Box JHC Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection Box 2
Contains 32 Results:
Biographical sketch, undated
Item is a photocopy of an original.
John J. Pershing letter, 1919 February 28
Letter is addressed to "fellow soldiers" and extends thanks for their service and patriotism. Item is a photocopy of an original.
Photograph of soldiers celebrating Passover, 1919 April 14
Photograph was taken in France during the first night of Passover. Harry Levinson is identified. Photograph is a reproduction.
Biographical Information
Notes compiled by Gladys Alch, wife of Jerome B. Alch; include details about the Alch name and the first Alch’s in America; information about how Solomon B. Alch and Anna Levine Alch met and names of siblings; detailed notes re. Solomon and Anna’s eleven children (birth dates, spouses’ names, career accomplishments and children’s names).
Photographs, 1910s-1990s
News Clippings, 1930s-1950s
Letter and envelope, 1949 December 23
Pertains to birth of the Levenson’s granddaughter, Leah Elizabeth Lin; mentions Hanukah and Karesh’s fondness for Hanukah traditions.
Letter and envelope, 1953 February 9
Karesh thanks the Levenson’s for their hospitality (on a recent visit) and mentions "wise men in olden days" emphasizing that one not eat with stingy people (which the Levenson’s were not); he also advises the Levenson’s to let him know if they needed kosher meat for a holiday.
Letter and envelope, 1957 November 24
Philosophical letter contains Karesh’s views on Jewish traditions and his belief that younger Jews do not adhere to religious laws as strictly as the older generation and are more like "the gentiles" in terms of eating habits and religious practices; at end of letter Karesh mentions he and his wife would like to move to Jerusalem the following year.
Letter, undated
Karesh speaks of recovering from an illness but still managing to perform his duties as a shochet so he could deliver kosher meat; speaks of wedding ceremonies he performed and how a family (?) was ashamed of the way in which he wore a yarmulke and performed Orthodox weddings; speaks of his shame for such people, the "younger generation" that want to assimilate.