Congregation Beth Sholom (Iselin, N.J.) Records

Records Hierarchy

Board of Trustees

- MINUTES, 1955 1979 (with gaps)

President - CORRESPONDENCE, 1977 1978

Congregation

- CONSTITUIONS AND BY LAWS

- MINUTES, 1955-1961

- NEWSLETTERS, 1956-1960 and 1976-1980

- DIRECTORY CALENDAR, 1971

- GENERAL FILE, 1960-1970

- MERGER NEGOTIATIONS FILE, undated

- MEMBERSHIP AND COMMITTEE LISTS, 1972-973 and 1979-980 - MEMBERSHIP FILES FOR FORMER MEMBERS, undated

- FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS, 1956-1980

Sisterhood

- CONSITUTION, 1975

- MEMBERHSIP LIST, 1978

Board of Education

- GENERAL FILE, ca. 1974-1979



Series Descriptions

Board of Trustees

MINUTES, 1955-1964, 1970-1971, 1972-1973 and 1975-1979 .55 cubic ft. Arranged chronologically. Minutes with accompanying meeting announcements, treasurer's reports, receipts and other supporting documents. For some years there are also minutes of annual and special meetings.

President

CORRESPONDENCE, 1977-1978. (1 folder) Correspondence between Congregation President Al Herbst and the congregation members. Topics include the election of the Congregation President, the financial condition of the congregation and various problems or challenges confronting the congregation.

Congregation

CONSITUTIONS AND BY LAWS, 1968, 1971 and 1975 Arranged chronologically. Several verions are present, one possibly the original (from 1955 or 1956) and the others longer and more detailed. Accompanying the constitutions is a copy of the certificate of incorporation for Congregation Beth Sholom.

MINUTES, 1955-1961. Arranged chronologically. Typewritten minutes of meetings of the congregation recording discussions relating to annual elections, temple finances, social events and the like.

NEWSLETTERS, 1956-1960 and 1976-1980. (.7 cubic ft.) Arranged chronologically. Monthly newsletters, entitled CBS News, with all types of news relating to the congregation and sisterhood, i.e., calandars of events jahrzeit lists, donations, and columns written by the rabbi and the president. Another newsletter, Congregation Beth Sholom Newsletter, dates from 1976 to 1980 and contains congregation and isiterhood news, e.g., meeting announcements, book of memory and donations.

DIRECTORY CALENDAR, 1971. (1 folder) Calendar, including shopper's guide, professional directoy and phone index of the congregation membership. Photographs of the rabbi and congregation president are also included. GENERAL FILE, 1960-1970. Arranged alphabetically by folder heading. A variety of materials consisting of building inventories, an evening news magazine article, northern New Jersey United Synagogue Youth records, rabinical contracts and an undated "building plan."

MERGER NEGOTIATIONS FILE, undated. Unarranged. Documentation concerning the merger (effected 1980) of Congregation Beth Sholom with Congreagtion Adath Israel. Included are a consitution, membership lists and information concerning Bar Mitvahs, dues and rentals, among other topics.

MEMBERSHIP AND COMMITTEE LISTS, 1972/73 and 1979/80. (1 folder) Arranged chronologically. Alphabetical lists of congregation members, including a committee list for 1972/73.

FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS, 1956-1980. (1 cubic ft.) Grouped by document type. Application for tax exemption, 1956. Budgets and financial reports, 1967-1980, are spreadsheets containing dues records, statements of cash receipts and disbursements, inventory, budget, and other forms of financial record, ususally accompanied by reports of the accountant. Cash receipts, 1968-1978, are spreadsheets recording congregation income, including total dues, rental, sisterhhod donations, book of memory income, bingo receipts and other income. Journals, 1969-1980, Membership ledger, 1972-1978, consists of spreadsheets (arranged alphabetically by surname) recording members' individual dues records. Includes several adminstrative accounts at the front. Membership ledger for former members, 1965-1978, consists of spreadsheets recording dues payments by former members when they were active in the congregation. Building Construction Bills and Contracts, 1962-1968, represent a variety of documents, including the contracts, bills and correspondence between the congregation and various construction companies.

Sisterhood

CONSTITUTION, 1975. (1 folder) Version of 1975, revised from an earlier constitution.

MEMBERSHIP LIST, 1978. (1 folder) An alphabetical list of sisterhood members. Board of Education

GENERAL FILE, ca. 1974-1979. (1 folder) Unarranged. Documentation generated by the Board of Education, including the Hebrew school institute curriculumn, Hebrew school information and memoranda. Also included is a copy of the school's registration form.