Finding aid to the Beth Chayim Chadashim records, 1948, 1967-2012
Coll2012.133
Finding aid prepared by Kyle Morgan
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, California, 90007
(213) 741-0094
askone@ONEarchives.org
© 2012
Title: Beth Chayim Chadashim records
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2012.133
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
22.95 linear feet.
12 archive boxes + 4 archive flat boxes + 3 archive binder boxes + 2 archive cartons
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1972-2012
Date (inclusive): 1948, 1967-2012
Abstract: The collection consists of administrative and financial records, outreach and event records, religious service texts, publications,
subject files, photographs, and other materials used and/or created by Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC), 1948, 1967-2012. Founded
in 1972 as the world’s first lesbian and gay synagogue, BCC is an inclusive community of progressive lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender and heterosexual Jews, their families and friends.
creator:
Beth Chayim Chadashim (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Processing Information
Processing of this collection has been funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) and Wells
Fargo.
Part of collection formerly housed in boxes A214, A214a, A214b, A214c, A214d, A214e, A214f, A214g, A214i, A215, A216, A217,
A218, A220, A221, A222, and A223.
Collection processed by Kyle Morgan, 2012.
Access
Restricted access to some membership and financial records. Please consult archivist.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of administrative and financial records, outreach and event records, religious service texts, publications,
subject files, photographs, and other materials maintained and/or created by Beth Chayim Chadashim, 1948, 1967-2012. Records
dated prior to the founding of the temple in 1972 consist exclusively of religious texts. The administrative records include
meeting minutes, membership records, records of the president, correspondence, and other operational records. The financial
records include bank statements, ledgers, receipts, and budget reports. Outreach and event records comprise promotional material,
advertisements, event programs, and informational pamphlets and booklets. Other records include periodicals, texts used or
referenced for religious services, clippings, mass mailings, photographs, T-shirts, and assorted artifacts.
Administrative History
The world’s first synagogue for gay and lesbian Jews grew out of a weekly rap group meeting on April 4, 1972 at Metropolitan
Community Church (MCC) in Los Angeles. The three men and one woman who attended that meeting were all Jewish. MCC founder
Reverend Troy Perry encouraged them to start a congregation and offered free use of church facilities. About a dozen women
and men came to an ad hoc meeting to found the Metropolitan Community Temple in May of that year.
After services on January 26, 1973, the fledgling synagogue changed its name to Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC), Hebrew for “House
of New Life.” That same night, a fire destroyed the MCC church, and BCC temporarily moved into the Leo Baeck Temple in Bel
Air. There in 1973, BCC received a Holocaust survivor Torah from the town of Chotebor, Czechoslovakia, on permanent loan from
Westminster Synagogue in London.
The Union of American Hebrew Congregations (now Union for Reform Judaism) accepted BCC into their union on June 9, 1974, the
first gay and lesbian congregation accepted by a mainstream religious organization in the world. BCC also became a founding
member of the World Congress of Gay and Lesbian Jewish Organizations and hosted international conferences in 1978 and 1982,
along with several Western regional conferences.
In 1977 BCC purchased its own building at 6000 West Pico Boulevard and in 1983 hired its first ordained rabbi and later its
first invested cantor. At a time when most temples still used male language for God, BCC created the first gender-neutral
prayer book. BCC was also a pioneer in egalitarian worship services with lay service leaders and in the creation of life cycle
rituals for lesbian and gay individuals and couples.
In the 1980s, BCC helped found Nechama, a Jewish Response to AIDS, which was initially housed at BCC and later moved to the
Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles (it later became the independent nonprofit group Los Angeles Jewish AIDS Services).
In 1987 BCC inaugurated its Persons with AIDS dinners, providing food and community support to individuals and their friends
and families.
In 1995 as members began to raise children in greater numbers, BCC began its first children’s program, Yeladim B’Lev (“Children
in the Heart”). By 2007 BCC had established an active religious school program known as Ohr Chayim.
Edited from the Beth Chayim Chadashim website (c) 2012 at http://www.bcc-la.org/history/.
