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This doll, whose garments were made by the RIJHA’s board secretary and past president, Ruth Breindel, is a miniature version of the RIJHA’s mannequin, “Bessie”. Bessie, according to some of the family members who donated her to us, was created in the…

This account book, dated 1898-1900, has entries in both Yiddish (made by Benjamin Flink, the founder) and in English by his son, Abe. The Yiddish entries are in the back of the book, the pages moving right to left, and the English ones are in the…

These military medals all belonged to David Rome, who served in the United States Army during the first World War and served in the European Theatre of Operation France with Kilo Company of the 101st infantry. Mr. Rome was awarded the Purple heart…

The Thomas A. Doyle Grammar School, also known as the Doyle Avenue Grammar School, was built in 1876. It was designed by E L Angell, a Providence architect who also designed the Candace Street School the next year, as well a school in Woonsocket. …

The Hebrew Free Loan Association was founded on Feb 4, 1903 by a small group of businessmen who saw the need to help the growing number of immigrants who were coming here penniless from Europe. The small initial capital with which the organization…

Annie Rabinowitz served on the board of the Ladies Hebrew Union Aid Association in the early 1900s. She was listed as one of the incorporators of the Jewish Home for the Aged on May 27, 1912, along with twelve other women. On July 8, 1914, the…

The Jewish War Veterans of the USA is the oldest organized veterans group in the United States. It was founded in 1896 by veterans who served in the North and the South during the Civil War in response to the claim that Jews did not bear arms in the…

Leo Karpeles was born in 1838 in Prague, Bohemia. He emigrated to the United States, following his older brother, Emil, in 1849 where they both settled in Galveston, Texas. For several years, Leopold rode with the early Texas Rangers and was part of…

During the immigration boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, various agencies sold steamship tickets to immigrants and their families, arranging for passage to and from America. As transatlantic migration grew, steamship lines relied on…

Scherenschnitte is the art of cutting paper into designs. The German word means “paper cutting” or “paper snipping.” The practice of paper cutting actually began in China and made its way, as a folk art form, to Germany in the 16th Century. It was…