Subject Listing:
Jewish Americans, M-Z

Jewish Americans, A-L

 
Milwaukee Jewish Council.
Records [microform], 1938-1953.
Milwaukee Micro Collection 41
Minutes of a group founded to coordinate community-based Jewish activities and organizations; containing minutes of the annual meetings, the board of directors, the executive committee, and several other committees. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Milwaukee Jewish Home (Wis.).
Records, 1906-1981.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 135
Records, mainly 1931-1969, of several women's organizations associated with an Orthodox nursing home founded in 1906 as the
Milwaukee Home for Aged Jews. The Women's Aid Society (1924-1962), the Ladies' Auxiliary (1930-1962), and the Women's Service League (1956-1968), the Women's Auxiliary and Aid (1962-1970), and the Women's Service Auxiliary (1970- ) were established to serve residents and help finance, operate, and maintain the home. Documenting their organization and activities are bulletins, by-laws, clippings,
financial records, historical accounts, minutes, and photographs. Also included are a few files containing by-laws, legal documents, minutes, financial statements, and publicity materials relating to the construction and general administration of the home. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Milwaukee Social Science Club.
Records, 1902-1964.
Milwaukee Micro Collection 12
Papers of a Milwaukee Jewish women's club formed in 1902 (and known as the Wednesday Club until 1909) to study parliamentary law and discuss such subjects as government, welfare, and education; including minutes, yearbooks, and constitutions.
Mink, Robert.
Polish-Jewish Relations in Milwaukee Oral History Project, 1990.
UWM Manuscript Collection 118
Consists of seven oral history interviews conducted in 1990 with Jewish merchants and their descendants who were active on Milwaukee's Polish south. Interviews contain information on inter-ethnic relations, anti-Semitism, the experience of Jewish immigrants, and conducting business with immigrant clientele. Transcripts, although not complete, exist for each interview. Finding aid available in the Archives.
New Home Club (Milwaukee, Wis.).
Records, 1937-1987.
UWM Manuscript Collection 42
The collection consists largely of administrative records of the Club, dating mostly from the 1950s to 1970s. The records document the Club's efforts to remain financially solvent, develop membership, and arrange social activities. The collection contains assorted financial records; records concerning the Club's anniversaries (1947-1987), including a few photographs taken at the events, and a videotape of the 13 September 1987 celebration; membership lists (1937-1987); records of the annual meetings (1951-1952, 1967-1985); and the meetings of the board of directors
A photo of an ambulance donated to the Israelis by the New Home Club (16747 bytes)
(1963-1985). The correspondence files of the Club's presidents (1950-1987) usually deal with financial and membership matters. The collection also includes flyers advertising the Club's activities (1949-1987); a 1946 history of the group; newsclippings (1952-1979); a small amount of correspondence regarding Seder Night (1953-1979); and a file concerning the group's dissolution (1985-1987). The only record from the World War II era is a membership list; nothing exists documenting the efforts to assist Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. Only passing mention can be found concerning the relief fund for Jews in Austria and Germany after the war. Finding aid available in the Archives.

