by DJHS Archivist | Apr 30, 2020 | From the Archive |
“In 1888 a 27-year-old foot peddler named August Lorch came to Dallas to sell dry goods and shoestrings, and in 1892 he was doing well enough to become a one-horse peddler; the next year he got a second horse” (Texas Monthly September 1982). Founded in 1909 in Dallas,...
by DJHS Archivist | Apr 29, 2020 | 1940s, From the Archive, News |
We’re thrilled to share with you a selection of audio recordings from the Ellis & May Titche Wartime Correspondence Collection. Mel Ginsburg, a dedicated long-time volunteer of DJHS, has been working hard to record letters from Ellis Titche to May Levy...
by DJHS Archivist | Apr 28, 2020 | Oral History Interviews, Video Oral History |
Marvin Greenberg Interviewed by Jo Reingold on February 20, 2017. Marvin was on January 27, 1931 in Waco, TX. As a Teenager he moved to Dallas, and later returned after graduating from the University of Texas. He opened Greenberg Drugs in Preston Center and maintained...
by DJHS Archivist | Apr 28, 2020 | From the Archive |
September 2004 marked the 350th anniversary of Jewish settlement in North America. In honor of 350 years, the Jewish-American Hall of Fame Division of the American Jewish Historical Society commissioned artist Dana Krinsky to create a medal to celebrate. The medal was...
by DJHS Archivist | Apr 23, 2020 | From the Archive |
Samuel Bak was born in 1933 in Vilna, Poland. While he and his mother survived, his father and four grandparents all perished at the hands of the Nazis. Bak’s work is an expression of his Jewish roots and past experiences. He created this piece for The Golda Meir...
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