Sholom Home residents sit and stand around a table for bingo hosted by Jewish War Veterans Minnesota Department. Sholom Home has enjoyed an over 100 year legacy in providing a broad continuum of residential, social service and health care services primarily for older adults.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Memorial sign at the Boy Scout Troop 85 Corral. The sign reads: "Dedicated to the memory our former scout - Dick Engle, lost in the Pacific on the U.S. sub 'Trigger'."
Contributing Institution:
North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting
Cantor was a popular entertainer who traveled periodically during World War II to promote sales of U. S. War Bonds. He is shown here with the Lebedoff triplets; David, Jonathan and Judy. Arrangements for Cantor's visit were made by Minneapolis Hadassah.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Jewish servicemen stationed at Fort Snelling and from as far away as Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Colorado; received a free membership to the J. E. C. during World War II. The center carried on the tradition of free memberships to Jewish soldiers begun in World War I.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
A group of servicemen stand outside the Sigma Delta Tau Sorority house. In the back is a young member of the sorority. The Sigma Delta Tau sorority was founded by seven young women at Cornell University in 1917. The seven had had been denied membership into other Greek organizations because they were Jewish. The Minneapolis chapter hosted Jewish soldiers stationed at Fort Snelling in St. Paul during World War II.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
World War II soldier Leroy Linder with New Brighton banker E. L. Hagund and unidentified woman. Many New Brighton men answered the call to duty in World War II. A granite monument in front of the New Brighton City Hall honors World War II veterans.
Seen from left to right are Arlyn Bohnsack, Vernon Ryan, LaVonne Bohnsack, Junette Bohnsack, Arthur Bohnsack, and Jeanne Bohnsack at the Bohnsack family farm in St. Patrick, MN.
A woman stands smiling behind a table at the Jewish War Veteran's booth. The Jewish War Veteran's organization was established after the Civil War to recognize Jewish military service in the nation's wars.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives