MIZRACHI Papers, 1936-1976 (Predominantly 1960-1975) 8 linear feet (includes 2 ledgers, 1 scrapbook) Accession # 1696 Mizrachi is a religious Zionist organization. Support for Zionism began in Detroit as early as 1903. By 1930 support for this movement in gathering Jews in Palestine was strong because of the war and Nazi persecution. The organization also focused on efforts to rebuild a Jewish State. Contents The papers in this collection consist primarily of correspondence to and from the Detroit Mizrachi. The predominant papers cover a fifteen year period from 1960 through 1975. Correspondence deals with Zionist efforts within the community and the nation, youth camp projects and the varied activities of the organization. A small portion of the documents consists of correspondence from the 1930s and 1940s. Box 1 1 - Loans - City Bank 1961 Statements, Pledges 2 - Loans - National Bank 1961 Statements 3 - Meetings - General 1961-62 Correspondence, Agendas 4 - Banquet Invitations 1962 Invitations 5 - Banquet Publicity 1962 Releases, Correspondence 6 - CARE 1962 Correspondence, Fact Sheet 7 - CARE 1959-62 Correspondence 8 - Israeli Consulate 1963 Correspondence 9 - Jewish Agency 1961-62 Correspondence, Study Notes 10 - Jewish Agency 1963-64 Correspondence 11 - Jewish National Fund 1963-64 Correspondence, Publicity 12 - Kirshblum, Rabbi Mordecai May 11, 1964 Agenda, Release and Correspondence pertaining to Mass Meeting 13 - Kirshblum, Rabbi Mordecai 1962-64 Correspondence 14 - League for Religious Labor 1962-63 Acknowledgments, Receipts 15 - Lists - Membership 1963 Lists 16 - Lists - Membership 1964 Lists 17 - Lists - Synagogues, Organizations 1963 Lists 18 - Meetings - Independence
Celebration 1963-64 Correspondence 19 - Meetings - Notices 1963-64 Notices 20 - Mifal Hatorah 1959-64 Lists 21 - Mizrachi Hatzair 1963 Correspondence, Program Aims Box 2 1 - Mizrachi - Women 1963-64 Correspondence 2 - Mo os Chitim 1961 Correspondence, Lists 3 - National 1963-64 Correspondence 4 - News Releases 1963-64 Releases 5 - Publicity 1963-64 Correspondence 6 - Remittances 1963-64 Correspondence 7 - Receptions - Rabbi Cyperstein 1964 Correspondence 8 - Sterns, Lester 1963-64 Correspondence 9 - Stollman, Phillip 1964 Correspondence 10 - Stollman Brothers 1963-64 Correspondence 11 - Stollman, Rabbi Isaac 1963-64 Correspondence 12 - Temchin Family 1963 Correspondence 13 - Temchin Memorial 1963-64 Correspondence 14 - Tomkiewicz Scholarship 1963-64 Correspondence 15 - Telegrams Honoring Zvi Tomkiewicz 1964 Correspondence 16 - Tomkiewicz - Trip to Israel 1964 Correspondence 17 - Tomkiewicz, Zvi - Personal 1963 Correspondence - File 1 18 - Tomkiewicz, Zvi - Personal 1963-64 Correspondence - File 2 Box 3 1 - Spilman Trip to Israel 1964 Correspondence 2 - Trips To Israel 1964 Inquiry Correspondence 3 - Trips To Israel 1964 Reservation Correspondence 4 - Trips To Israel 1963-64 Correspondence 5 - Camps - Moshava 1964 Correspondence 6 - People Who Have Taken Trips To Israel 1964 Correspondence 7 - Akiva Day School 1964-65 Correspondence 8 - CARE - Passover Packages 1965 Correspondence 9 - CARE Packages 1964-65 Correspondence 10 - CARE 1964-65 Correspondence 11 - Condolences/Congratulations 1964-65 Correspondence 12 - Hadas, Eliazer 1964-65 Correspondence 13 - Jewish Agency 1964-65 Correspondence 14 - Jewish Agency - A. Portnoy M. Duchan 1965 Correspondence 15 - Jewish Community Center 1964-65 Correspondence 2
