalescent Home, State Emergency Relief Administration, aliens [immigrants], National Council of Jewish Women, Conference of Jewish Charities, Hebrew Free Loan Association, Social Service Bureau, Jewish Chronicle's demand for paid publicity, Milk Control Board, Vineland Training School, matzoh distribution controversy, Department of Public Welfare, Mrs. Leah Frank Segal, Ediphone, psychiatrists, and Worker's Council. [New Deal]

1937- Includes information on: administrative matters, Case Discussion Group, Ediphone, Conference of Jewish Charities, Finance Committee, Passover, Department of Public Welfare, Family Welfare Association of America, membership issue, visiting physicians service, National Desertion Bureau, Jewish Children's Home, Felix Fuld Camps, Welfare Federation, Judge Siegler, and Christmas Seals.

1938- Includes information on: Family Welfare Association of America, Conference of Jewish Charities, 118 Clinton Avenue, Newark, NJ; Newark Evening News' News Fund Allotment, Christmas Fund, casework financing issue, Junior Deborah, U.S. Department of Labor, budget, administrative matters, discussion of Board member status and activities issue; relationship with Jewish Anti-Tuberculosis League explained, Friendly Sisters, Welfare Federation, West Side Ladies' Relief Society's work request, Nazi Germany, Community Chest, Christmas Seals, and Jewish Guidance Bureau.

1939- Includes information on: administrative matters, merger with West Side Ladies' Relief Society, Newark Evening News, German refugees, Conference of Jewish Charities, Christmas Fund, Golda Schwartz Memorial Foundation, Department of Public Welfare, Mu Sigma Fraternity, Jewish Child Guidance Bureau, Wagner-Rogers Bill, Concentration Camp Bill, Resolution on death of Arthur Lindeman, Employment Bureau, Case Discussion Committee and Private Source

1940- Includes information on: administrative matters, Welfare Federation, Resolution on death of Abraham Schindel, Department of Public Welfare, Smith College School of Social Work, Family Welfare Association of America, Conference of Jewish Charities, 682 High Street, Newark, NJ; emigre work discussed, summer camp, expenditures, Abraham Schindel Memorial, Bonnie Brae Camps, caseload figures, United Jewish Appeal (UJA), Irvington, NJ; and Case Discussion meetings

1941 - Includes information on: administrative matters, emigre work, Emigre Servide Bureau, Hebrew Free Loan Association, United Jewish Appeal, Department of Public Welfare, Conference of Jewish Charities, Irvington Hebrew Social Service Bureau, refugees, salaries, case load figures, Community Employment Service, Case Discussion Group, Jewish Children's Home and State Board of Children's Guardians cooperation discussed, revolving fund issue, National Capital Fund, NY; Drew University, Madison, NJ; United Service Organization (USO), U. S. Army camps, Welfare Federation, child with mental disease, national defense considerations, Felix Fuld, Bronx House and Bonnie Brae Camps, and Central Volunteer Bureau.

1942- Includes information on: administrative matters, Hebrew Free Loan Association, Emigre Service Bureau, Jewish Child Guidance Bureau, Blanket License from Federal Reserve System for relief to emigres, proposed consolidation ofcase work agencies, Essex County Council of Jewish Agencies, United Jewish Appeal (UJA), Family Welfare Association of America (FWAA), Welfare Council, Social Security Act, Red Cross, Welfare Federation, World War II, war work, alien evacuees, Case Discussion meetings, Newark Evening News Fund, Private Source Fund, caseload figures, tuberculosis case, State Board of Health, Trenton, NJ; discussion of purposes of JSS Board, and salaries issues.

1943- Includes information on: administrative matters, Welfare Federation, Newark Evening News Christmas Fund, Board of Education, discontinuing payment of dues to Hebrew Free Loan Association, working mothers, asthmatic woman, emigre referred to Mental Hygiene Clinic, Nazi Germany, Essex County Council of Jewish Agencies, emigre work, World War II, war work, Personnel Committee, Family Welfare Association of America (FWAA), socially regressive view of specifically Jewish relief agencies expressed, case load figures, Selective Service, Jewish Guidance Bureau, State Relief Department, and Social Service Employees Union's bonus demand.

