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…WE REMEMBER During the coming week, Yeshiva Beth Yehudah will observe the yahrtzeits of the following departed friends with the traditional memorial prayer, recitation of kaddish and studying of mishnayos. SIVAN 27 Mollie Alpert 27 Ruth Alter 27 Sadie Aronowitz 27 Charles Cohen 27 Jacob Faigenbaum 27 Dora Halpert 27 Jacob W. Henock 27 Joachim Koenigsberg 27 ' Leon Kohn 27 Clara Levy 27 Harold J. Sansky 27 Joseph Scheiner 27 Shirley Shoenig 2...…
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…Booking Ahead The Jewish Community Center library looks forward to a stronger presence in its current home. LONNY GOLDSMITH StaffWriter T he Meyers Memorial Library at the Kahn Jewish Community Center- a unique trove of Jewish cul- ture, is getting a makeover — and it won't just be cosmetic. The library, now two rooms off the main lobby, will get a new physical home as part of a $25 million capital and endowment campaign to reno- vate t...…
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