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Hanukkah 1916
Jewish soldiers at military Hanukkah celebration
World War I; Russia
c/o the Leo Baeck Institute
at the Center for Jewish History
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Out of the Archives: Serendipity
by Kevin Schlottmann, Archival Services Manager, Center for Jewish History
Today is International Cat Day. This morning, one of our archival fellows was processing a collection from the Leo Baeck Institute, when she came across a diary/sketchbook. Inside she discovered a small glassine envelope containing little white chips. Upon closer inspection, the chips turned…
Boxing at summer camp. 1933. Man in center is identified as George Young, a camp counselor. Records of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of the City of New York. American Jewish Historical Society.
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