1944- Includes letters and information on: administrative matters, maladjusted child, Essex County Council of Jewish Agencies, Emigre Fund, social welfare activities, Newark Evening News Christmas Fund, Jewish Anti- Tuberculosis League, World War II, Golda Schwartz Endowment Fund, Friendly Sisters, caseload increase, Fee Service question, Welfare Federation's Welfare Council, relief, Case Discussion Committee, servicemen, Urban League, Resolution on death of Isaac Lowenstein, Rabbi Levitsky's Study Committee, Smith College, Social Service Bureau's scholarships, YM-YWHA, Department of Public Welfare, salaries issue, Dr. Abraham Wolfson's Talk, Dora Guardian Memorial, Alan Lowenstein, Hyman Besser, Allocation Committee, and Franklin Washington Trust Company

1945- Includes information on: Retirement Plan, administrative matters, Essex County Council of Jewish Agencies, Survey Committee, Newark Evening News Christmas Fund, Hebrew Social Service Bureau of Irvington, Jewish Anti- Tuberculosis League, United Jewish Appeal (UJA), fee service, Welfare Federation's Welfare Council, Consultation Center, service area question, relief cases, Council of Industrial Organizations (CIO); also, Maritime Service, International Workers Order, Golda Schwartz Endowment Foundation, case load figures, Personnel Committee, salaries question, Smith College, merger recommendation issue,labor negotiations, Social Service Employees Union, Local 89; Family Welfare Association of America (FWAA) and benefits of membership noted, union contract, ECCJA's Personnel Practices Committee, UOPWA, Greater Newark Industrial Union Council, Newark Housing Authority, camp placement for children, Jewish Children's Home, Jewish Child Guidance Bureau, Christmas Stockings Program, agency evaluation's criticism and analysis 1946- Includes information on: administrative matters, Family Welfare Association of America (FWAA), Jewish Community Council, Oswego, NY's refugees, Herman Pekarsky, Christmas Stocking Fund, hostility noted toward immigration, Newark Evening News, union negotiations on contract, survey committees' report and criticism; emigres, Jewish War Veterans service, housing issue, staff problems, service problems, Smith College School for Social Work, handicapped families and housing issue, administrative matters, budget, caseload figures, emigres, refugees, Oswego,NY;National Refugee Service, reports, public relations issue, reports, Unity Club, Jewish Children's Home, Community Vocational Service, union contract negotiations, Joint Negotiating Committe, survey issue, Family Welfare Association of America (FWAA), crises dealt with, staff shortage, social welfare activities, medical conditions discussed, housing issue, Welfare Federa- tion's Welfare Council, Department of Public Welfare, Jewish Community Council, Testimonial to Mrs. Ida S.G. Segal; also, Hawthorne School, Jewish Board of Guardians, Theodore R. Isenstadt, new Executive Director; Family Service Association of America (FSAA), proposed constitution and Jewish Anti-Tuberculosis League.

Administrative/Jewish Social Service/Committees/Relief Committee Meeting Minutes, 1925-1930 1925- Includes information on: social welfare cases, medical conditions, administrative matters, Jewish Anti-Tuberculosis League, Rabbi Krimm's suggested admission to Insane Asylum, Hebrew Sheltering Home's deficit, National Conference of Jewish Social Service, Theresa Grotta Convalescent Home, United Hebrew Charities of New York, Hebrew Free Loan Association, Hebrew Sheltering Guardians Society of New York, Hebrew Orphan Asylum

1926- Includes information on: administrative matters, social welfare cases, medical conditions, Hebrew Free Loan Association, Caldwell Penitentiary, Overseer of the Poor, Westside Relief Society deportation case, Hebrew Sheltering Home, Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Vacation Home, United Hebrew Charities, Hebrew Ladies Immediate Relief Society's budget deficit, Newark City Camp; also, pension cases, Jewish Chronicle, YMHA scholarships, Personal Service Club, children, Working Girls Vacation Home, Long Branch, NJ; report on receipts and disbursements, need for field workers noted, work-room closed, Conference of Jewish Charities of Newark, National Desertion Bureau, Essex Mountain Sanatorium, Newark City Prison, Fresh Air Work, suburbs, bigamy case, NJ State Prison, Jewish Big Sisters, Hartford Society, CT; Hulda Lodge and Rabbi Solomon Foster