16 - Jewish National Fund 1964-65 Correspondence 17 - Jewish Welfare Federation 1964-65 Proceedings 18 - Kirshblum, Rabbi Mordecai 1964-65 Correspondence 19 - Membership Reports 1964-65 Reports 20 - Meetings - Notices 1964-65 Notices 21 - Membership Letters 1964-65 Correspondence 22 - Merkaz Olami 1964-65 Correspondence Box 4 1 - Mifal Hatorah 1964-65 Correspondence 2 - Mo os Chitim 1963-64 List 3 - Mo os Chitim 1964 Correspondence 4 - National 1964-65 Correspondence 5 - Religious Conference Mar. 21, 1965 Correspondence, List 6 - Trips To Israel - People Who Returned 1964 Correspondence 7 - Shragai, Mr. S.Z. - Visit 1965 Lists, Correspondence 8 - Schlussel, Irving W. Memorial 1965 Correspondence 9 - Stollman, Rabbi - Farewell July 13, 1965 Correspondence 10 - Stollman, Rabbi - Farewell Reception Aug.24, 1965 Correspondence 11 - Tours 1965 Correspondence 12 - Akiva Day School 1965-66 Correspondence 13 - Annual Dinner June 22, 1966 Correspondence 14 - CARE Packages 1965-66 Correspondence 15 - CARE - High Holiday 1966 Correspondence 16 - CARE Packages 1965-66 Correspondence 17 - Convention - National 1965-66 Press Release, Corres. 18 - Groner, Yaacov 1965-66 Correspondence 19 - Hadas, Eliazer 1965-66 Correspondence 20 - Israel Independence - 18th Anniversary 1966 Correspondence 21 - Jewish Agency 1965-66 Correspondence 22 - Jewish Welfare Federation 1965-66 Allied Jewish Campaign Book 23 - Kirshblum, Rabbi Mordecai 1965-66 Correspondence 24 - Membership Letters 1965-66 Correspondence 25 - Membership Reports 1965-66 Reports 26 - Merkaz Olami 1965-66 Correspondence Box 5 1 - Mifal Hatorah 1965-66 Correspondence 2 - Membership List 1965-66 Lists 3 - Mizrachi Hatzair 1965-66 Correspondence 4 - Regional Conference 1965-66 Correspondence 5 - Mo os Chitim 1965 Correspondence, Lists 3
6 - National 1965-66 Correspondence 7 - Parcels to Foreign Countries 1965-66 Correspondence 8 - Stollman Brothers 1965-66 Correspondence 9 - Stollman, Rabbi - Farewell Reception 1965-66 Correspondence 10 - Tomkiewicz, Zvi - Personal 1965-66 Correspondence 11 - Sifrei Torah 1966 Certificate, Correspondence 12 - Akiva Day School 1967-68 Correspondence 13 - CARE - Passover Packages 1967-68 Correspondence 14 - CARE - Package Orders 1967-68 Correspondence 15 - CARE - Passover Packages 1967-68 Correspondence 16 - Condolences/Congratulations 1967-68 Correspondence 17 - Groner, Yaacov 1967-68 Correspondence 18 - Hadas, Eliazer 1967-68 Correspondence 19 - Israel - People Going To 1967-68 Correspondence 20 - Jewish Agency 1967-68 Correspondence 21 - Jewish National Fund 1967-68 Correspondence 22 - Jewish Welfare Federation 1967-68 Correspondence 23 - Kirshblum, Rabbi Mordecai 1967-68 Correspondence 24 - Lists 1967-68 Lists Box 6 1 - Membership Reports 1967-68 Reports 2 - Merkaz Olami 1967-68 Correspondence 3 - Mifal Hatorah 1967-68 Correspondence 4 - Mo os Chitim - Bequest 1967-68 Correspondence 5 - Mo os Chitim 1967-68 Correspondence 6 - National 1967-68 Correspondence 7 - Stollman Brothers 1967-68 Correspondence 8 - Tomkiewicz, Zvi - Personal 1967-68 Correspondence 9 - Tour Advertisement 1967-68 News clippings 10 - Youth 1967-68 Correspondence, Brochures 11 - Zionist Council 1967-68 Correspondence 12 - Aliyah Conference Feb. 18, 1968 Correspondence 13 - CARE - High Holidays 1968 Correspondence 14 - Akiva Day School 1968-69 Correspondence 15 - CARE - High Holidays 1969 Correspondence 16 - CARE Passover Packages 1968-69 Correspondence 17 - CARE Package Orders 1968-69 Correspondence 18 - Condolences/Congratulations 1968-69 Correspondence 19 - Convention -Jerusalem 1969 Correspondence 20 - Groner, Yaacov 1968-69 Correspondence 21 - Hadas, Eliazer 1968-69 Correspondence 22 - Israel - People Going 1968-69 Correspondence 23 - Jewish Agency 1968-69 Correspondence Box 7 4