Acquisition Information
Part of the collection was gifted at an unknown date presumably by BCC member and ONE Incorporated board member Jesse Jacobs.
Other parts of the collection were gifted in multiple donations from Tracy Moore between June 2011 and November 2012.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1. Administrative records, 1972-2012
Series 2. Financial records, 1972-2007
Series 3. Outreach and event records, 1972-2012
Series 4. Religious services records, 1948, 1967-2011
Series 5. Publications, 1973-2012
Series 6. Subject files, 1973-2010
Series 7. Photographs, 1977-2009
Series 8. Audiovisual and graphic materials, religious artifacts, and other objects, 1972-2011
Separated Materials
Separated to the ONE Archives periodical collection:
Bridges: A Journal for Jewish Feminists and our Friends, v.1, no.1 and 2; v.2, no.1 and 2; v.3, no.1 and 2; v.4, no.1 and 2; v.5, no.1 (1990-1995).
The Chicago Gay Crusader, no.1, 2 (May, June 1973).
Chicago Gay Pride, v.3, no.2 (May-June 1973).
Curve, v.16, no.10 (December 2006).
HRC Quarterly (Fall 1996).
Jewish Gaily Forward, v.1, no.1 (October 1977).
Keeping in Touch (September/October 1998).
Lesbian Herstory Archives Newsletter (March 1999).
LN, v.19, no.11 (June 1994).
New Life (October 1974).
News Update. Lesbian and Gay Public Awareness Project (February 1997).
Reconstructionist, v.51, no.2 (October November 1985).
Task Force Report (Summer 1998).
Vanguard News and Views (May 17, 1991).
Separated to ONE Archives pamphlet, program, and calendar collections:
About our Children, a PFLAG pamphlet.
American Society on Aging’s Lesbian and Gay Aging Issues Network pamphlet.
GLAAD Media Awards program (1991).
Christopher Street West (CSW) Los Angeles Pride programs (1977, 1988, 1997).
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s Women’s Night 2002 program.
Long Beach Pride programs (1998, 1999).
MECLA: A Catalyst for Change agenda calendar (1985).
Metropolitan Community Church of Los Angeles: Celebrating 30 Amazing Years of Service to the Community program (October 6, 1998).
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force pamphlets (including for the 1998
Creating Change conference).
We Are You: An Exploration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Colorado’s Jewish Community. A publication of Mosaic (2006).
Separated to the ONE Archives book library:
Shokeid, Moshe.
A Gay Synagogue. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995.
Separated to the ONE Archives poster collection:
"I Do" Support the Freedom to Marry. Equality California | eqca.org. Red poster with white text and blue quotation marks;
14" x 16".
Separated to the ONE Archives T-shirt collection:
GAR0745 Text: Beth Chayim Chadashim. Graphic: Lambda symbol inside a Star of David inside a circle.
GAR0752 Text: Beth Chayim Chadashim Shabbaton Malibu 1996. Graphic: Lambda symbol inside a Star of David shining down on a
beach; graphic is square-shaped and bordered on its sides by text; green shirt. Context: Made for the Shabbaton retreat weekend.
GAR0753 Text: Shabbat happens. Context: Original Shabbat happens slogan. 1997.
GAR0754 Text: One in every minyan. Graphic: Nine white circles and one pink triangle in square black boxes. Context: Original
slogan. circa 1996-1997.
GAR0755 Graphic: Three adjacent boxes with Star of David backdrops: left says "BCC", middle has a graphic of an airplane,
right has a map of Israel. Context: BCC trip to Israel. August 1999.
GAR0756 Graphic: Beth Chayim Chadashim logo surrounded on the left, right, and bottom by hand written names. Context: Worn
by Rabbi Lisa Edwards at a pride parade; lists members of Beth Chayim Chadashim who had died. circa 1996-1999.
GAR0757 Text: Beth Chayim Chadashim Shabbaton Malibu 1996. Graphic: Lambda symbol inside a Star of David shining down on a
beach; graphic is square-shaped and bordered on its sides by text; blue shirt. Context: Made for the Shabbaton retreat weekend.
Deaccessioned materials:
Compass, v.46, no.2 (Winter-Spring 1994).