1927- Includes information on: administrative matters, social welfare cases, medical conditions, Conference of Jewish Charities, United Hebrew Charities, Hebrew Ladies Immediate Relief Society, statistics, audit question, West Side Relief Society, Bikur Cholim, Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Hartford Society, CT; Blind Commission pension, moving picture industry, Newark Beth Israel Hospital, Hulda Lodge, Poor and Alms Department, prison sentences, Negroes, Prince Street, Newark, NJ ; Personal Service Club, YW-YMHA, Fresh Air Work, children Y camp, Jacksonville, FL; Rabbi Solomon Foster, National Desertion Bureau, statement of receipts and disbursements, State Board of Guardians, Workmen Circle Sanatorium, Jewish Anti-Tuberculosis League, Essex Mountain Sanatorium, Female Charitable Society, State Pension Board, budgetary issues, and Theresa Grotta Convalescent Home

1928- Includes information on: administrative matters, social welfare cases, medical conditions, Bureau of Jewish Social Services, Survey of Relief Committee, Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Hulda Lodge, United Order of True Sisters, United Hebrew Charities, West Side Relief Society, Financial Report of receipts and disbursements, Cuba, unemployment problem noted, financial situation, illegal still operation, caseload figures, Community Chest, budget for regular allowance cases, Poor and Alms Department, Rehabilitation Bureau, Brooklyn, NY; also, mental defectives State Pension Board, Kearny, NJ; State Penitentiary, former convict, Civil War veteran, Israel Orphan Home, Jewish Anti-Tuberculosis League, Theresa Grotta Convalescent Home, and Blind Commission.

1929-1930- Includes information on: administrative matters, social welfare cases, medical conditions, service reports, United Hebrew Charities, Poor and Alms Department, State Board of Guardians, Home for Jewish Children, West Side Relief Society, Hulda Lodge, Fidelity Lodge of Order of True Sisters, Jewish Anti- Tuberculosis League, caseload figures, State Pension Board, West Side Ladies Relief Society, Theresa Grotta Convalescent Home, Essex Mountain Sanatorium, Newark Community Chest, Conference of Jewish Charities of Newark, State Penitentiary, former convicts, Home for Hebrew Children, Resolution on Esther Ast, Central High School, community Welfare Fund of Irvington, NJ; Newark Beth Israel Hospital and adoption of constitution and by-laws

Administrative/Personal Service Association/Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, 1947-1959 1947-1949 Meeting Minutes include: Jewish Community Council of Essex County's discussion of merger of the three Essex County child care agencies; Observation of the deat of Carrie Roth; UJA campaign appeal, foster home arrangements, fundraising activities, Annual meeting reports, discussions with legal advisors about mergers and funding and goals of the Association

1950-1953 discussion of dues, upcoming meetings of other agencies, fundraising ideas, discussions of the newly named Jewish Community Center, discussion of need for small home purchases for child care, work of Kessler Institute, special guest speaker Gustav Heller, award given by Beth Israel Hospital, questions about using the name "Personal Service" since merger, independent survey of organization by a clinical psychologist

1954-1959 Committee reports, fundraising topics, capital funds reports, discussion of donating money for the JCC Building fund, Weequahic Day Camp

Administrative/Jewish Family Association/Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes, 1947-1950 agendas, committees appointments list, Last Month newsletter and infor- mation: Foster Care Program, Refugee case load, Counseling and Family Service Association of America.