1 - Jewish Community Council 1968-69 Calendars, Correspondence 2 - Jewish National Fund 1968-69 Correspondence 3 - Kirshblum, Rabbi Mordecai 1968-69 Correspondence 4 - League for Religious Labor 1968-69 Correspondence 5 - Membership & Board 1968-69 Lists 6 - Membership Reports 1968-69 Reports 7 - Merkaz Olami 1968-69 Correspondence 8 - Mifal Hatorah 1968 Correspondence 9 - Mo os Chitim 1968-69 Correspondence 10 - National 1968-69 Correspondence 11 - Remittances, Reservations 1968-69 Correspondence 12 - Stollman Brothers 1968-69 Correspondence 13 - Torah Education 1968-69 Correspondence 14 - Tour Advertisement 1968-69 News clippings 15 - Tour Inquiries 1968-69 Correspondence 16 - Youth 1968-69 Correspondence 17 - Zionist Council 1968-69 List 18 - General 1968-69 Correspondence, Clipping 19 - Stollman Brothers 1969-70 Correspondence 20 - Bnei Akiva 1970-71 Correspondence 21 - Bookkeeping 1970-71 Correspondence 22 - Chicago Mizrachi 1970-71 Correspondence 23 - Convention Aug. 1971 List, Program, Correspondence 24 - Condolences/Congratulations 1970-71 Correspondence 25 - Council of Orthodox Rabbis 1970-71 Correspondence 26 - Donin, Rabbi Hayim 1971 Correspondence Box 8 1 - Groner, Yaacov 1970-71 Correspondence 2 - Gross, Rabbi P.N. 1970-71 Correspondence 3 - Hadas, Eliazer 1970-71 Correspondence 4 - Hakotel Chapter - Young Mizrachi 1970-71 Correspondence 5 - High Holiday Campaign 1970-71 Correspondence 6 - Israeli Consulate 1970-71 Correspondence 7 - Israel - People Going To 1970-71 List, Correspondence 8 - Jewish Agency 1970-71 Correspondence 9 - Jewish Community Center 1970-71 Correspondence 10 - Jewish Community Council 1970-71 Calendars, Correspondence 11 - Jewish National Fund 1970-71 Correspondence 12 - League for Religious Labor 1970-71 Correspondence 13 - Lists - Synagogues 1970-71 Lists 14 - Meeting - Rabbi S.Wagner & Rabbi E. Greenfield Dec. 2, 1970 Correspondence 15 - Membership Lists 1970-71 Lists 16 - Membership Reports 1970-71 Reports 5
17 - Merkaz Olami 1970-71 Correspondence 18 - Mifal Hatorah 1970-71 Correspondence Box 9 1 - Mlava Malke 3-13-1971 Correspondence 2 - Mo os Chitim 1970-71 Correspondence 3 - National 1970-71 Correspondence 4 - Publicity/Remittances 1970-71 Correspondence 5 - Stollman Brothers 1970-71 Correspondence 6 - Tomkiewicz, Zvi - Personal 1970-71 Correspondence 7 - Tours 1970-71 Correspondence 8 - Wagner, Rabbi Stanley 1970-71 Correspondence 9 - Zambrowsky, Rabbi Z. 1970-71 Correspondence 10 - Zionist Council 1970-71 Correspondence 11 - Akiva Day School 1971-72 Correspondence 12 - Aliyah 1971-72 Brochures, Correspondence 13 - Bnei Akiva 1971-72 Correspondence 14 - Chicago Mizrachi 1971-72 Correspondence 15 - Condolences/Congratulations 1971-72 Correspondence 16 - El Al 1970-71 Notes 17 - Financial Records 1971-72 Statements 18 - Groner, Yaacov 1971-72 Correspondence 19 - Hadas, Eliazer 1971-72 Correspondence 20 - Hakotel Chapter 1971-72 Correspondence 21 - High Holidays 1971-72 Correspondence Box 10 1 - Israel - People Going To 1971-72 Correspondence 2 - Jewish Agency 1971-72 Correspondence 3 - Jewish Community Center 1971-72 Correspondence 4 - Jewish National Fund 1971-72 Correspondence 5 - Kirshblum, Rabbi Mordecai 1971-72 Correspondence 6 - League for Religious Labor 1971-72 Correspondence 7 - Lists - Synagogues 1971-72 Lists 8 - Membership/Board 1971-72 Lists 9 - Merkaz Olami 1971-72 Correspondence 10 - Mifal Hatorah 1971-72 Correspondence 11 - Mo os Chitim 1971-72 Lists 12 - Stollman Brothers 1971-72 Correspondence 13 - Tomkiewicz, Zvi - Personal 1971-72 Correspondence 14 - Tours 1971-72 Correspondence 15 - Weiss, Dr. Moshe-Meeting 1972 Correspondence 16 - Yom Ho Atzmaut 1971-72 Correspondence 17 - Yom Yerushalayim 1971-72 Correspondence 18 - Youth 1971-72 Correspondence 19 - Zionist Federation 1971-72 Correspondence 6
