August 20, 2008   19 Av 5768


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Leopold Wilzenski a German Jew was the first mayor of Greenville in 1875 followed by Jacob Alexander.



Rabbi Joseph Bogen was the first Rabbi hired in 1880 and leaving in 1901.

  Rabbi Brill was the second Rabbi  serving until 1906.

This sanctuary was used from 1880 until 1906.

 



An Ad placed in a Jewish publication in 1880 advertising the need for a full time Rabbi.  He had to be able to speak English, Hebrew, and German.  Rabbi Joseph Bogen was hired shortly after the ad was placed.

 



 

Letter from Rabbi Bogen to Governor Elect Robert Lowry in 1885 concerning the school situation.

                                                                                                                           

Goldstein Family

 

Nathan Goldstein with his children and grandchildren. 

He was president of the congregation from 1880 - 1930.

                             

 

                                                                       1927  Mississippi River Flood      

                                             1927 Flood          1927 Flood     

 

                                   A story of the Disasters that shaped the people of the Delta

 

                                                         1927 Food        

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The War years and the Some of the Members of

Hebrew Union Congregation that Served their Country in the Military.



 

Melvin Lipnick's WWII Memorabilia

Served in the Army Division that Liberated Dachau Concentration Camp in 1945.

  

 



 

Bernard Shapero's WWII Collection

 

 

Bernie Stein, Jay Piltz, and L.B. Stein


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