New Method Hebrew School (Milwaukee, Wis.).
Records, 1924-1964.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection DC
Records of a part-time co-educational Hebrew school for Jewish children; including minutes of the Parent Teacher Association and of three school youth groups: the Hatikva Circle, Jewish Junior Forum, and Young Children of Israel, and scattered correspondence and applications. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Oestreicher Kranken Unterstuetzing Verein (Milwaukee, Wis.).
Records, 1925-1975.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 133
Records, primarily in Yiddish, of a Jewish cooperative insurance association (the Austrian Sick Benefits Association) formed in Milwaukee in 1906 and dissolved in 1975. Included are announcements, a constitution, minute books, membership applications, papers regarding its dissolution, and a photograph taken in 1924. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Padway, Joseph A., 1891-1947.
Papers, 1916-1946.
 Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 6 and Milwaukee Micro Collection 40
Papers of a Jewish labor lawyer, Progressive, Socialist, Wisconsin state senator, and Milwaukee County judge. Padway became chief counsel for the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor in 1915 and for the American Federation of Labor in 1938. The papers contain subject files pertaining primarily to Padway's political activities, personal interests, and travel; and scrapbooks of clippings on his legal interests and more noteworthy cases. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Raskin, Max, 1902- .
Papers, 1930-1932, 1937-1975.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection DO
Papers of a Jewish Milwaukee circuit court judge; including jury charges, memorandum decisions, campaign materials, speeches and writings, clippings, and correspondence concerning prison conditions, legal cases, the Salvation Army's Volunteer Probation Counseling Program, large arbitration cases, anti-Semitism, gun control, a niece's emigration from the U.S.S.R., and other topics. Finding aid available in the Archives. Raskin and friends pose with LBJ (20689 bytes)
Rube, Mordecai.
Notebooks on circumcisions, 1948-1971.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 97
Notebooks kept by Rabbi Rube recording circumcisions performed in the Milwaukee Jewish community, noting names (sometimes in Hebrew as well as English), dates, places, and times.
Rubin, William Benjamin, 1873-1959.
Papers, 1908-1950.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection P
An admittance card from the Democratic National Convention (18298 bytes)
 Papers of a Milwaukee Jewish lawyer who was chief counsel for the American Federation of Labor for twenty-five years. Most of the collection consists of correspondence with labor and political leaders, and contains no legal briefs and very little information on cases. The correspondence reveals Rubin's own attitude toward labor, his belief in democratic processes, and his political philosophy. Also contains copies of many of Rubin's articles and speeches, and newsclippings of his own writings. Includes ten letter books containing copies of letters sent out by Rubin's law firm, usually sent by his associates. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Saffro, Joseph.
Papers, 1903-1930.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection DM
Papers, some in Hebrew and Yiddish, including correspondence, circulars, news clippings, financial and membership records concerning Zionist activities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A large amount of the correspondence is between the national headquarters of the Keren Hayesod (Palestine Foundation Fund), Paole-Zion-Zeire Zion of America, and Jehudah Halevy Gate, and local Milwaukee chapters of the respective organizations.
 A flyer for a Zionist meeting in Milwaukee (9232 bytes)
Sand, Nathan, 1881-1947.
Papers, 1914-1947.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection DL
Papers of the secretary to the Milwaukee division of the American Jewish Congress. Most of the collection pertains to the work of the Congress, including files on the boycott of German products in 1933 and the Olympic Games of 1936, and promotion of other anti-Nazi measures; on cooperation with other Jewish organizations; on World War II Russian relief programs; and on internal conflicts within the Milwaukee group. Other files include records of the Milwaukee Jewish Council (1939-1947); Poale Zion in Milwaukee (1939-1947); Bank Hapoalim (1937-1940); as well as a scrapbook, and miscellaneous papers (1914-1947) relating to Milwaukee Jewish groups interested in labor, youth, veterans, and interracial relations. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Stern, Henry, 1825-1903.
Autobiography, 1902.
Milwaukee Small Collection 62
Copy of an autobiography of a Milwaukee Jewish merchant who emigrated from Bavaria in 1848 and established a general merchandise business in Milwaukee in 1850; in German with an English translation. Deals primarily with Stern's childhood in Bavaria, his journey to the United States and Wisconsin, establishing his business and family matters.
Students for Peace and Justice in the Middle East (Milwaukee, Wis.).
Records, 1969-1973.
UWM Manuscript Collection 4