For more minutes see: UFFMW/Executive Director/Agency Files - Boxes 712-714

Administrative/Jewish Family Service of MetroWest/Board Meeting Minutes, 1989-1993 1989- Long Range Planning Commitee Report; Problems in finding staff; Membership updates; Budget Projections; Personnel and Union Negotiations; Conference report; Child abuse case report; Marketing Committee report; Nomination Commitee Report; "Where are we in the resettlement intake - problems and issues"; Current situation of emigres; "Battered Wives: A Community Crisis in the Making"; Consideration of adoption of National Association of Jewish Family and Children's Agency Standards for Confidentiality; UJA Campaign

1990- Resettlement Update; New proposal services to children; Membership updates; Accreditation; Budget reviews; New approach to marketing; National conference report; Proposal for coping with deficit; Results of the budget hearing and it's impact on the ability of the agency to provide service; Forward planning group report; Intermarriage service report; Tribute to Ceil Gleich

1991- Federation Guidelines; Transportation Issues; Budget issues; "The New American Jew" - Carol Marcus; The Intermarriage Project; Steven Klinghoffer Memorial Tribute; Update on Medicate; Fundraising; Deficit issues; Membership updates; Jewish Community Foundation; Resettlement projections; Second Generation Community Meeting; Volunteer Child Care Program; Emigre Loand Assessment

1992- Budget projections; Board incentive program; Medicare; JFS and the Jewish Day Schools; JCHC; Union concerns; Collection approaches in resettlement and intake; Grants and foundations; Group services of JFS; Campaign/Campus assessment; Forward planning recommendations; Human resource initiative at federation; Livingston birthday party; Aidekman campus opening; Investment Advisory Committee report; CARE Committee and Emigre intake; Marketing outlook, Developmentally and learning disabled children; Managed health care prospects; Report on guardianship and it's impact on JFS

1993- Tribute to Joseph Seminara; JFS Guardianship; Markeing Committee Report; United Way strategy; Morris County office relocation; Federation's Agency Analysis Committee meeting; Annual fundraiser; Budget presentation; Hospital outreach; National AJFCA Convention; Speial vision meeting; Staff changes; Synagogue and JFS cooperative ventures; Midsummer's eve party; Fundraiser report; emigre services; School consultation service

Administrative/JFSMW/Board Motions Log, 1995-1996 One page log of motions and the vote on each one for 1995-1996

Administrative/Presentations, Reports & Studies, 1952-1975 Assorted presentations, reports and studies created by or given at various institutions.

Samples of some titles include: - Proposed plan and budget for the establishment of three group care centers -"Is the administration of social agencies within professional social work practices?" -Bureau of Service to the Foreign Born, Newark - Self Study -The Jewish Family Agency - Its unique contributions to the social welfare needs of the smaller community -"Changing Race Relations - Impact and Implications for Jewish Agencies" - Low cost psychotherapy plan - Jewish casework services - how relevant to current needs and opportunities -The Jewish casework agency: Problems and prospects in a time of paradox - Agency/School communications and relationships

1964-1965 "The Value of a Merger of Children's Services" in Child Welfare, as authored by Irving Greenberg; also, paper given for Eigth Annual Alumni Conference of New York School of Social Work, and draft of Keynote Address by Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg for National Conference of Jewish Communal Service (NCJCS): "Changing Race Relations-Impact and Implications for Jewish Agencies."

1965-1966 "Notes on Talk to the Yeshiva Alumni," "The Jewish Casework Agency" by David Zeff and Irving Greenberg; correspondence from Jerry Grossfeld, Jewish Family and Child Service, Seattle, Washington; "Role Interactions in the Administration of Social Work Practice" by Irving Greenberg given at National Conference of Jewish Communal Service.

1966-1967 "Total Family Approach-A Possible Solution for Public Agencies by Irving Greenberg; American Public Welfare Association, "Agency- School Communications and Relationships" by Irving Greenberg, Executive Director, Jewish Counseling and Service Agency, Newark, NJ; reprint from: Journal of Medical Society of New Jersey: "School Phobia" by Dr. Karolina Bein.

Administrative/JFSMW/Presentations, Reports & Studies/Yearly Demographic Survey, 1988-1989 Folder 1 Includes copy of survey form and computer-generated statistical analysis applied to such subjects as: types of women served, ages, medical information, marital status and other conditions and situations considered, emigre, intermarriage, immigration, Alzheimer, names, various NJ municipalities, income levels and children, marital status, age ranges, broad occupation profiles, service levels, various NJ municipalities, emigre status, income levels and family status.

