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This page features an advertisement by D. Adler & Son's Loan Office located on 17 South Upper Street in Lexington, Kentucky.

David Shraberg describes his family's immigration from Lithuania to Somerset in 1900 and how his grandfather worked as a peddler to bring his bride-to-be over from Lithuania. His family eventually moved to Lexington in order to be part of a larger…

In this interview, David Weinberg reflects on his involvement in Judaism and the Jewish community throughout his childhood, college years, and adult life. He begins by delving into his family’s background, explaining how his grandparents came to…

Rabbi D. Wirtschafter is a religious family man, who was raised with three other children in 20th century United States. His father, Dr. Jonathan Wirtschafter, was a doctor and founder of the Ophthalmology Department at the University of Kentucky…

This photograph is of Dr. Karen Petrone with her two daughters in Costa Rica.

This is a photograph of Dr. Karen Petrone with her two daughters in Tustan, Ukraine.

This is a poster board created by Alexandria Daniel and Hunter Jelf. The information and quotes on the poster are from an interview conducted by RyAnn Schoenbaechler and Sydney Young on October 30, 2017. This poster was presented at the Kentucky…

This photograph is of Dr. Karen Petrone and a group of her peers in high school. They are a part of an exchange trip to the Soviet Union. Some of those in the photograph are from the Soviet Union.

This is a photo of Dr. Karen Petrone's bat-mitzvah group, all of which studied together for their bat-mitzvah. The actual celebration took place in April 2011. The photo was taken at Temple Adath Israel. The group meets every few months to have…

This image shows the transition of presidency for the board of directors of Ohavay Zion Synagogue. From right to left is Larry Sherman, Jake Grain (?), Sam Block, Ed Greenfield, Seymour Moskowitz, Rabbi Stanley M. Wagner, and Chuck Moskovitz.