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Jewish Education Committee of New York

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Marvin Lowenthal, papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-140
Abstract This collection contains Marvin Lowenthal's correspondence, journals, diaries, documents, photographs, memorabilia, and printed materials relating to his life, writings, Zionist activities, and relief work on behalf of German Jewry. Includes material on his youth, school work, and college years, as well as autobiographical writings and family correspondence containing information on Horace Kallen and early 20th century Zionist activities. Of particular note is his later correspondence with Jacob Billikopf, Jerome Frank, Horace M. Kallen, Elmer Rice, Eugene C. Taylor, and Stephen S. Wise.
Dates: undated, 1871-1959
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society / Marvin Lowenthal, papers

Norman Salit (1896-1960) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-35
Abstract This collection contains material relating to Norman Salit's activities with various organizations, including the Synagogue Council of America, the Rabbinical Assembly of America, the Wartime Emergency Commission for Conservative Judaism, the Boy Scouts of America, the Jewish Education Committee, the American Child Guidance Foundation, Religion in American Life, the Valley Forge Foundation, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and the National Community Relations Advisory Council. There are also speeches, writings, sermons, items related to Sharit's legal work and Zionist activities, as well as some letters from Mordecai Kaplan.
Dates: undated, 1916-1965; undated, 1916-1965
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society / Norman Salit (1896-1960) Papers

Records of the Board of Jewish Education (New York, NY)

 Collection
Identifier: I-307
Abstract Beginning as the Bureau of Education in 1910, the Board of Jewish Education is an agency of the UJA Federation of New York. Under the motto of "Preparing the Jewish Future," the Board of Jewish Education strives to "motivate, strengthen and increase Jewish identity and commitment to the Jewish people through educational services and acculturation programs in New York." The collection includes surveys, promotional documents, and publications documenting the activities of the Board of Jewish Education.
Dates: undated, circa 1920 -1989
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society / Records of the Board of Jewish Education (New York, NY)

Records of the Jewish Education Committee

 Collection
Identifier: RG 592
Abstract This collection contains the administrative records of Jewish Education Committee as well as materials from the National Council for Jewish Education and the American Association for Jewish Education. The Jewish Education Committee was a Jewish educational organization in New York concerned with coordination of educational activities as well as development of educational resources for the Jewish secular school systems in the U.S. and was organized in June 1939. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, conference materials, surveys, and publications.
Dates: 1939-1972
Found in: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research / Records of the Jewish Education Committee

Samuel J. Citron (1908-1979) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-930
Abstract This collection contains the papers of Samuel J. Citron, dramatist and educator.
Dates: undated, 1918-1979
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society / Samuel J. Citron (1908-1979) Papers

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