Conservative Judaism, v.40, no.4 (Summer 1988).
Israel and Palestine Political Report, no.193.
Life. "Israel’s Swift Victory" (1967).
Life. "The Spirit of Israel: 25th Anniversary" (1973).
The Progressive (December 1994).
SA Briefings: Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism (Spring 1990).
Tri-Ethnic Research Project, Research Report #25. University of Colorado. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in San Francisco
on November 24, 1963.
The Workman’s Circle/Arbeter Ring’s Annual Awards Banquet and Silent Auction program, Southern California District (November 2, 2003).
Related Archival Materials
Twice Blessed Collection, Coll2010-003, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles, California.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Beth Chayim Chadashim Records, Coll2012-133, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Jewish gay men
Jewish lesbians
Reform Judaism
Synagogues
Administrative records Series 1.
1972-2012
Physical Description:
5.5 linear feet.
Scope and Contents
Consists of meeting minutes, membership records, presidential records, correspondence, project files, maintenance and operational
records, manuals, bylaws, education and employment records, marriage records, and other administrative records of Beth Chayim
Chadashim, 1972-2012.
Arrangement
Meeting minutes, membership records, and presidential records are listed first. The remainder of the series is arranged alphabetically.
Meeting minutes
1972-2009
Scope and Contents note
Consists of board of directors, congregational, executive committee, ritual committee, rabbinic search committee, ways and
means committee, fundraising committee, and various ad hoc committee meeting minutes. Includes project records, reports, and
election records discussed, distributed, or managed at these meetings. For more rabbinic search committee records, see the
"Rabbinic search committee" listing.
Box 1, Folder 1-26
1972-1984
Physical Description:
[26 folders]
Box 2, Folder 1-40
1984-2001
Physical Description:
[40 folders]
Box 3, Folder 1-5
2002-2009
Physical Description:
[5 folders]
Membership records
1973-2011
Conditions Governing Access note
[Access restricted]
Box 6, Folder 18-19
Information forms
1998-2006
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 6, Folder 20-24
Rosters
1973-2005
Physical Description:
[5 folders]
Box 20, Folder 1-2
Rosters
1973-1998
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note
Isolated because of mold contamination.
Presidential records
1988-1992
Scope and Contents note
Consists of correspondence, operational guidelines, budget records, membership records, legal records and contracts, bylaws,
organizational charts, meeting minutes, and other administrative records maintained by various presidents of Beth Chayim Chadashim.
Box 3, Folder 6-7
Zendle, Les
1988-1990
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 3, Folder 8-11
Stevens, Ralph
1991-1992
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 3, Folder 13
Activity calendar
1990-2000
Box 3, Folder 14
Administration
1972-1974
Scope and Contents note
Consists of correspondence, promotional material, board announcements, event records, and other administrative records. Includes
records on the Torah dedication.
Box 3, Folder 15-17
Administration
1976-2012
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Consists of correspondence, promotional materials, project and event records, survey records, policy and procedure manuals,
and other administrative records.
Box 3, Folder 18
Alcoholics Anonymous
undated
Box 3, Folder 19
Board and leadership development
1987, undated
Box 3, Folder 20
Board of director operational manual
2009, undated
Box 3, Folder 21
Building maintenance, rental, and event setup
1977-2009
Box 12, Folder 18
Bylaws
circa 1973-1987
Physical Description:
[oversized]
Box 18, Folder 2
Card files, contacts
undated
Box 3, Folder 23
Carter, Eric
1995-1996
Scope and Contents note
Includes 4 photographs.
Box 3, Folder 22
Conference material
1978-2010
Box 3, Folder 24-27
Constitution and bylaws
1972-1991
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 3, Folder 28-30
Correspondence
1989-2011
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Primarily consists of incoming thank-you letters and greeting cards.
Box 3, Folder 31
Education, course material
1973
Box 3, Folder 32
Education, reference material
1999, undated
Box 17, Folder 2
Education, workshop material
1998
Physical Description:
[oversized]
Box 4, Folder 1-3
Edwards, Rabbi Lisa
1990-2003
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Includes press releases and other promotional material, correspondence, financial records, project records, and clippings.