Most of the collection is background materials, especially published literature, concerning Israel and Palestine, compiled by Joseph McCarty, a former officer of the SPJME, a UWM student organization. The only material dealing exclusively with the organization is a scrapbook containing a constitution, correspondence, flyers, letters, and memorabilia. The collection also contains four reel-to-reel tape recordings of a December 6, 1970 edition of a Milwaukee radio talk show, Milwaukee Talkie, hosted by Bob Schuster with guest Uri Davis, an Israeli pacifist and war resister. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Tuchman, Isidore, 1888- .
Interview, 1962.
 Milwaukee Small Collection 46 and Milwaukee Tape 2
Interview with a female Milwaukee Zionist concerning the emergency call for relief for Palestine in 1914, subsequent fund raising drives in behalf of the Jews in Europe and Asia, and Milwaukee Zionist leaders.
University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Dept. of Hebrew Studies. Office of the Chair.
Records, 1957-1989.
UWM Archival Collection 39
Miscellaneous records, largely created or compiled by Alan Corr, a department faculty member and chair. The correspondence files document the origin and early development of the department, and include letters and memoranda of the Ad Hoc Committee on Hebrew Studies, chaired by Robert F. Roeming, with the Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning and the College of Letters & Science. The correspondence files also document the early development of the curriculum, funding, and staffing of the department. The records of the Arts and Humanities Divisional Executive Committee, dating from 1975-1977, document efforts to establish more effective procedures for tenure-track staff positions. The collection also contains miscellaneous records concerning the teaching of foreign language courses at UWM, and department histories and profiles. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Weil, Herman.
Scrapbooks, 1938-1992
UWM Manuscript Collection 243
Collection consists of scrapbooks compiled by Herman Weil documenting primarily his academic career and role in Milwaukee's Jewish community. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Weingrod, Morris, 1894- .
Papers, 1947-1962.
 Milwaukee Small Collection 61 and Milwaukee Tape 2
Papers of a Milwaukee Zionist including a 1947 memo from the American Zionist Emergency Council on "Action-for-Palestine Week," undated minutes of a meeting of the Labor Zionist Coordinating Committee, two reports on Jewish education in Milwaukee, and tape recorded reminiscences (1962) of Milwaukee activities on behalf of Zionism, including the activities of Jewish Bundists and Po'alei Zion.
Weinshel, Howard.
Scrapbooks, 1921-1988.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 142
Photocopied scrapbooks of a leader of the Perhift Players (Peretz Hirshbein Folk Theatre), a Yiddish theater company formed in Milwaukee in 1920 as the Young Literary and Dramatic Society, which in 1931 became the Yiddish Drama League; containing programs, clippings, letters, photographs, and minutes documenting Weinshel's performances and activities with the Perhift Players, the Milwaukee Players, and the Center Players of the Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee. Some clippings are in Yiddish. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Wisconsin Jewish Archives oral history interviews, 1954-1967.
Tapes UC263A, UC264A, UC352A, UC414, and UC568A
Oral history interviews with Wisconsin Jews, concerning their lives in Europe, immigration to the United States, and family, political, religious, social, and work activities in Wisconsin. The interviews are part of the State Historical Society's Wisconsin Jewish Archives. The interviewees were Isaac Berland, Louis Bloom, Clara Brown, Solomon Elbaum, Robert Liebowitz, Harry Luck, Bertha Langer Raymond, Rae Ruscha, Benjamin Saltzstein, Jacob Urich, and David Wolf. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning.
Records, 1954-1980.
Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 132 and Milwaukee Tape 3
Description: Records, primarily 1954 to 1977, of an organization formed in 1954 to promote the study of Jewish history and culture. Included are correspondence, minutes, membership lists, publications, publicity materials, Scholarship Committee material, clippings, and tape-recorded interviews with five past presidents. The records document the role of the WSJL in establishing departments of Hebrew Studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and Milwaukee in 1955 and 1961 respectively, and in founding the Wisconsin Jewish Archives at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Also documented are ongoing activities and projects such as lectures and research, fundraising, scholarships, and awards. Finding aid available in the Archives.
Women's League for Jewish Education (Milwaukee, Wis.).
Records, 1939-1944.
Milwaukee Small Collection 60
Correspondence, minutes, financial records and membership lists of a Milwaukee women's organization that raised funds to support Jewish education; particularly concerning their main source of income, a thrift shop that sold second-hand items donated by members.

Jewish Americans, A-L

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