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| Date: | 10 30 1949 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 19 1944 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Rabbi Theodore Gordon, Director of Hillel Foundation at the University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 07 08 1948 |
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| Description: | View from road of large stacks of boxes containing food and clothing on the lawn of Congregation Adas Jeshurun temple at the corner of Mound and Murray Str... |
| Date: | 09 23 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Rabbi Max A. Lipshitz and young students of the Madison Talmud Torah. The children are preparing to conduct their own junior congregation... |
| Date: | 10 30 1949 |
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| Description: | As the cornerstone of Beth Israel Center was lowered into place, representatives of the oldest Madison Jewish congregation participated in the ceremony. Th... |
| Date: | 04 12 1950 |
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| Description: | Saul Kasdin, a long-time member and first president of the Madison Zionist district, was honored at a dinner meeting of the group at the Capitol Hotel. He ... |
| Date: | 07 30 1951 |
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| Description: | Four members of the Beth Israel Sisterhood gather around a sewing machine while creating items for the upcoming annual Beth Israel bazaar. Pictured from l... |
| Date: | 03 05 1950 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of some of the committee members making arrangements for the annual B'nai B'rith Purim ball at the Beth Israel center which annually inaugur... |
| Date: | 05 20 1952 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Morris Richman, new president of the Beth Israel Center Sisterhood, receiving the gavel from the retiring president, Mrs. Harry Sweet. Also shown are ... |
| Date: | 09 10 1952 |
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| Description: | Morris Heifetz, a member of the Beth Israel Center congregation, demonstrates how he sounds the shofar (ram's horn) to call members to worship on Rosh Hash... |
| Date: | 04 07 1954 |
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| Description: | Mrs. S.B. (Cecile) Schein, one of Madison's most outstanding women leaders in Jewish activities, was honored at a meeting of the B'nai B'rith Women at the ... |
| Date: | 09 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Members of the B'nai B'rith Women social committee gather for the organization's Membership Tea. B'nai B'rith Women is a Jewish service and charitable orga... |
| Date: | 09 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Mrs. S.B. Shien, Arlyne Hurwitz and Rose Gordon attend the Membership Tea for B'nai B'rith Women of Madison, a Jewish service and charitable organization. ... |
| Date: | 08 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Gerald Goldberg, guest speaker at the membership tea of the B'nai B'rith Women of Madison, receives a corsage from Madison membership chairman Elizabe... |
| Date: | 09 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of members who served as models in the style show at the Membership Tea of B'nai B'rith of Madison, a Jewish service and charitable organiza... |
| Date: | 09 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Governor Walter Kohler with five Jews observing the 300th anniversary of the September 1634 arrival of Jewish settlers in New Amsterdam, ... |
| Date: | 05 28 1956 |
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| Description: | Transportation is often a problem for the older population. The Council of Jewish Women has arranged a transportation group to take older Jewish persons to... |
| Date: | 01 23 1957 |
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| Description: | Six Jewish husbands dressed as female Hawaiian dancers in wigs and grass skirts posing for the camera. The husbands were part of a presentation at the annu... |
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