JWA Commons

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The Jewish Women’s Archive is dedicated to uncovering, chronicling, and transmitting to a broad public the rich history of American Jewish women. One of the first Jewish organizations to recognize and invest in the potential of the Internet for academic, cultural, archival, and educational purposes, JWA continues to use technology to collect and share Jewish women's stories. Its innovative website, jwa.org, provides free access to a wide range of resources on American Jewish women, past and present, celebrated and unknown.

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Irving home on furlough; Paratrooper in 82nd Airborne.

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  • Balliolman said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Paratroopers, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    SS Index gives an Irving Sadernsky (1918-2000) and a Nathan Sadernsky (1923-1984), both from Connecticut. An Irene Sadernsky Figarsky was in the class of 1945 at Norwich Free Academy in Connecticut, and served on the school's Jubilee Committee in 2005.
  • stiongstiong said:
    great

Sarah Brody waiting to cross Rhine River

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  • JanuaryJoe said:
    A very interesting collection of pictures.
  • Götz Fendrich said:
    Nice to see, that in the past women also went to military

Edith & Stan Yokell Wedding Pic

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  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Edith Yokell was the daughter of Alexander and Manya Gersen of Elizabethtown NY. Here's Manya: Stanley and Edith Yokell were living in Boulder, Colorado, in 2007, when Edith's sister Ruth died (according to Ruth's NYTimes obit).
  • Retired at last said:
    Where on earth did they get that much fabric for a wedding dress in 1944, was it not rationed in the US? There must be most of a parachute there.
  • Ruth E Belasco said:
    So lovely

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