by DJHS Archivist | Jul 21, 2020 | Oral History Interviews, Video Oral History |
James Alexander, born in Cleveland, OH, followed his parents to Dallas upon graduating high school in 1940. He does not mention having lived anywhere else ever since. As a student at SMU, he was active in the Jewish Students’ Association, the Menorah Society and a Jewish fraternity. Throughout his life, Mr. Alexander has remained active in various Jewish and political organizations, such as the Texas Jewish Historical Society, which he served as director. An attorney, with various partners through the years, namely Arthur Goldberg, Robert F. Roberts and Ned Fritz, Mr Alexander had a case that went to the US Supreme Court. Rosalie Alexander is a singer / soloist, whose graduate thesis on the origins and development of the Ugdal Chant is at the library of the Hebrew Union College and SMU.
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by DJHS Archivist | Jul 21, 2020 | From the Archive |
Jewelry designer Eytan Brandes from California designed this 2010-2011 (5771) brooch given to donors of the Torah Fund. “Women’s League and Torah Fund are proud to support the education of the future rabbis, cantors, educators, and scholars who will serve as the gifted leaders and innovators of the Conservative Movement.” Since its inception in 1942, the Torah Fund has raised more than 95 million dollars. “The Torah Fund Campaign of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism is the dedicated philanthropy of Women’s League, its members, and its affiliated sisterhoods in Conservative congregations across North America.”
Kehillah Kedoshah: Celebrating Community Woman to Woman: The 5771 Torah Fund Pin commemorates the energizing power of women’s community. Kehillah Kedoshah was the common term for Jewish community in Eastern Europe, but it also implies a community bound together by similar values and beliefs. The images contained within this stylized hamsa* pin reflect women in celebration, dancing and praising. The pin’s golden flame, representing the Women’s League logo, alludes to our members who are committed to a common purpose and the unbreakable bonds of Sisterhood.
From the Ginger Jacobs Collection
http://s3.amazonaws.com/fedweb-assets/103/199/Volume%25203%2520Issue%25201January%25202011.pdf
http://www.jtsa.edu/torah-fund
by DJHS Archivist | Jul 16, 2020 | Oral History Interviews, Video Oral History |
Chip Rosenson was interviewed by Jo Reingold on 7/19/2019.
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by DJHS Archivist | Jul 16, 2020 | From the Archive |
Framed photograph of Martha Lubrjanezki Israelski (mother), Ingeborg Israelski Czerner (1926-1993) (left), and probably Manfred Israelski (Brother)(right). Donated by the daughter of Ingeborg, Michelle Czerner, in 2014. Martha Lubrjanezki Israelski passed away at the Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia in 1944. In 1990 Ingeborg Israelski Czerner created an Oral History that is currently at the UNT archives
by DJHS Archivist | Jul 9, 2020 | From the Archive |
Pi Tau Pi Fraternity was founded November 9, 1909 by Fred Wolff, Al V. Levy, Harry Oppenheimer, and R. W. Apte. It was local to St. Louis, Missouri, but became a national co-ed charter. It was created with the intent, “to promote and encourage Judaism; to advance Hebraic culture; to aid in the abolishment of prejudice against the Jew; and to further activities social and philanthropic.”
This host nametag for May Sebel is from the Pi Tau Pi conclave, or alumni meetup, that occurred in Dallas July 4-7, 1962. While it is unclear what activities occurred during the conclave, the theme seemed to be “Do It In Dallas,” as it says on the nametag. The Pi Tau Pi fraternity disbanded in 1967, 5 years after this conclave; however, there are many Jewish fraternities that exist today.
From the May Sebel Collection
https://web.tul-infra.page/finding_aids/pi-tau-pi-fraternity-records
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