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Rabbi Jeheil Lefkowitz and Rabbi Jacob Aaron Lefkowitz letters

Document | Accession Number: 2005.335

Consists of one letter written by Rabbi Jeheil Lefkowitz in 1936, in which he accepts a position as principal of a Hebrew school, and one letter by Rabbi Jacob Aaron Lefkowitz, undated, in which he requests financial aid from the Jewish community since he is a teacher and this brings him no income.

Date
1936
Language
Yiddish
Extent
1 folder
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Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Jordan Cherrick purchased these letters and donated these letters to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Aug. 15, 2005. The gift is made by Jordan, Lorraine, and Rachel Mae Cherrick in memory of Rabbi Jeheil Lefkowitz, Rabbi Jacob Aaron Lefkowitz, and their son, Adam Cherrick. It is also in honor of Mr. Cherrick's teachers, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Rabbi Walter S. Wurzburger, and Rabbi Steven S. Schwartzschild, as well as Eliyahu and Chana Start who suffered in the concentration camps of Poland and are related to the Cherricks through Mr. Cherrick's sister, Helene Cherrick Stark, who married Eliyahu and Chana Stark's son, Norman Stark. They are also making this gift in honor of their friends Jay Lefkowitz, Fred Zeidman, Sam Fox, Matt Brooks, and Holocaust survivors, Sol and Lil Klarfeld.

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