Cassel, Ernest L., 1917-2005

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Biography

Fled Germany in 1939 to Shanghai, then US in 1949; Married to Dorothy V.; founding members of Rodef Shalom

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Allied Jewish Federation Leaders, circa 1967

Item

Identifier: B063.04.0037.00048

Abstract

Members of the Allied Jewish Federation Merchantile Division pose together. Front row left to right Howard Kaplan, Harold Leventhal - Merchantile Chairman, Joe Kahn, Jack Levinson - Retailing Chairman, Harry Vacas, Eugene Alpert and standing in the back row left to right Jerry Jacobs, Harold Kapelovitz, Sanford Alpert - Trades Co-Chairman, Ernest Cassell, Morton Margolin, and Irwin Levy.

Dates: circa 1967

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Organizations / Box 37

Oral History Interview with Dorothy and Ernest Cassel, 1981 July 24

Item

Identifier: B098.13.0010.00008

Abstract

Interview covers Ernest fleeing Germany in 1939 for Shanghai, eventually coming to the US in 1949; focus is on founding of Rodef Shalom and history since; separating from BMH.

Dates: 1981 July 24

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / Rodef Shalom / Box 10

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