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Tag Archives: Emigration / Immigration
An Old and New World
By Bernard Gershon Richards (Reprinted by permission of Paula Eisenstein Baker, Houston) Bernard Gershon Richards (1877-1971), U.S- journalist, widely active in Jewish affairs. Born Dov-Gershon Rabinovich in Keidan (Kėdainiai), Lithuania, Richards was taken to the U.S. in 1886. He began … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrants, History, Memoir, Personalities, USA, Yizkor Book
Tagged Agriculture, BGRichards, Cucumbers, Emigration / Immigration, Memoir, Yizkor Book
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B. Cassel
Boruch Chaim Cassel – called Bernard in America, but known to his friends as Alter – was born in Keidan in 1877, the son of a tailor. He had a traditional Jewish cheder education, but also studied Russian and other secular … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrants, Personalities, USA
Tagged BCassel, Emigration / Immigration, Keidaner Association, landsmanshaft, music, Tsarist Russia, USA
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