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Jewish Children & Adults

Date: 11 25 1933
Description: Group portrait of Jewish children and teachers sitting on a stage in the Workmen's Circle Labor Lyceum, 41 - 43 N. Mills Street at Spring Street, Greenbush...
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Group of Jewish Children

Date: 03 04 1933
Description: Large group of Jewish children sitting on stage at the Workmen's Circle Labor Lyceum, 41 N. Mills Street, in the Greenbush neighborhood. One child sitting ...
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Reading the Scriptures

Date: 1954
Description: Rabbi Max Lipschitz, and a group of Bar Mitzvah students wearing prayer shawls and yarmulkes, (Jewish skullcaps) gather around the torah on the altar to re...
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Cornerstone Laying Ceremony

Date: 10 30 1949
Description: Ceremony for laying the cornerstone of the Beth Israel temple. Included in the crowd watching the ceremony are (left to right): A.J. Rosenburg, chairman o...
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Beautiful Storefront

Date: 1930
Description: Miller's Women's apparel shop located on East Main Street on the Capitol Square. The building in which it was located was constructed by Marcus Kohner, one...
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Portrait of Rabbi Mayer Relles in Swiss Refugee Camp

Date: 06 1944
Description: Portrait of Holocaust survivor Rabbi Mayer Relles during the time he worked in a refugee camp; Rabius, Switzerland.
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Beth Israel Center Cornerstone Laying

Date: 10 30 1949
Description: As the cornerstone of Beth Israel Center was lowered into place, representatives of the oldest Madison Jewish congregation participated in the ceremony. Th...
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World Jewish Child's Day

Date: 03 31 1954
Description: Governor Walter Kohler is presented with flowers from a group of Wisconsin Hadassah women during the World Jewish Child's Day commemoration. Pictured with ...
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World Jewish Child's Day

Date: 03 31 1954
Description: Two representatives of Hadassah present Governor Walter Kohler with a plaque of pressed flowers in commemoration of World Jewish Child's Day.
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"Double Indemnity" Lobby Card

Date: 1944
Description: Lobby card for the Paramount film "Double Indemnity," featuring a tinted scene from the movie, with leads Barbara Stanwyck (as Phyllis Dietrichson), Fred M...
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Peres and Obey

Date: 1992
Description: Prime Minister of Israel Shimon Peres and Congressman David Obey talk in Obey's office. Papers cover his desk and a large map of Wisconsin is mounted on th...
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Leo Lania Speaking at an Event

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Description: View towards Leo Lania speaking from a podium at the United Jewish Appeal. Men are sitting at the long table on either side of Leo Lania, and men and women...
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Breslau — Israelitisches Krankenhaus

Date: 1938
Description: Two panoramic views, including caption, of a teaching hospital in Breslau (Wrocław), Poland: one view is from across a street, and the other is an ele...
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Israelitisches Krankenhaus — Exterior

Date: 1929
Description: Elevated exterior view of a building, mostly obscured by trees. This is a teaching hospital in Breslau (Wrocław), Poland, at which the medical staff w...
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Israelitisches Krankenhaus — Medical Staff

Date: 1938
Description: Group portrait of six women posing on the steps of a building. The women are all wearing uniforms that suggest they are nurses or other medical staff. They...
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Israelitisches Krankenhaus — Exterior

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the Israelitisches Krankenhaus, a teaching hospital in Breslau (Wrocław), Poland. The medical staff was Jewish, though patients were ...
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Israelitisches Krankenhaus — Medical Staff

Date: 1938
Description: Group portrait of eight men and women in lab coats, standing outdoors, with two buildings in the background. Caption reads: "Israelitisches Krankenhaus was...
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Yankie Fogel at Lubavitch House

Date: 04 14 1989
Description: A man in an apron and baker's hat is smiling and holding a pole, with several rolled matzoh on it. On the left are several children wearing paper hats. At ...
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Civil Rights Leaders Call on President

Date: 01 1950
Description: 22 people posing together in front of the White House. Caption reads: "CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS CALL ON PRESIDENT: Pictured on White House grounds is the deleg...
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Hillel Foundation Dance Group

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Description: Four women dancers perform at B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation.

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