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Samuel Klauber

Date: 1868
Description: Oil painting of Samuel Klauber one of Madison's first Jewish settlers and founder of Gates of Heaven Synagogue.
Photograph

Badger Liquor Shop

Date: 11 29 1937
Description: Saul Sinaiko and his son Donald Sinaiko, proprietors, standing in front of liquor bottle display, at the Badger Liquor Shop, located at 402 State Street.
Photograph

First Message to Civilization

Date: 1919
Description: A group of Jewish people dressed as Old Testament characters standing in front of American and Israeli flags.
Photograph

Exile into Babylon

Date: 1919
Description: A group of Jewish people dressed as Old Testament characters standing in front of the flag of Israel .
Photograph

The Jewish Rebirth

Date: 1919
Description: A Jewish man, woman, and child dressed as Old Testament characters standing in front of an Israeli flag.
Photograph

Poale Zion Chasidim Ball

Date: 1919
Description: A group of Zionists organized in Milwaukee.
Photograph

Manfred Swarsensky at a Meeting

Date: 12 30 1970
Description: Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky, a holocaust survivor, is seated opposite another person. He is wearing eyeglasses and holding papers and appears to be in a meeti...
Photograph

Alfred M. Lilienthal

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Alfred Lilienthal, who was an attorney, writer and lecturer. He was the Secretary of the Washington Chapter of the Americ...
Photograph

George Levison

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Description: Casual portrait of George Levison.
Photograph

Lessing Rosenwald and John Foster Dulles

Date: 06 04 1963
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...
Photograph

Edna Ferber Portrait

Date: 1939
Description: Edna Ferber, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and playwright, in a publicity portrait. She is looking directly into the camera and is wearing a dress with a...
Photograph

Arden Shenker and Mark Laufman

Date: 1975
Description: Arden Shenker presents the Madison Jewish Community Council Young Leadership award to Mark Laufman.
Photograph

The Weinschenker Family

Date: 1947
Description: The Weinschenker family posing in the doorway of a train car. Standing in front of the group is Chaim Weinschenker. Behind him, from left to right, are an ...
Photograph

Charles L. Aarons

Date: 1928
Description: Waist-up portrait of Charles Lehman Aarons, who was a lawyer and Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge from 1925 to 1950.

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