Folder 2 Includes computer-generated statistical analysis applied to such subjects as: income levels, retardation, emigre status, intermarriage, marital status, financial and other problems, children situations, marital and other problems, income levels, Alzheimer, physical & mental illness, retardation, immigration, resettlement, municipalities;convert marriage; convert marriage, municipalities, emigre status, marital and other problems, children, age, education and number of marriages; Folder 3 Includes computer-generated statistical analysis applied to such subjects as: Alzheimer, immigration, resettlement, physical and mental illness, yearly income and sources and referral sources; ages of children and occupations; Alzheimer, immigration, resettlement, physical and mental illness, yearly income and sources and referral sources; ages of children and occupations

Folder 4 Includes computer-generated statistical analysis applied to such subjects as: Alzheimer, housing, intermarriage and other problems, immigration, resettlement, retardation, municipalities, convert marriage referral, and names of counselors; main income source, marital status and number and ages of children; Alzheimer, housing, intermarriage and other problems, immigration, resettlement, retardation, municipalities, convert marriage referral, and names of counselors; main income source, marital status and number and ages of children.

Folder 5 Includes computer-generated statistical analysis applied to such subjects as: financial, marital and other problems, children, yearly income, aged, Alzheimer, housing and intermarriage; physical, financial, mental and other problems, retardation; immigration, resettlement, Alzheimer, intermarriage, children, convert marriage, municipalities, and housing.

Events/Annual Gala Programs, 2003-2009 Programs from the following years: 2003- David and Sylvia Steiner 2004 - Gala featuring the Past Presidents of JFSMW 2005- Louis Lautenberg and Arthur Schechner 2006 - Melanie and Steven Glass and Susanne and Steve Newmark 2007 - Maxine Myers and Marian and Robert Stern 2008 - Families and Legacies 2009 - Carol and Robert Marcus

Events/JCSA/Building Dedication Ceremony, 1972 This folder includes: A letter to Mrs. Morris Reisen asking her to chair; the Dedication Committee; Dedication speech by George Grumbach and an advertisment ot the building dedication event from the Jewish News

Events/JCSA/Centennial Celebration/Correspondence, 1961-1962 Some or the correspondence in this folder includes: Letters inviting guest to the ceremony, confirmation of payments for the celebration event; congratulations; correspondence to/from Rabbi Solomon Foster; letter from Gov. Richard Hughes of New Jersey

Events/JCSA/Centennial Celebration/Event Planning, 1961-1962 Materials in this folder include: Reservation lists, correspondence with the hotel hosting the event; contract papers; memorandum about publicity; seating charts and other related materials

Events/JCSA/Centennial Celebration/Press Releases and Advertisements, 1961-1962 Typical press releases announcing the centennial celebration - this includes an advertisement listing names of the decendants of the founding fathers of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum and Benevolent Society

Events/JCSA/Centennial Celebration/Program, 1962 Program from the centennial event

Events/JCSA/Centennial Celebration/Publications/"Path of Service" Copies of the offical historical book titled "Path of Service: 100 Years of Jewish Social Welfare in Essex County" and drafts of the book with handwritten notes.

Events/JCSA/Centennial Celebration/Publications/"Path of Service"/Correspondence Letters to/from libraries in appreciation of the gift of the book; letter from Saul Schwartz in response to an inquiry about Woodrow Wilson's involvement with the Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum; correspondence from "Path of Service" author, Jane Wallerstein; correspondence from Maurice Bernadik regarding his thoughts on the publication, including a title change suggestion

Events/JCSA/Centennial Celebration/Research Fact sheets, research notes, correspondence and other materials used for speeches and notes at the Centennial Celebration dinner.

Events/The Guild for Jewish Children/Journal: Thirtieth Anniversary, 1975 Souvenir journal from the Thirtieth anniversary luncheon

Events/Miscellaneous Announcement to senior citizens for medical screening program appointments

History/Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society, 1861-1911 A copy of a paper written by Joan Barist for a seminar in "American Social History", 1975

History/Timeline Timeline of the evolution of the multiple agencies that eventually became known as the Jewish Family Service of MetroWest

Jay, Leopold/Conference of Jewish Charities of Newark - Tribute, 1931 Brochure on the life and deeds of Leopold Jay - signed statement of affection by president of Conference of Jewish Charities of Newark, NJ.

