[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 2002] (open access)

[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 2002]

Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 2002 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.
Date: May 17, 2002
Creator: Congregation Ahavath Sholom
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1997]

Color photograph of the 1997 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are three girls wearing white robes and five boys wearing white robes and ties on the bimah (alter). Their teacher, Judy Grossbard, and Rabbi Sidney Zimelman are standing with them. The students are Terry Schuster, Stephanie Berlin, Bo Miller, Darcy Labovitz, Brian Toobin, Eric Schuster, Ryan Howard, and Daryl Goldberg.
Date: May 1997
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1957]

Copy photograph of the 1957 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are seven girls in white robes and fourteen boys in dark robes and bow ties. Rabbi Isadore Garsek stands in the back center with them. The students are Cheryl Leff, Sylvia Lynn Cooles, Jeanie Labovitz, Debbie Brachman, Charlsa Sarvis, Jerilyn Cohen, Davida Rae Applebaum, Paul Weisblatt, David Garsek, Allen Hendelman, Marvin Tills, Bobby Rashti, Marshall Kragen, Jack Rubin, Allen Grenadier, Jack Marks, Michail Ben Cohen, Michael Carter, Louis Siegel, Allen Schuster, and Donald Stanley. They are pictured on the bimah (alter) of the synagogue.
Date: June 2, 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1920s]

Photograph of a mid-1920s confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are twelve girls wearing white dresses. Rabbi Abraham Bengis stands at the center. The students are unidentified.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1975] (open access)

[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1975]

Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1975 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.
Date: May 1975
Creator: Congregation Ahavath Sholom
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1972] (open access)

[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1972]

Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1972 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Congregation Ahavath Sholom
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1971]

Photograph of the 1971 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are twelve girls wearing white robes and nine boys wearing dark robes with bow ties standing on steps. Rabbi Isadore Garsek stands with the students in the center of the back row. The students are Paul Solomon, Janice Rubin, Stephanie Kahn, Holly Berkowitz, Jan Schumer, Jackie Schumer, Madelyn Singer, Ruth Fischbein, Cheryl Blum, Brian Kimmel, Ira Goldstein, Elaine Bergolofsky, Carol Luskey, Stephanie Rocher, Janet Myers, Mark Rosenman, David Rosen, Alan Rubin, Allen Eisenman, Harry Tabor, and Bruce Roseman.
Date: May 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1973]

Color photograph of the 1973 confirmation class at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are nine girls wearing white robes and six boys wearing black robes with bow ties. Cantor Murray Neiman, Rabbi Isadore Garsek, and Elliot Garsek stand in the center of the back row. The rabbi and cantor each wear a tallis (prayer shawl). The students are Robin Levine, Gayle Gerrick, Hilda Adelson, Linda Rubin, Paula Rosen, Marsha Ann Weinberg, Betsy Rosenthal, Elisa Kaplan, Judy Weinberg, Larry Rosen, David James Cody, Mark Goldstein, Sandy Kreisberg, David Hecht, and Daniel Jonathan Cohen.
Date: June 3, 1973
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1992] (open access)

[Confirmation Invitation for Ahavath Sholom, 1992]

Invitation for the confirmation exercises for the 1992 class of Ahavath Sholom synagogue, including a list of confirmands.
Date: May 26, 1992
Creator: Congregation Ahavath Sholom
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas Flag]

Souvenir Texas state flag made of fabric with gold fringe trim, attached to a decorative plastic post that has long gold tassels. This flag was won by Doris Rae Levy for submitting the best scrapbook in her schoolroom to a Texas centennial contest.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Centennial Scrapbook (open access)

Texas Centennial Scrapbook

Scrapbook documenting Texas history compiled for a contest in honor of the Texas centennial, including portraits of famous Texans; clippings from newspapers and magazines; and pamphlets for the centennial events in Dallas, Galveston, San Antonio, Del Rio and other regions in Texas.
Date: 1936
Creator: Levy, Doris Rae
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Child Dies Without Seeing Flag She Won] (open access)

[Clipping: Child Dies Without Seeing Flag She Won]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping containing an obituary for Doris Rae Levy, age 10, who won a Texas flag prize for entering the best scrapbook in her schoolroom for a Texas centennial contest. The clipping also contains the text of a story relating to the resumption of a fraud trial after an alternate juror became ill, a schedule of radio programs, and partial portions of other articles.
Date: May 25, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letterhead for Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society] (open access)

[Letterhead for Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society]

Blank sheet of stationery with letterhead for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society listing the names of the president and three vice presidents in the upper-left corner and the treasurer and secretary with address in the upper-right corner. The name of the organization is written in cursive at the top of the page with the text "We meet at the Hebrew Institute, 819 Taylor Street" above blank lines to add the date, pre-printed with "19__."
Date: 19XX
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1915-1934] (open access)

[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1915-1934]

Ledger containing the minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society in Fort Worth, including proceedings of meetings, decisions and projects, and financial records.
Date: 1915-04-13/1934-02-06
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1934-1949] (open access)

[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1934-1949]

Ledger containing the minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society in Fort Worth, including proceedings of meetings, decisions and projects, and financial records.
Date: 1934-07-11/1949-12
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1950-1956] (open access)

[Minutes of the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1950-1956]

Ledger containing the minutes for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society in Fort Worth, including proceedings of meetings, decisions and projects, and financial records.
Date: 1950-01-18/1956-01
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Brief History of Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society] (open access)

[Brief History of Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society]

Short text describing the discovery of records for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society with a brief history of the group, their work, and connection to similar organizations.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Weiner, Hollace
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Financial Ledger for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1954-1960] (open access)

[Financial Ledger for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society: 1954-1960]

Ledger containing financial records for the Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society in Fort Worth, including deposits, collected dues, disbursements, and other financial transactions.
Date: 1954-01/1960-06
Creator: Ahavath Sholom Ladies Cemetery Society
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History