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NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL OFFICE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE of B'NAI B'RITH 10 Stale Street, Suite 314, Boston 9, Mass. To: Robert E, Segal Prom: Is ado re Zack Date: January 3, 1956 Subject: What appears to be a minor invasion of Boston business and professional buildings by the Feeneyites took place. Tuesday, January 3, according to information received at this office. The Feeneyites, traveling.in pairs, were circulating copies of the January, 1956 issue of "The Point" going from office to office in the, various ..buildings around Boston*. This issue of "The Point is entitled .."The Jewish Gangs of Boston." *? According to our information, the.Feeneyites asked the individuals, in these office and business establishments, if they were Catholic. If the answer was in the affirmative, they would hand a copy of "The Point" to the individual. They were not selling their, books, they were simply distributing this anti- Semitic issue of "The Point," Reports were received from the.Boylston Street area, from the Area.of Kilby Street, Broad Street, State.Street and 18 Tremont Street, The pamphlet in question is divided into four parts, subtitled (1) The Siege, (2) The Peddler's Gang, (3) The Political Gang, (li) The.Harvard Gang, The section marked "The Siege" there is an.attack on.Rabbi Joseph Shubow. of Boston, an attack on. Brandeis University, Archbishop Cushing for participating in the Brandeis commemoration,of the Catholic Chapel there, an attack on.Joseph Linsey and Ben G. Shapiro. Under "Peddler*s Gang".there is an.attack en Jewish business houes such as Filene's, Stop &. Shop, R, H. White*s, Gilchrist's, the Charles B. Perkins Cigar Stores, Wethems, Leeds, E. B. Horn, Luby Chevrolet and the following, hotels: The Kenmore,..Somerset, Vendome, Sherry Biltmore, Lenox and Braemore, Also the Little Building.and U. S. Trust Company, The section subtitled."The Political Gang" contains an attack on.Jerome Kappaport for the part- he played.in running and organizing the New Boston Committee. Others named were Judge Reuben Lurie, Dr, Maurice Victor and Jackson Holtz, In the section marked "The Harvard Gang" the Feeneyites repeated many of the charges they have made.about Harvard in.their weekly meeting on Boston.Common and they attacked Judge Charles Wyzanski by name. IZtsfc cc: Alan Morse David A, Rose Milton Ellerin Alex Miller Arnold Forster Murray Isen Mosier Goldberg
Object Description
Collection Name | Jewish Community Relations Council, Boston, Massachusetts |
Collection Number | I-123 |
Dates | 1956 |
Box Number | 51 |
Folder Number | 04 |
Subjects |
Anti-Semitism--United States Boston--Social Conditions Civil Rights World War, 1930-1945--Jews Judaism--Relations--Christianity |
Access | Request Access |
Rights | User has an obligation to determine copyright or other use restrictions prior to publication or distribution. Please contact the archives at reference@ajhsboston.org or 617-226-1245 for more information. |
Source | American Jewish Historical Society-New England Archives, New England Historic Genealogical Society |
Description
Collection Name | Jewish Community Relations Council, Boston, Massachusetts |
Collection Number | I-123 |
Dates | 1956 |
Box Number | 51 |
Folder Number | 04 |
Subjects |
Anti-Semitism--United States Boston--Social Conditions Civil Rights World War, 1930-1945--Jews Judaism--Relations--Christianity |
Description |
Activities Anti-Semitism Organizations and individuals Feeney, Father Leonard |
Access | Request Access |
Rights | User has an obligation to determine copyright or other use restrictions prior to publication or distribution. Please contact the archives at reference@ajhsboston.org or 617-226-1245 for more information. |
Transcript | NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL OFFICE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE of B'NAI B'RITH 10 Stale Street, Suite 314, Boston 9, Mass. To: Robert E, Segal Prom: Is ado re Zack Date: January 3, 1956 Subject: What appears to be a minor invasion of Boston business and professional buildings by the Feeneyites took place. Tuesday, January 3, according to information received at this office. The Feeneyites, traveling.in pairs, were circulating copies of the January, 1956 issue of "The Point" going from office to office in the, various ..buildings around Boston*. This issue of "The Point is entitled .."The Jewish Gangs of Boston." *? According to our information, the.Feeneyites asked the individuals, in these office and business establishments, if they were Catholic. If the answer was in the affirmative, they would hand a copy of "The Point" to the individual. They were not selling their, books, they were simply distributing this anti- Semitic issue of "The Point," Reports were received from the.Boylston Street area, from the Area.of Kilby Street, Broad Street, State.Street and 18 Tremont Street, The pamphlet in question is divided into four parts, subtitled (1) The Siege, (2) The Peddler's Gang, (3) The Political Gang, (li) The.Harvard Gang, The section marked "The Siege" there is an.attack on.Rabbi Joseph Shubow. of Boston, an attack on. Brandeis University, Archbishop Cushing for participating in the Brandeis commemoration,of the Catholic Chapel there, an attack on.Joseph Linsey and Ben G. Shapiro. Under "Peddler*s Gang".there is an.attack en Jewish business houes such as Filene's, Stop &. Shop, R, H. White*s, Gilchrist's, the Charles B. Perkins Cigar Stores, Wethems, Leeds, E. B. Horn, Luby Chevrolet and the following, hotels: The Kenmore,..Somerset, Vendome, Sherry Biltmore, Lenox and Braemore, Also the Little Building.and U. S. Trust Company, The section subtitled."The Political Gang" contains an attack on.Jerome Kappaport for the part- he played.in running and organizing the New Boston Committee. Others named were Judge Reuben Lurie, Dr, Maurice Victor and Jackson Holtz, In the section marked "The Harvard Gang" the Feeneyites repeated many of the charges they have made.about Harvard in.their weekly meeting on Boston.Common and they attacked Judge Charles Wyzanski by name. IZtsfc cc: Alan Morse David A, Rose Milton Ellerin Alex Miller Arnold Forster Murray Isen Mosier Goldberg |
Source | American Jewish Historical Society-New England Archives, New England Historic Genealogical Society |
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