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Hillel Ground Breaking at 611 Langdon Street

Date: 04 03 1955
Description: Four men with shovels turn over the first shovels full of earth at 611 Langdon Street, the site of the new Jewish student center. "Left to right are Rabbi ...
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World Jewish Child's Day

Date: 04 01 1957
Description: Governor Vernon W. Thomson receives a gavel made by school children in Israel upon his signing of a proclamation of World Jewish Child's Day. Members of th...
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Jewish Youth Group Presidents

Date: 06 15 1958
Description: Two Central High School students, Bob Slaveny and Sally Comins, were recently installed as presidents of Aleph Zadek Aleph (AZA) and B'nai B'rith Girls (BB...
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Madison Jewish Welfare Fund

Date: 05 07 1959
Description: Group portrait of principals in the luncheon of the woman's division of the Madison Jewish Welfare Fund. Standing left to right: Robert Levine, Rose Glass,...
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B'nai B'rith Dinner Dance Committee

Date: 03 23 1960
Description: B'nai B'rith dinner dance committee members include, (L-R): Meyer Zimmerman, Ervin Schwartz, Simon Dolinky, and Leonard Porter.
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Madison Jewish Welfare Council Dinner-Dance

Date: 05 06 1961
Description: Nathan Sudow, second from left with his wife Mary at his side, receives an engraved Israeli Bible honoring him for his many years of service to Jewish acti...
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Community Service Award

Date: 10 04 1961
Description: Madison attorney Maurice B. Pasch, center, is presented a plaque for community service by the B'nai B'rith lodge. Presenting the award are Harry Epstein, l...
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Dane County American Legion Forty-and-Eight Banquet

Date: 03 28 1954
Description: At the Annual Dane County American Legion 40-and-8 banquet, they collected money for local charities. In the photograph R.C. Golden hands a check to Clyde ...
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Cornerstone Laying of B'nai B'rith Hillel Building

Date: 10 1955
Description: Participants attending in a cornerstone laying ceremony for the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Building located at University of Wisconsin on a rainy day. ...
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Jewish Welfare Meeting

Date: 05 08 1957
Description: Mrs. N.J. Sudow (right) has annually served as hostess for the Initial Gifts luncheon to launch a Madison Jewish Welfare Fund drive. In the photo she visit...
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Graduation Ceremonies Tea for Madison General Hospital Nurses

Date: 08 14 1958
Description: Visiting with Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky at the graduation ceremonies tea for Madison General Hospital nurses are Patricia Hughes, Ann Neilson, and Edna Benn...
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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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