B'nai B'rith collection

MS 623

Collection area: Arizona and Southwest

Collection dates: 1952-1981

About this collection

Materials in this collection include newsletters, reunion information, certificates, correspondence, speeches, meeting minutes, photographs, and newspaper clippings related to B'nai B'rith in Tucson. There are also lodge booklets and a few telephone directories. The materials within this collection were donated by the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego. Materials are arranged alphabetically by title.

Historical background

This collection contains newsletters, correspondence, and organization materials related to the B'nai B'rith in Tucson, Arizona. B'nai B'rith is a Jewish service organization originally founded in New York City in 1843. Additional lodges soon spanned the United States, including a location in Tucson. The organization is best known for its work as a Jewish humanitarian organization that advocated for human rights, and for protecting Jewish peoples, rights, and religious freedoms.

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