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Joel Gordon was born on January 5, 1929, in Crofton, Kentucky. Both his mother and father were Jewish, and he was raised with a Jewish foundation. When Gordon was a child, his father owned and operated a general store. Gordon briefly describes his…

Yarmuth describes his family coming to America from Russia in the early 1900s. Immigration officials who greeted his family when they entered instructed them to change their name from Yarmuck to Yarmuth. They settled, initially, in New York in the…

This is one of 30 glass slides that are included in Temple Adath Israel's Holocaust collection. This slide features an image of an officer hanging two people during the Holocaust. The image depicts a young girl hanged and an officer tightening a…

This newsletter announces Louis Brown as the head of Ohavay Zion Congregation's Sunday School. It also details her background, plans for the Sunday School program, and when and how to register.

This is one of 30 glass slides that are included in Temple Adath Israel's Holocaust collection. This one appears in box 18, folder 6, sheet 3 in the set. It depicts the backs of a figure and three small children on their way to a gas chamber. The…

This is one of 30 glass slides that are included in Temple Adath Israel's Holocaust collection. This image is entitled "Pictures of Officers" which depicts four women officers.

This slide depicts four women prisoners at an unidentified concentration camp during the Holocaust. The women are huddled together, only wearing their undergarments. In the background, there is a pile of bodies. There are also officers depicted in…

This is one of 30 glass slides that are included in Temple Adath Israel's Holocaust collection. This slide features an image of a Nazi Rally.

Josephine Henry, a leader in the women's suffrage movement from Versailles, KY, writes a poem to her friend, Moses Kaufman, describing feelings of tiredness.

On page one of Guide to Civilian Organizations is a description of Adath Israel Jewish Temple in Hopkinsville. The listing details Adath Israel Jewish Temple's number of members, the purpose of the organization, "civic activites," and "defense…