| The Wyner Center
of the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) at Hebrew
College in Newton, MA functions as the New England regional headquarters
of AJHS, the nation's oldest historical organization. The Society
facility at Hebrew College serves as the archival repository for the
documentary record of Jewish life in the greater Boston area, and
the home of the reference library of the Jewish Genealogical Society
of Greater Boston. The Society's extensive holdings include personal
papers, organizational records, photographs, reports and other materials
for researching the history of the Jewish community of Boston, including
the records of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston
and the Boston Jewish Community Relations Council, the Rabb Family/Stop
'n Shop archive, and the personal papers of Ambassador A. Ratshetsky,
Rabbi Albert I. Gordon and many others.
The Society's
Blumenthal Reading Room is located in the Society's facility on
the first level of the Gann Library of Hebrew College. Designed
by Moshe Safdie, the Blumenthal Reading Room comfortably seats up
to a dozen researchers who work with AJHS Boston-related collections.
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