Journal

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2008
Issue #1
  • Judge Samuel Alschuler
  • Photographer Samuel G. Alschuler
  • Centenarian Leon M. Despres
  • Chicago Jewish Archives in New Home
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2007
Issue #4
  • Gov. Henry Horner
  • Published Works by CJHS Members
  • Terminiello vs. Chicago
  • Remembering Artist Rose Ann Chasmanrk High School"
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Issue #3
  • Judge Julian W. Mack: The Court and the Community
  • Ann Barzel: Dancer, Teacher, Critic, Collector
  • Chicago Parks Named for Jewish People
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Issue #2
  • Sholom Schwartzbard: The Avenger
  • Nell Pekarsky: Witness to History
  • The Young Ladies' Club of Cong. B'nai Israel
  • Report on "Uncle Ben" Aronin Program
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Issue #1
  • Paul Rothenberg’s Mexican Adventure
  • Program Report: Jewish Movie Theater Owners
  • 1977: Our First Year
  • Memorial Tribute to Ammiel Prochovnick
  • From the Archives: The WWII Tablecloth
  • Remembering U. of C. Prof. Bernard Meltzer
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2006
Issue #4
  • Year-End Review: Our Popular Public Programs and Tours
  • Danny Newman’s Memoir: Tales of a Theatrical Guru
  • Harry Zelzer: Chicago’s Impresario
  • Updated List of CJHS Publications and Books by Society Members
  • From the Archives: Mikdosh El Hagro Hebrew Center
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Issue #3
  • Albert Davis Lasker—“The Father of Modern Advertising”
  • Gail Shapiro Exhibit in Michigan City
  • “Common Ground: Lawndale’s Shared History”
  • The Jews of Marshall High School
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Issue #2
  • Hotelman Ernest Byfield—The Pump Room and the Pageant
  • The Doctors Beck— Their Hospital on North Clark Street
  • From the Archives: 1959—Bikkurim in Douglas Park
  • “Jewish Graceland” Cemetery and Colonel Spiegel’s Cenotaph
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Issue #1
  • William S. Paley—From Cigars to Broadcast News
  • Katharine Kuh—Her Love Affair with Modern Art
  • From the Archives: Cousins Remember Cong. Kesher Israel
  • Oral History: Educator, War Hero David H. Heller
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