Box 18, Folder 6
Floppy disks
1995, undated
Physical Description:
[9 3.5 inch disks]
Scope and Contents note
Includes
G'Vanim articles managed or written by Dean Desman, High Holy Days texts and mailing information, and Ritual Committee information.
Box 4, Folder 4
Forms, business cards, magnets, and name tags
undated
Box 4, Folder 5
History of Beth Chayim Chadashim
1973-1974, undated
Box 4, Folder 6-8
Insurance, primarily provided by Eichberg Associates
1989-1996, undated
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 4, Folder 9
Job description and employment records
1986-1987, undated
Box 4, Folder 10
Marriages
1972, 1993-2012
Scope and Contents note
Consists of wedding invitations, registrations, and other related material. Includes material from Troy Perry's wedding and
one photograph from the ceremony.
Box 4, Folder 10-12
Nashim L. Nashim
1993-1996
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Includes meeting minutes, flyers, advertisements, contacts, budget records, forms, correspondence, procedures, reports, and
Women's Task Force records.
Box 4, Folder 13-14
Organizational troubleshooting
circa 1983-1985
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Includes meeting minutes and reference material regarding a variety of organizational issues.
Box 4, Folder 15
Park-Rogers, Felicia, correspondence
2006-2011
Box 19, Folder 4
Personal Document Planner Record and Guide
undated
Physical Description:
[binder]
Scope and Contents note
Note on the first page: "This information about the law is designed to help users safely cope with their own legal needs."
Box 4, Folder 16
Proclamations, 30th anniversary
2002
Box 4, Folder 17
Recipes for a cookbook
1984-1985
Box 4, Folder 18-25
Rabbinic search committee records
1992, 1994
Physical Description:
[8 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Includes meeting minutes, interview and reference forms, scheduling records, reports, and Union of American Hebrew Congregations
(UAHC) consultation records.
Box 4, Folder 26
Reference material for services offered by Beth Chayim Chadashim
1995-1997
Box 16, Folder 4
Stationary and forms, design and mockups
undated
Physical Description:
[oversized]
Box 4, Folder 29
T-shirt design trademark
1996
Box 4, Folder 30-36
Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC)
1977-1999
Physical Description:
[7 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Includes guides, reports, resolutions, directories, correspondence, 1979 investigation records, and membership dues records.
Financial records Series 2.
1972-2007
Physical Description:
1.75 linear feet.
Scope and Contents
Consists of banking and credit card records, fundraising records, ledgers, payroll records, receipts, tax records, and financial
reports.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically.
Box 4, Folder 37
American Express statements
1993-1994
Physical Description:
4.0 linear feet.
Conditions Governing Access note
{Access restricted]
Box 5, Folder 1-4
Banking
1992-1996
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 5, Folder 5-11
Budget
1972-2003
Physical Description:
[7 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Budget records are also well represented in the "Meeting minutes" folders under the Administrative records series.
Box 5, Folder 12-21
Donations, fundraising, and membership dues
1984-2007
Physical Description:
[10 folders]
Conditions Governing Access note
[Access restricted]
Scope and Contents note
Consists of the following folders (in order): "Always in our Hearts" tribute to Fran Chalin, donor program and payments, fundraising
and ways & means committee records, membership dues and oneg flyers, Nechama donations, pledge records, Siddur dedications,
and tribute dinner records.
Box 5, Folder 22-23
Estates, trusts, and wills
1988-1993
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 5, Folder 24-26
Ledgers
1982-1984, undated
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Box 5, Folder 27
Payroll and personnel records
1991, 1994-1996
Conditions Governing Access note
[Access restricted]
Box 5, Folder 29-34
Receipts
1991-1997
Physical Description:
[5 folder]
Scope and Contents note
Advertising, bakery, climate control, education, engraving, and event receipts.
Box 6, Folder 1-9
Receipts
1983-1996
Physical Description:
[9 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Office printing, public relations, security, supermarket, United Way, and other general receipts.
