Illinois

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Magazine and newspaper articles, notes, unpublished papers

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Draft of speech to the Conference of Auxiliaries held in Chicago, Illinois in 1936. Outlines services provided to the children at the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver.

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Although the handwritten title at the top of the page says ''Prepared speech to be given by Mrs. Lorber 29th Anniversary Dinner'', it is a second copy of a draft of the speech to the Conference of Auxiliaries held in Chicago, Illinois in 1936. Outlines services provided to the children at the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver.

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Final copy of speech to the National Home for Jewish Children Conference of Auxiliaries held in Chicago, Illinois in 1936. Acknowledges the Chairman of the Conference Committee, Bertha Levy and David Harlem, the Chairman of the Building Committee; $125,000 building campaign; includes poem ''Everyman's Child'' by Sophie Irene Loeb. Mimeographed copy.

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Correspondence regarding the Bloomington, Illinois federation

Abstract Jacob Fleischer (1846/7-?, Ancestry.com) was born in Germany and immigrated to the United States between 1865 and 1870. He was naturalized in 1871, in Morgan County, Illinois. In 1882, Fleischer married Rosa Harthleimer (sp?) Fleischer in Colorado. Jacob purchased a parcel of seven lots in Denver on what is now stretching from Alameda north down Leyden. Fleischer appears to have worked with the Denver Brewing Company, and he went on a trip to California in 1899 to visit the California Wine...

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Gerald Arpino and Rochelle Zide perform in the Joffrey Ballet's production of ''La Fille Mal Gardee.''

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Louis Bronstein and Jackie Lader pose together in suites and holding canes at the Chicago Century of Progress.

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The Louis Bronstein family stands in front of the Ford Symphony Gardens at the 1934 A Century of Progress in Chicago. Standing left to right back row are Herb, Louis, and Sarah and front row are Beverly and Ed.

Abstract Rabbi Manuel Laderman reflects on his move from Chicago, Illinois to Denver in 1932, after being ordained as an orthodox Rabbi. Laderman came to serve as Rabbi at the Hebrew Educational Alliance. Discusses the history of the Denver Jewish community, earning his PhD at Iliff School of Theology, experiencing anti-semitism and the Klu Klux Klan in Denver, WWII, and his participation in the National Conference of Christians and Jews (now known as the National Conference for Community and...