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    • Young Judaea Group, 1959

    • Young Judaea Group, 1959

    • Markow Photography

    • Jewish lifeYoung Judaea, Inc.

    • Members of the Young Judaea Group listen to records. Young Judaea is a Zionist youth movement for young people in grades 2-12.
    • Hadassah Rummage Skit, 1962

    • Hadassah Rummage Skit, 1962

    • Markow Photography

    • Jewish life: Hadassah

    • Hadassah members dress up in found items for a skit. The women, from left to right, are identified as: Mrs. Paula _eill, and Mmes. Herman Lipow, Charles Strull, Sam Robinson, and Jack Sawl (kneeling).
    • Abe Frank, Mayor of Yuma, ca. 1890

    • Abe Frank, Mayor of Yuma, ca. 1890

    • Rieman and Co.

    • Jewish life; Yuma (Ariz.)

    • Abe Frank (1836-1903) forged a career in mercantile and politics in territorial Yuma. He represented Yuma in the territorial legislature and served as territorial prison commissioner, mayor of Yuma and probate judge.
    • Sheila Singer, 1957

    • Sheila Singer, 1957

    • Markow Photography

    • Jewish life; Yom Kippur; Temple Beth Israel (Phoenix, Ariz.)

    • Sheila Singer holds a poster for the 1957 Yom Kippur dance at Temple Beth Israel.
    • Al Schwartz in Guam, 1944

    • Al Schwartz in Guam, 1944

    • Unknown

    • Jewish life; World War II

    • Phoenix resident Al Schwartz (left)and his friend Bob Haan pose in Sylvia's Canteen while stationed in Guam during World War II.
    • Bowery Dance at Phoenix Service Center, 1947

    • Bowery Dance at Phoenix Service Center, 1947

    • Markow Photography

    • Jewish life; World War II

    • Women celebrate New York City culture at a dance held at the Phoenix Service Center. The Phoenix Service Center (339 West Washington Street), founded in 1941, provided assistance to military personnel passing through Phoenix on their way to foreign...
    • Plaque for Jewish Servicemen, 1951

    • Plaque for Jewish Servicemen, 1951

    • Markow Photography

    • Jewish life; Veterans

    • Members of the Jewish Community Council (915 North 4th Street) install a plaque recognizing Jewish servicemen. From left to right: Sam Brodsky, Bob Weinstein, Edith Baum, and Wally Levinson.
    • Rabbi Bonnie Koppell en route to Korea, 1993

    • Rabbi Bonnie Koppell en route to Korea, 1993

    • Unknown

    • Jewish life; United States. Army.

    • Rabbi Bonnie Koppell, Phoenix's first female congregational rabbi, has served Conservative Temple Beth Sholom in Mesa since 1987. She is also the first female rabbi to serve in the United States military. She spent Passover in Iraq in 2005,...
    • Eleanor Roosevelt Radio Interview, 1947

    • Eleanor Roosevelt Radio Interview, 1947

    • Markow Photography

    • Jewish life; United Jewish Appeal; CBS Broadcasting Inc.

    • Eleanor Roosevelt endorses the United Jewish Appeal in a radio interview with KPHO in March 1947. The United Jewish Appeal was a philanthropic organization dedicated to raising funds to assist Jews living in Europe and Palestine.
    • Karl B. Justus at United Jewish Appeal Dinner, 1947

    • Karl B. Justus at United Jewish Appeal Dinner, 1947

    • Markow Photography

    • Jewish life; United Jewish Appeal

    • Reverend Karl Bennet Justice (far left) attends and speaks at a dinner for the United Jewish Appeal at the Silver Spur. Bennet was a military chaplain and the Western Regional Representative for the National Conference of Christians and Jews from...
    • Eleanor Roosevelt at United Jewish Appeal Dinner, 1947

    • Eleanor Roosevelt at United Jewish Appeal Dinner, 1947

    • Markow Photography

    • Jewish life; United Jewish Appeal

    • Eleanor Roosevelt delivers the keynote address at a 1947 fundraiser in Phoenix benefiting the United Jewish Appeal. The UJA was a philanthropic organization dedicated to raising funds to assist Jews living in Europe and Palestine, which became...
    • Jim Grabb

    • Jim Grabb

    • Lance Jeffrey

    • Jewish life; Tucson High School (Tucson, Ariz.); Tennis

    • Jim Grabb, Tucson native and 1981 graduate of Tucson High School, played tennis at Stanford before joining the professional ranks. Grabb was a World No. 1 doubles player in 1989 and 1993, and won many singles and doubles titles during his career.
    • Arizona Jewish Theatre Company, 1989

    • Arizona Jewish Theatre Company, 1989

    • Unknown

    • Jewish life; Theater.

    • Members of the Arizona Jewish Theatre Company perform "Chopin Playoffs" in March 1989, during the AJTC's first season. From left to right are: Mark Rossman, Linda Lieberman, Henry Caplan, Janet Arnold, and Steve Goldman.
    • Thanksgiving Dinner, 1955

    • Thanksgiving Dinner, 1955

    • Markow Photography

    • Jewish life; Thanksgiving

    • The Golden Age Group celebrates Thanksigiving with a dinner at the Phoenix Jewish Community Center in 1955.
    • Rabbi B. Charles Herring

    • Rabbi B. Charles Herring

    • Stratford Studios

    • Jewish Life; Temple Beth Israel (Phoenix, Ariz.); Temple Kol Ami (Scottsdale, Ariz.)

    • B. Charles Herring served as assistant Rabbi at Temple Beth Israel from 1968 until 1989, when a group of Beth Israel families founded a new congregation, Kol Ami, and asked him to lead it. He retired from Kol Ami in 2004. Herring and his wife,...
    • Dedication of Temple Beth Israel Building, 1950

    • Dedication of Temple Beth Israel Building, 1950

    • Unknown

    • Jewish life; Temple Beth Israel (Phoenix, Ariz.)

    • Prominent members of the Phoenix Jewish community gather for the dedication of the Temple Beth Israel (now Congregation Beth Israel) building in 1950. Pictured from left to right are: (top row) Nat Silverman, Nelson Glueck, Archie Kroloff, and...
    • First Confirmation Class of Temple Beth Israel, 1920

    • First Confirmation Class of Temple Beth Israel, 1920

    • Unknown

    • Jewish life; Temple Beth Israel (Phoenix, Ariz.)

    • Temple Beth Israel's first Confirmation class poses at the Temple, located at 330 North 3rd Avenue, in 1920. Pictured from left to right are: (seated) Helen Wolpe, Rabbi Liknaitz, Al Solomon, and (standing) Ben Cooper, Beatrice Epstein, Milton...
    • Confirmation Class, Temple Beth Israel, 1949

    • Confirmation Class, Temple Beth Israel, 1949

    • Mashek and Ziegler Photrographers

    • Jewish life; Temple Beth Israel (Phoenix, Ariz.)

    • The 1949 Confirmation class of Temple Beth Israel. Pictured from left to right are: (front row) Sue Ellen Marquisee, Gloria Lynn Turken, Faye Marion Cohen, Rabbi A.L. Krohn (second row) Eleanor Klein, Roberta Goldberg, Rhoda Gale Klein, Bernice...

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