20 - Wagner, Dr. Stanley 1971-72 Correspondence 21 - Teachers Seminar to Israel 1972 Correspondence Box 11 1 - National 1971-72 Correspondence 2 - Publicity/Remittances 1971-72 Correspondence 3 - Bnei Akiva 1972-73 Correspondence 4 - Conventions - National 1972-73 Minutes, Talks 5 - Groner, Yaacov 1972-73 Correspondence 6 - Hadas, Eliazer 1972-73 Correspondence 7 - Jewish National Fund 1972-73 Correspondence 8 - Jewish Welfare Federation 1972-73 Correspondence 9 - Membership 1972-73 Correspondence, List 10 - Merkaz Olami 1972-73 Correspondence 11 - Mifal Hatorah 1972-73 Correspondence 12 - Mo os Chitim 1972-73 Lists, Correspondence 13 - National 1972-73 Correspondence 14 - Publicity/Remittances 1972-73 Correspondence 15 - Tomkiewicz, Zvi - Personal 1972-73 Correspondence 16 - General 1972-73 Correspondence Box 12 1 - Bnei Akiva 1973-74 Report 2 - Chicago 1973-74 Correspondence 3 - Condolences/Congratulations 1973-74 Correspondence 4 - Hadas, Eliazer 1973-74 Correspondence 5 - High Holiday 1973-74 Correspondence 6 - Jewish Agency 1973-74 Correspondence, Traveler Info. 7 - Jewish Community Council 1973-74 Calendars, Correspondence 8 - Jewish National Fund 1973-74 Correspondence 9 - Jewish Welfare Federation 1973-74 Correspondence 10 - League for Religious Labor 1973-74 List 11 - Membership 1973-74 List 12 - Merkaz Olami 1973-74 Correspondence 13 - Mifal Hatorah 1973-74 Correspondence 14 - Mo os Chitim 1973-74 Correspondence Box 13 1 - National 1973-74 Correspondence 2 - Retirement in Israel 1973-74 Brochures, Correspondence 3 - Tomkiewicz, Zvi - Personal 1973-74 Correspondence 4 - Tours 1973-74 Itineraries, Correspondence 5 - Tours - Advertisements 1973-74 News Clippings 6 - Youth 1973-74 Correspondence 7 - General 1973-74 Correspondence 7
8 - Bnei Akiva 1974-75 Correspondence 9 - Board Meeting 1975 Minutes, Correspondence 10 - Camp Stone & Moshava 1975-76 Correspondence 11 - Chicago Mizrachi 1974-75 Correspondence 12 - Condolences/Congratulations 1974-75 Correspondence 13 - Detroit Zionist Federation 1974-75 Correspondence 14 - Groner, Yaacov 1974-75 Correspondence 15 - Hadas, Eliazer 1974-75 Correspondence 16 - High Holiday Contributions 1972-75 Correspondence 17 - Jewish Community Center 1974-75 Correspondence 18 - Lists - Synagogues 1974-75 Lists 19 - Membership 1974-75 Lists Box 14 1 - Merkaz Olami 1974-75 Correspondence 2 - Mifal Hatorah 1974-75 Correspondence 3 - Camp Moshava 1966 Correspondence, Lists 4 - Bnei Akiva 1967 Correspondence 5 - Camp Moshava 1967 Correspondence, Lists 6 - Mizrachi Hatzair Leaders 1966 Correspondence 7 - Mizrachi Hatzair 1966 Correspondence 8 - Camp Moshava 1968 Correspondence 9 - Camp Moshava 1969-70 Correspondence 10 - Camp Moshava 1970 Yearbook, Receipt Book 11 - Camp Moshava - Attendance 1970 Correspondence 12 - Camp Moshava 1972 Correspondence 13 - Bnei Akiva 1972 Correspondence 14 - Camp Moshava 1973 Correspondence Box 15 1 - Special Account 1976 Checkbook 2 - Ledger 1950-52 3 - Ledger 1949 Box 16 1 - Scrapbook Contents 1936-40 Clippings, Correspondence 8