Box 6, Folder 10-12
Taxes
1973-1996
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Federal, state, and local tax records as well as non-profit status records.
Box 6, Folder 13-14
Treasurer's reports
1984-1990
Outreach and event records Series 3.
1972-2012
Physical Description:
1.25 linear feet.
Scope and Contents
Consists of promotional material, press releases, advertisements, event invitations and programs, informational pamphlets,
activity booklets, and mockups of these materials.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically.
Box 12, Folder 17
Advertisements, design and mockups
1990-1996
Physical Description:
[oversized]
Box 16, Folder 6
Advertisements, design and mockups
1990-1994
Physical Description:
[oversized]
Box 6, Folder 25-33
Event administration and promotional records
1972-2002
Physical Description:
1.5 linear feet.
[9 folders]
Box 7, Folder 1-6
Event administration and promotional records
1997-2012
Physical Description:
[6 folders]
Box 16, Folder 7
Event administration and promotional records
undated
Physical Description:
[oversized]
Box 7, Folder 7
Informational pamphlets and booklets
1977-1999, undated
Box 7, Folder 8
Past Presidents Brunch invitations, programs, and promotional material
1995-2012
Box 7, Folder 9-10
Press releases
1990-1996
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 7, Folder 11
Program and activity booklets
1993-1999
Box 7, Folder 12-16
Programs and invitations: anniversaries, events, and special services
1973-2012
Physical Description:
[5 folders]
Box 12, Folder 19
Programs, pamphlets, and booklets; design and mockups
circa 2003
Box 7, Folder 17
Welcome booklets, mockups
1990
Religious services records Series 4.
1948, 1967-2011
Physical Description:
3.75 linear feet.
Scope and Contents
Consists of religious service texts, religious service administrative and promotional records, remembrance files, and a 1948
Talmud. High Holy Days Hebrew calendar dates are provided.
Arrangement
High Holy Days materials are listed first, followed by service administrative records and texts, remembrances, and the Talmud.
Box 7, Folder 18-38
High Holy Days, 5734-5760
1973-1999
Physical Description:
[21 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Includes promotional materials, order forms and invitations, mockups of promotional materials and invitations, In Memoriam
and Scroll of Rememberance booklets, Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah programs, administrative and financial records, and a 1989
High Holy Days Coordinator notebook.
Box 8, Folder 1-10
High Holy Days; 5761-5767, 5771;
2000-2006, 2010
Physical Description:
[10 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Includes promotional materials, order forms and invitations, Days of Awe programs as well as individual Yom Kippur and Rosh
Hashanah programs, Scroll of Rememberance booklets, administrative records, and 2005 registration forms.
Box 8, Folder 11-29
Services: administrative records and texts
1972-1975
Physical Description:
[19 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Primarily consists of various religious texts.
Box 9, Folder 1-27
Services: administrative records and texts
1974-2006
Physical Description:
[27 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Includes texts of drashes, pitches, and Rabbi Lisa Edwards sermons. Includes a few papers written by Rabbi Edwards, service
texts from conferences, and Shabbaton 1996 records.
Box 10, Folder 1-11
Services: administrative records, texts, and songs
1993-2010, undated
Physical Description:
[11 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Includes texts from Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.
Box 19, Folder 5
Service text, possibly for 1st Siddur
circa 1977
Box 12, Folder 20
Service texts
1971, 1981
Physical Description:
[oversized]
Box 10, Folder 12-17
Service texts, external organizations
1967-1994, undated
Physical Description:
[6 folders]
Box 10, Folder 18-20
Remembrances
1988-2011
Physical Description:
[3 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Includes service texts, clippings, programs, awards, and 3 photographs.
Box 16, Folder 9
Talmud. Bava kamma. New York: Shulsinger
1948
General Physical Description note: Hard bound book
Publications Series 5.
1973-2012
Physical Description:
1.75 linear feet.
Scope and Contents
Consists of newsletters and bulletins published by Beth Chayim Chadashim. Includes mockups and edits of these publications.
