- Link to the 7 Jewish subject boxes [Click on each one to see a listing of the contents]
- Links to collection items with “Jewish” as a tag:
- Listing of Yiddish language books [there are some books in English listed here, too.]
Publications and Reports
Collection of articles on the history of the congregation: Charter, January 21, 1919; Dedication of New Edifice, March 15, 1931; Last House of Worship, 1981; 75th Anniversary, November 13, 1994. Lawrence History Center: Jewish Collection.
Ford, Rosemary, Lawrence’s Jewish Past. Lawrence, MA: Eagle Tribune, November 4, 1998. 4pp.
Franklin, Dora, Hymie Axelrod, Rebecca Zidle, Shirley Hymanson, and Irving H. Linn, History of the Jews in Lawrence. n.d. 6 pp. Lawrence, MA: Lawrence History Center Jewish Collection.
Memorials. Ansha Sholum Yahrzeit Book, n.d., 53 pp. Lawrence, MA: Lawrence History Center Jewish Collection.
Porteous, William M., ed., Children of Abraham Cemetery, Lawrence, Massachusetts. 101 pp. North Andover, MA: Publ. William M. Porteous, 2019.
Louise Sandberg, Jewish Community (Lawrence, MA). Queen City Massachusetts blog, April 24, 2019. 3 pp. https://queencityma.wordpress.com/2019/04/24/jewish-community-lawrence-ma/
Linda A. Siegenthaler, A Brief History of Congregation Ansha Sholum, 1919-2021. 1 p. Lawrence History Center Jewish Collection.
Storm Ledoux, Natasha. A Vanishing Community: Diaspora of the Jewish Shtetl in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1919-2019. 21 pp. University of Massachusetts Lowell, Directed Study in History, February 6, 2022.