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National Council of Jewish Women
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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN (NCJW) — NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN (NCJW), U.S. national organization, was founded by hannah greenebaum solomon in 1893, when she and other Jewish women from across the country gathered to participate in the World Parliament of Religions at the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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SOLOMON, HANNAH GREENEBAUM — (1858–1942), founder and first president of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW). The fourth of ten children born to Sarah Spiegel and Michael Greenebaum, a successful Chicago merchant, she married Henry Solomon in 1879 and the couple had… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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Mary Fink — was a dedicated civil servant. Born on New Year’s Day 1916, Mary Emajen Lapinska was the first child of Dr. Lawrence Weill Lapinska, a successful dentist, and Mrs. Mary Edythe Lapinska. Mary was joined in 1919 by a younger sister, Betty Mae. Mary … Wikipedia
National Council of Jewish Women — ▪ American organization oldest volunteer Jewish women s organization in the United States, founded in 1893. Prompted by Jewish values, the organization works with both the Jewish community and the general public to safeguard rights and… … Universalium
GOLDBERG, J.B. — GOLDBERG, J.B. (1884–1946), Soviet army commander. In 1919, Lenin personally entrusted him with the command of the reserves and with the task of setting up a corps of reserves for the whole of the Red Army fighting on the Eastern front. Within… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SIMON, CARRIE OBENDORFER — (1872–1961), founding president of the national federation of temple sisterhoods . Born in Uniontown, Alabama, Obendorfer moved with her family to Cincinnati, Ohio, where her mother began a chapter of the national council of jewish women (NCJW)… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
AMERICAN, SADIE — (1862–1944), U.S. organizational leader. American was born and educated in Chicago. In 1893, in conjunction with the World Parliament of Religions, she was asked to organize the National Council of Jewish Women, an organization she served as… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