Jay, Leopold/Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society - Tribute, 1931 Includes presentation booklet signed by president and secretary on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society

Jay, Leopold/ Jewish Social Service - Resolution, 1931 Includes presentation booklet signed by Jewish Social Service Board of Directors and Officers and copies of newspaper clippings concerning Leopold Jay's life, philanthropy and business career.

Jewish Community Council of Essex County/Meeting Minutes and Reports, 1959, 1968 & 1971 Report of the Joint Committee to Study the Needs of Children in Essex County, 1959 Report of Committee on Aging, 1968 Minutes from Agency Executives Task Force on Service to the Elderly, n.d. Minutes from the Inter-discilinary Geriatric Service and Fact-Finding Team, n.d Minutes from Joint Meeing of the JCC-JCSA-JVS-and YM-YWHA : Guidelines for Administraion of Seth Boyden Service Projects, 1971 Report of the Joint Committee to Study the Needs of Children in Essex County, 1959

Jewish Community Federation/Committees/Committee on Aging, 1974-1976 This file contains surveys, correspondence, minutes and other materials related to the needs of senior citizens in the community.

Jewish Community Foundation/Saul Schwarz/Correpondence, Incoming/Outgoing, 1961 & 1972-1978 Correspondence and memos of interest include: 1961- Letter to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson from Saul Schwarz explaining the upcoming Centennial Celebration and asks for the loan of the gold medal presented to President Wilson on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary

1973- Reports on medical screening at NBIMC (Feb. 1, 1971) Discussions of bus services for seniors Termination of membership in the FSAA and the CWLA (July 24, 1973) United HAIS Memo: Parole of Russian Jews in Rome - with correspondence from Senator Edward Kennedy and Attorney General Elliot Richardson (August 6, 1973)

1974- Immigration data and status reports on Soviet Jews (Jan. 7, 1974) JCSA Budger for local refugee relief (Jan. 15, 1974) Development of Public Relations Program (Oct. 29, 1974) Referral of emigre clients for public assistance (Dec. 30, 1974)

1975 - Memos about allocation of funds Memos about staff promotions Memos about increasing quota for the resettlement of Soviet Jews in the area by 25% Discussions about resettlement of Vietnamese families in the area (Sept. 1975)

1976-1978 Budget issues Report of Net Costs of Agency Services (Jan. 1977) Union contract issues (Jan.-Feb. 1977) Contributor lists (Dec. 1977) Social work costs associated with the approval of resettlement of Vietnamese and Russian Jewish families (Jan. 1978)

Jewish Community Federation/General, 1974-1979 These files contain some materials simliar to those found in Saul Schwartz's Correspondence files - memorandum about administrative issues (budgets, union negotiations, vendor costs, funding issues and other issues)

Photographs/Bureau of Service to the Foreign Born/Activities, 1946-1957 Swearing-in ceremony; Rose Reisberg and Jacob Ornstein; Mrs. Daniel Shiman; Members of HIAS group from NYC on tour of refugee reception center with Brigadeer General Sidney Wooten in Kilmer, NJ; Mrs. William Weiser; NCJW Boston representative; Malka Schlesinger and Joseph Gartenberg

Photographs/Bureau of Service to the Foreign Born/Americanization Classes, 1950-1954 Includes Bureau of service to the Foreign Born's efforts on behalf of immigrants, meeting, counseling, musical entertainment, dance held and meal given.

Photographs/Bureau of Service to the Foreign Born/English Instruction Classes, c. 1970s Includes teaching given to Soviet émigrés Photographs/Bureau of Services to the Foreign Born/Ready to Wear Shop, 1950-1951 Includes photographs from Bureau of Service to the Foreign Born (BSFB) Women Volunteers handling and looking at clothing; act as hostesses to New American Women's Group; Mrs. Kruger, Mrs. Katzin, and Mrs. Poster; warehouse scenes

Photographs/Events/Centennial Celebration, March 8, 1962 Includes social welfare efforts, 100th anniversary in Essex County, Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society, Manner Wohlatigkeit Verein, Herbert J. Hannoch, Irving Greenberg, Jewish Counseling and Service Agency of Essex County and Abner Bensich, president of JCSA; The Goldman, Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ.

