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| Date: | 01 10 1950 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of some of the committee members of the Madison section of the National Council of Jewish Women as they plan a benefit cabaret party. Sittin... |
| 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: | 10 16 1950 |
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| Description: | Two solicitors for the Madison United Givers' Fund drive of 1950, Mrs. Ellis (Helen) Wertz (left) and Mrs. Howard (Evelyn) Nedderman (second to left), list... |
| 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: | 04 24 1948 |
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| Description: | A group portrait of people seated at tables for Seder. The Pelz family if identified in the lower right of the picture. The mother is identified as Esther ... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Several Jews march with a banner that reads "Let My People Go". |
| Date: | 12 03 1951 |
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| Description: | Two members of the National Council of Jewish Women present a check to furnish a room at Madison General Hospital in memory of Sarah Sinaiko. Left to righ... |
| Date: | 06 04 1963 |
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| Description: | Lessing Rosenwald, of the American Council for Judaism, shakes hands with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles during a conference on United States foreig... |
| 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: | 09 18 1953 |
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| Description: | Alfred Hopf, a German Jewish refugee, wearing his uniform and sitting in his taxi, says driving a taxi in Madison is a far cry from his old career asa pro... |
| Date: | 09 17 1953 |
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| Description: | "Alfred Hopf makes his final visit to the blood center to give his last pint of blood before his 60th birthday makes him ineligible to donate again. He is ... |
| Date: | 10 21 1953 |
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| Description: | Nine women are sitting around a table while sewing in preparation for the Beth Israel sisterhood's annual bazaar at 1406 Mound Street. |
| Date: | 03 31 1954 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 03 31 1954 |
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| Description: | Two representatives of Hadassah present Governor Walter Kohler with a plaque of pressed flowers in commemoration of World Jewish Child's Day. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A street car in Krakow photographed by American journalist Alvin Steinkopf while on a tour of German-occupied Poland. He labeled it in his scrapbook."Jews ... |
| Date: | 10 1940 |
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| Description: | Children and adults in the Jewish ghetto in Szydlovwisc, Poland, posing for American journalist Alvin Steinkopf. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Street scene in the Jewish ghetto in Szydlowiec, Poland, photographed by American journalist Alvin Steinkopf, about one year after the German invasion. |
| Date: | 10 1940 |
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| Description: | Street scene of people in the Jewish ghetto in Szydlowiec, Poland, being addressed by two German soldiers. The scene was witnessed by American journalist A... |
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