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Scene Still from The Jazz Singer

Date: 1927
Description: A still from the film The Jazz Singer showing Eugenie Besserer, Al Jolson, and Warner Oland (Warner 1927).
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Destroying the Temple

Date: 1939
Description: A snapshot, taken during the summer, of the Jewish temple being demolished in Danzig.
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Temple Emanuel #819

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Description: Reform Temple Emanu-El at the corner of Broadway and Martin Street. Text at right: "Milwaukee and Vicinity, Photographed by H.H. Bennett."
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Hebrew Brotherhood Synagogue Torah

Date: 02 1977
Description: Hebrew Brotherhood Synagogue torah.
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Hebrew Brotherhood Congregation Synagogue

Date: 02 1977
Description: Exterior view from street of the Hebrew Brotherhood Synagogue.
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Women's Balcony

Date: 02 1977
Description: A view of the women's balcony in the Hebrew Brotherhood Synagogue.
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Hebrew Brotherhood Synagogue Side Room

Date: 02 1977
Description: A side room in the synagogue, with a bench and a chair in the foreground, and a cabinet with glass windows against the wall in the background.
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Hebrew Brotherhood Synagogue

Date: 02 1977
Description: View down sidewalk towards the exterior of the Hebrew Brotherhood Synagogue.
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Cantor in City

Date: 08 30 1929
Description: A boy is standing and posing wearing a tallit and a kashket, as well as a robe, tie, and wristwatch. Caption reads: "Cantor in City. A 13-year-old cantor w...
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Hillel Front Doors

Date: 12 1967
Description: A view of the front doors of the Hillel Foundation, with posters of Barbara Streisand and Moshe Dayan. There are signs under each poster: "Hamantashe" for ...
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Solomon Adler

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Description: Engraving of a portrait of Solomon Adler, a clothing merchant and brother to David Adler. He assisted in conducting the first Jewish service in Wisconsin, ...

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