Photographs/Guild for Jewish Children, c. 1970s Photograph of Mrs. Robert Kruegman, Irving Greenberg and Mrs. Floyd Jason from a luncheon event

Photographs/Hannoch, Herbert Photograph of Herbert Hannoch

Photographs/Hebrew Orphans Asylum & Jewish Children's Home, 1926- 1928 Interior and exterior photographs from the Hebrew Orphans Asylum & Jewish Children's Home

Photographs/Miscellaneous, c. 1970s Unnamed group photographs and photos of medical services being administered to patients (maybe at NBIMC?)

Photographs/Soviet Emigrees, 1972 Group photographs of Soviet emigrees, names on the back as follows: Jankelowiz, David, Michla, Mrs. Sari Farkas, Simcha, Yanko, David and Mr. and Mrs. Yudkowitz

Press/Newspaper Clippings/Jewish Child Care Association, 1953-1961 Photocopies of assorted newspaper articles

Press/Newspaper Clippings/Miscellaneous, 1950s-1970s Majority of clippings from the Jewish News 1950s-1970s (bulk 1970s)

Programs/JCSA/Dental Services, 1969-1977 Memorandum and correspondence discussing the cost for dental care for Soviet émigrés Programs/JCSA/English as a Second Language School, 1970s This folder contains memorandum about: Policies, guidelines, personnel matters and other administrative issues related to the English as a Second Language program.

Programs/JCSA/Homemaker Services, 1959-1977 Reports of Homemaker Sub-Committee, membership list, Joint Committee Report on Needs of Jewish Children, leaflet, and related information.

Programs/JCSA/Service to the Foreign Born Jewish Family Service Association list of services offered to the foreign born unit

Programs/JFSMW/"The ABC's of JFS - A Guide to Programs and Services", 2009-2010 A printout of services offered to the community

Programs/JFSMW/Community Programming Summary, 2000-2003 The year in review summaries of programs offered to the community

Programs/JFSMW/Miscellaneous Brochure on Carelink - a volunteer program

Publications/JFSMW/Newsletters - "Caring Connections", 2006-present The recent newsletter from Jewish Family Service of MetroWest. Issues: Fall, 2006 Spring, 2007 Fall/Winter, 2007 Spring, 2008

Publications/JFSMW/Newsletters - "Family Forum", 1995-2003 The newsletter from Jewish Family Service

Publicity/Brochures Assorted brochures from Jewish Family Service of MetroWest

Reference Materials Assorted newsletters from aging and social work agencies. Also included are reports on techniques and studies.

Oversized Photographs Oversized Photos 1 Hebrew Benevolent Orphan Aid Society Jewish Children's Home Banquet photo of Jewish Children's Home doctors and dentists.

2 Herbert Hannoch Photograph of Herbert Hannoch Hebrew Benevolent Orphans Home

3 Photographs of men, Bernard Goldeschmidt and Elias Berla are on the only ones identified. Presidents of Hebrew Orphan Society.

4 Photographs of Louis Plaut, Elias Berla, Bernard Goldschmidt, Moses Straus, Joseph Goetz, Bernard Strauss. Presidents of Hebrew Orphan Society.

5 This contains photographs of presidents and vice-presidents of the Hebrew Orphan Society. Simon Scheuer and Jacob Roth are identified.

Artifacts: Gold Medals Gold medals presented to the Jewish Counseling and Service Agency on the occassion of their centennial dinner celebration. These medals were orignially presented to four guests of honor on the 50th anniversary of the founding of Jewish social work in the community. The two medals in this collection were presented in 1911 to Mayor Jacob Haussling and Bernard Goldsmith.

Administrative/Agencies/ (Young Men's) Hebrew Benevolent Society/Minutes, 1861-1887 These two ledgers are the Board of Trustee minutes from the (Young Men's) Hebrew Benevolent Society - 1861-1876 written in German, then from 1877-1887 written in English.

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