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JCA: Benyas Photographic Negatives
Collection
Identifier: UR001749
Abstract
The Benyas Photographic Negative Collection was donated to the JFMD
Jewish Community Archives by photographer Bob Benyas in 1991. Benyas's
photographs, here in negative form, document the activities of the Detroit area
Jewish community, primarily the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit and its
many divisions and committees, including events such as annual meetings,
campaign events, dignitary visits, and the Jewish Book Fair. Among the
organizations included are the Jewish Community...
Dates:
1950 - 1996
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
JCA: Congregation Beit Kodesh Records
Collection
Identifier: UR002356
Overview
The Livonia Jewish Congregation was organized in 1959, later changing its name to Congregation Beit Kodesh in 1990. Throughout its existence, the congregation held Shabbat services, maintained a religious school, and was active in numerous community and social service projects. The congregation disbanded in 2011. The Livonia Jewish Congregation/Congregation Beit Kodesh Records include administrative records, bar and bat mitzvah records, Chai dinner booklets, legal documents, minutes, and...
Dates:
1957 - 2011
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
JCA: Detroit Jewish Newspapers Microfilm Collection
Collection
Identifier: UR001743
Abstract
The microfilm collection is comprised of The Jewish American (1901-1911), official organ of Temple Beth El in Detroit, and The Jewish Chronicle (1916-1951), forerunner of The Jewish News and The Detroit Jewish News.
Dates:
1901 - 1951
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
JCA: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Microfilms
Collection
Identifier: UR001847
Abstract
The Jewish Welfare Federation, later known as the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit (JFMD), and its various divisions and agencies maintained files of minutes of their leadership meetings and collected material pertaining to their organization in scrapbooks. This collection includes the microfilmed minute books of the Jewish Welfare Federation, United Jewish Charities and the Detroit Service Group, as well as scrapbooks of the Jewish Federation and its Women’s Division, and the Hebrew...
Dates:
1899 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1989
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
JCA: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Records
Collection
Identifier: UR001491
Abstract
The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit (Federation or JFMD) is an umbrella organization for many Jewish social service agencies in the Detroit metropolitan area that promotes philanthropy and volunteerism in the Detroit Jewish community.
The papers of the Federation document the activities of the organization, its history, and the activities of its member organizations and of organizations with which it has affiliated, including the Council of Jewish Welfare Federations,...
Dates:
1899 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1950 - 2000
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
JCA: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit Video Collection
Collection
Identifier: UR002520
Abstract
This collection of videos includes many JFMD activities and special events from the 1980s through 2013 including annual meetings, board of governors meetings, promotional pieces and interviews. It also includes videos from JFMD’s agency, the Agency for Jewish Education (AJE), including events and teacher conferences from the 1990s through 2006. All contents are videotapes unless otherwise noted (zip disk, DVDs).
Dates:
1977 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2005
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library