Box 11, Folder 25-36
Bulletins
1985-2010
Physical Description:
[12 folders]
Scope and Contents note
Bulletins distributed at Sabbath regarding the service, upcoming events, and organizational news. The set is incomplete with
the most complete representation between 1996-2001.
Box 10, Folder 21-31
G'Vanim
1973-1983
Physical Description:
[11 folders]
Scope and Contents note
This monthly publication was called the
Beth Chayim Chadashim Newsletter from 1973-1978. This set is missing the following issues: December 1980; January-September 1981; June, July, September 1982;
and May 1983.
Box 11, Folder 1-24
G'Vanim
1984-2012
Physical Description:
[24 folders]
Scope and Contents note
The format of the publication changed from 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 to 8 1/2 x 11 inches in 1984. This set is missing the following issues:
June, November, December 1984; February, May, June, September, October 1985; February-September, November, December 1986;
February-April, September-December 1987; January 1988; March, April 1990; June 1996; November 1999; February 2000; December
2001; December 2006; and most of 2007-2012
Box 11, Folder 37-38
G'Vanim, mockups
1973-1979
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 12, Folder 1
Assorted publications, mockups and edits
1986-1996
Subject files Series 6.
1973-2010
Physical Description:
1.0 linear feet.
Scope and Contents
Consists of clippings, flyers, mass mailings, programs, and other promotional materials collected from external organizations.
The clippings listings refer exclusively to clippings, while subject file listings refers to all the above items.
Box 12, Folder 2
Clippings, Beth Chayim Chadashim advertisements
1972-1995
Box 12, Folder 3
Clippings, Beth Chayim Chadashim members and the World Congress
1973-2002
Box 12, Folder 4-7
Clippings, general topics
1972-1998
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Box 16, Folder 8
Clippings, general topics
2000-2009
Physical Description:
[oversized]
Box 12, Folder 8-9
Clippings, hate crimes
1994-1999
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 12, Folder 10-11
Clippings, Holocaust
1994-1999
Physical Description:
[2 folders]
Box 12, Folder 12
Subject files, Holocaust
1994-1999
Box 12, Folder 13-16
Subject files, general topics
1973-2010
Physical Description:
[4 folders]
Photographs Series 7.
1977-2009
Physical Description:
3.2 linear feet.
Scope and Contents
Consists of images of Beth Chayim Chadashim members, events, and religious services.
Box 13
Exhibit
1999-2000, undated
General Physical Description note: 11 photographic prints with introduction and captions
Scope and Contents note
Photographs used for an exhibit celebrating the 40th year anniversary of Beth Chayim Chadashim.
Box 13
Members, A-P
1999-2001, undated
General Physical Description note: 205 photographic prints
Scope and Contents note
BCC members organized alphabetically by last name.
Box 14
Members, P-Y
1999-2001, undated
General Physical Description note: 90 photographic prints and 2 negative strips
Scope and Contents note
BCC members organized alphabetically by last name.
Box 14
Members, events, and services
1978-2001
General Physical Description note: 107 photographic prints, 1 remembrance letter, 1 correspondence letter, and 1 newspaper clipping.
Scope and Contents note
Consists of any labeled photograph, including those marked for use in a publication or exhibit. Photographs are in no particular
order.
Box 15
Members, events, services, and locations
1977-2001
General Physical Description note: 342 photographic prints.
Scope and Contents note
Unlabeled photographs arranged in no particular order.
Box 15
Negatives and contact sheets
undated
General Physical Description note: 29 negative strips and 1 contact sheet
Scope and Contents note
Consists of images of Beth Chayim Chadashim members, events, and services, including the marriage of Tracy Moore and Lisa
Edwards.
Box 11, Folder 39
Compact discs
2008-2009
Physical Description:
[2 CDs]
Scope and Contents note
Consists of images by Sylvia Sukop of Rosh Hashanah day 2 and Tashlich at Beth Chayim Chadashim as well as images by Jason
Wittman of the June 17, 2008, marriage of Bishop Ed Vazquez and Deacon Bill Koffinke.
Box 16, Folder 3
Oversized photographic prints
undated
Scope and Contents note
6 photographs of a Names Project quilt panel and 1 of a religious service.
