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Membership Tea for B'nai B'rith Women

Date: 08 02 1954
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...
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National Council of Jewish Women

Date: 12 03 1951
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...
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Council of Jewish Women Tea

Date: 09 02 1958
Description: Rose Glass and Elsie Karvat are assisting with arrangements for the annual membership tea of the Madison section, National Council of Jewish Women.
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Madison Zionist Honored

Date: 04 12 1950
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 ...
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Alfred Hopf, Taxi Driver

Date: 09 18 1953
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...
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Membership Tea for B'nai B'rith Women

Date: 09 02 1954
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. ...
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Madison Section of the National Council of Jewish Women Plan Annual Valentine Dinner-Dance

Date: 01 28 1959
Description: Members of the Madison section of the National Council of Jewish Women plan their annual Valentine dinner-dance held at the Hotel Loraine. The event benef...
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Membership Tea for B'nai B'rith Women

Date: 09 02 1954
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...
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National Council of Jewish Women, Madison Section

Date: 01 10 1950
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...
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Madison United Givers' Fund First Drive

Date: 10 16 1950
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...
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American Jewish Tercentenary of Jews in United States

Date: 09 10 1954
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, ...
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Edward and Eva Lauffer Deutschkronn Lighting Hanukkah Candles

Date: 12 1952
Description: Edward (son of Eva Lauffer Deutschkron and Martin Deutschkron) during the lighting of Hanukkah candles.
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Children Perform Hanukkah Program

Date: 1954
Description: Hanukkah program at the synagogue. Edward, son of Holocaust Survivor Eva Lauffer Deutschkron, is standing in back row, third from right.
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Deutschkron Family at Martin's Tailor Shop

Date: 1958
Description: Group portrait of Deutschkron family (from left): Eva Lauffer Deutschkron, Martin, Ruth, and Edward, at Martin's tailor shop, 419 State Street.
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Martin Deutschkron Lighting Candles at Son's Bar Mitzvah

Date: 05 1959
Description: Martin Deutschkron (husband of Eva Lauffer Deutschkron), lighting candles at son Edward's Bar Mitzvah; Temple Beth El.
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B'nai B'rith Purim Ball Committee

Date: 03 05 1950
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...
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Alfred Hopf as Blood Donor

Date: 09 17 1953
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 ...
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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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Hawaiian Style Dancers at Benefit

Date: 01 23 1957
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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Beth Israel Center Shofar

Date: 09 10 1952
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...

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