Ernest Bloch was a celebrated composer, conductor, and educator. He was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1880 and educated in various European cities.

In 1950, eighty women formed the League of Jewish Women to help bring together the growing Jewish community of Contra Costa County, Calif.

Ethel Fein was the past president and hospitality chairwoman of the Sisterhood of San Francisco's Congregation Beth Sholom.

Ryhim Ahoovim, which translates to "beloved friends," began in 1851 as a Hebrew benevolent society in Stockton, Calif., and

Beth Israel was founded in 1860 as the first conservative congr

An undated menu for Bernstein's Fish Grotto, which shows that the restaurant served a variety of seafood, including shellfis

Berkeley Jewish Senior Citizens was a group of senior citizens who met weekly at Temple Beth El in Berkeley, California for fellowship and to work on political issues related to aging.

Marjorie Himmelstern was a grand neice of prominent playwrite, producer, and theatre owner David

The United Hebrew Benevolent Association was founded in Helena, Montana, in 1885, to promote Jewish principles of "charity and benevolence," by helping the sick and needy, by defraying members' fun

Henry Vidaver was a prominent nineteenth-century American rabbi with pulpits in Philadelphia, St.