Audiovisual and graphic materials, religious artifacts, and other objects Series 8.
1972-2011
Physical Description:
4.75 linear feet.
Scope and Contents
Consists of religious artifacts, recordings, awards, computer disks, buttons, flags, posters, signs, rubber stamps, binders,
artwork, tissues, and pushkes.
Arrangement
This series is arranged alphabetically.
Separated Materials
T-shirts have been separated into the ONE Archives T-shirt collection.
Box 16, Folder 2
Afrikoman from 2nd Seder
April 7, 1994
Physical Description:
[oversized]
Box 21
Ark of the Covenant carried by priests
undated
Physical Description:
[metal statue, approximately 4 x 2 x 5 inches]
General Physical Description note: Missing one of the two poles supporting the ark.
Box 18, Folder 4
Audiocassettes, Beth Chayim Chadashim's first High Holy Days
September 1972
Physical Description:
[3 cassettes]
Scope and Contents note
Note with cassettes: "Services were originally recorded on stereo reel to reel tapes. When Jerry Krieger and Jon Smith copied
them onto audiocassettes, the only reel to reel recorder was not in good condition, nor did it copy stereo. Therefore, an
effort was made to ensure the voices were copied, although the music was on another track and is quite dim. Since on some
tapes the music and voices were on different tracks, the music may be dominant or odd as the volumes were adjusted."
Box 18, Folder 5
Audiocassettes, general topic
1996, undated
Physical Description:
[3 cassettes]
Scope and Contents note
Includes "BCC History - Past Pres Brunch", undated; "Memorial Service, Sol Halson, Larry Altman, tape #2, November 3, 1996";
and "34 UAHC - Pacific Southwest Council Biennial Convention - Is Our Congregation Ready for a Gay or Lesbian Staff Member",
undated.
Box 16, Folder 5
Awards and honors
1989-2011
Physical Description:
[oversized]
Box 12, Folder 21
Awards: plaques
1998, undated
Box 19, Folder 2
Binders
undated
Physical Description:
[2 9x7 inch empty binders]
Scope and Contents note
The brown binder has the text "Beth Chayim Chadashim" and "In Memory of Arthur J. Notkin". The white binder has the text "Beth
Chayim Chadashim / Los Angeles, California" and "A High Holiday Prayer Book."
Box 21
Black horse adorned in red and gold fabric
undated
Physical Description:
[stuffed animal, approximately 5 x 10 x 15 inches]
Box 16, Folder 1
Buttons
undated
Physical Description:
[6 buttons]
Scope and Contents note
Made for Beth Chayim Chadashim members by Billy Ray Williams.
Box 17, Folder 1
Flags
undated
Physical Description:
[oversized]
Scope and Contents note
Consists of 1 purple feminist bookstore flag and 2 CSD Munchen rainbow flags.
Box 17, Folder 4
Posters and guides, Women of Valor
circa 1997-2002
Physical Description:
[oversized, 6 posters and 2 guides]
Box 17, Folder 3
Posters, signs, and artwork
circa 1997-2002
Physical Description:
[oversized]
Scope and Contents note
Consists of a posterboard image of the Lisa Edwards and Tracy Moore marriage, a mounted artwork by J. Moskowitz, a Hebrew
text poster, an "ACT NOW" (AIDS Coalition to Network and Win) sign, and a 30-year timeline of Beth Chayim Chadashim history.
Box 19, Folder 1
Pushke
undated
Physical Description:
[2 cylindrical cardboard money collectors]
Scope and Contents note
Members used these to save coins to donate to charity in the name of Beth Chayim Chadashim.
Box 18, Folder 3
Rubber stamps
undated
Physical Description:
[2 stamps]
Scope and Contents note
Imprint with Beth Chayim Chadashim and address.
Box 4, Folder 27
Signs and graphics
undated
Box 18, Folder 1
Tissues from Fran Chalin remembrance at Shabbat
December 28, 2007
Box 19, Folder 3
Video recording, Beth Chayim Chadashim Isaacson service
May 2005
Physical Description:
[1 VHS, 1 Hi8 MP 120 videotape master]
