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Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932) was a Jewish multimillionaire merchant and one of the founders (1906) of Sears, Roebuck, and Company, then the largest department store in the United States. Rosenwald was a member of the Tuskegee University Board of Trustees (1…
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Hiram Halle (1867-1944). —. Born in Cleveland, Ohio to German Jewish immigrants, Hiram Halle bought his first house in Pound Ridge on Trinity Pass Road, February 1929. From 1916-1944 he was head of the petrochemical giant, Universal Oil Products. From…
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City of Glendale. —. After construction of a railroad line South from Roseburg in 1881-1883, Solomon Abraham, the local right of way agent, platted the community and named it Julia after his wife. After a dispute with Abraham, A.F. Morris, the Chief E…
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August Bondi (1833-1907). Jewish-American Abolitionist, Salina Resident—. "August Bondi was born July 21, 1831, in Vienna, Austria. The Bondis, Jewish European refugees, fled the Austrian Empire after the failed revolutions of 1848 and settled in…
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Congregation Sons of Israel. First Jewish House of Worship in South Dakota—. Since the territorial days of 1870s, Jewish people have played an important role in the social, economic and cultural life of South Dakota. In the 1880s, Sioux Falls experien…
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Temple Emanuel. —. Site of first Jewish house of worship State of Montana 1890.
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Life on the Land. —. In 1911, the Jewish Agricultural and Colonial Association of Philadelphia purchased 6,085 acres of land and water rights from the Utah State Land board for the agricultural experiment that they would name Clarion. Members of the a…
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Stephen Theodore Norman, 1918-1946. Last descendent of Theodor Herzl. You will be amazed at the Jewish Youth in Palestine... They have the look of freedom.—. "You will be amazed at Jewish youth in Palestine...they have the look of freedom." Stephen Th…
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Machal, also, מח"ל. Volunteers from Abroad—. During Israel's War of Independence, 1948-49, more than 4,800 volunteers, including 168 Christians, came from 59 countries to Israel's aid. Some had served as crew on the 10 American-purch…
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Exodus. The Ship that launched a Nation.—. The S.S. Exodus was an American Aliyah Bet ship crewed by American volunteers together with Haganah operatives from pre-state Israel. Her mission was to rescue Holocaust survivors trapped in Europe after the …