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From the poem "Lithuania" by Myra Sklarew



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"The City of Keidan" by B.C. Cassel (1930)
From "Jewish Cities and Towns in Lithuania" by Berel Kagan
"Worlds Gone By:" Scenes from Keidan by H.Y. Epstein
"The Destruction of Keidan" by Dovid Wolpe


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Members of the Keidaner Association of New York

[From the booklet prepared for the 40th Anniversary banquet, Nov. 1940]

Board of Directors (photo caption)

William Hurwitz, William Einhorn, M.S. Kaplan, Dr. Hyman Epstein, George Sang, Leo Lichtman, Harry Greenblatt, Irving Gerber, Nathan Frank, Victor Kane, Charles Lipshitz, Philip Greenblatt, Joseph Shapiro, Louis Baym, Sam Betten, Charles M. Kane.

Board of Directors, Keidaner Ladies Aid Society: (photo caption)

Pauline Rosen, Lena Goldstein, Ray Wallace, Annie Dwork, Matilda Litchman, Lena Kotzen, Tillie Lite, Sarah Kramer, Rose Shapiro, Clara Bernstein, Rose Greenblatt, Minnie Levine, Lillian Willenson, Rose Kane, Sarah Travis, Dora Dwork.




[From the English section of the 1930 Anniversary book "Keidan"]

Officers of the Keidaner Association, 1930

Morris B. Solomon, President
Joseph Shapiro, Vice-President
William Einhorn, Recording Secretary
Samuel Schlosberg, Financial Secretary
Abraham Meyer, Treasurer
Samuel Greenblat, Hospital Secretary
David Newmark, Inner Guard
Dr. Sam Rosen, Relief
M.S. Kaplan, Loan Relief

Reception Committee

Sam Berger Abraham Greenblatt Wm I. Siegel
Harry Berger Hyman Kitayewitz Herman Schiff
Nathan Frank Julius Leventhal Harry Schiff
Ralph Lichtman Murray Meyer Benjamin Sager
Bernard Bloom Isidor Miller Emanuel Schlosberg
Geo. Bloom Victor Lippman Harry Sandler
Herman L. Cohen Benjamin Flax Jack Shapiro
Louis Baym Luis [sic] Rosenblatt Al. Weinman
Eddie Block Sidney Rich Abe Weinman
Aaron Edelman Max Sager Joseph Yessen


Thirtieth Anniversary Arrangement Committee (photo caption)

M.S. Kaplan, Samuel Romm, Samuel Greenblatt, Jacob Braverman, Dr. S. Rosen, Wm. Einhorn, Chas. Lipshitz, Dr. Harry Gruskin, Louis Markowitz, Leo Licktman, Samuel Schlossberg, Irving Gerber, Israel Weiss. Julius Lee, Jos. Shapiro, M.B. Solomon, Dr. J.H. Epstein, B. Cassel, I.M. Edelman.

Organizers of the Keidan Association (photo caption)

Morris Evens, Jos. Weitzer, Samuel Golden, Wm. Einhorn, Jacob Sugerman, M.S. Kaplan, Max Markowitz.

Ex-Presidents of the Keidaner Association (individual photos)

M.S. Lichtman, Sam Goldstein, M.S. Kaplan, Louis Solomon, Jacob E. Vyner, Sam Goldin, Sam Romm, Meyer Feinberg, William Einhorn, Dr. Hyman J. Epstein, Isidor Mattis, Dr. Sam Rosen, Sam Greenblat, Leo S. Lichtman, Morris B. Solomon, Julius Lee

In Memoriam

Died
Max Rosen Mar 21, 1905
M. Salzberg Nov 22, 1910
Samuel Cohen, 2nd May 2, 1912
Harry Shapiro Feb 16, 1913
Abe Weitzer Aug. 6, 1913
Abraham Marcus Mar. 29, 1914
David J. Epstein July 1, 1914
Moses Hochenberg Oct. 26, 1914
Sam Shirk Dec. 13, 1914
Morris Widokler Feb. 28, 1916
M. Taitelbaum Feb. 5, 1916
Samuel Gordon June 18, 1916
Joseph Sisle Oct. 8, 1916
Wolff Kaplan Nov. 10, 1916
Morris Gordon May 18, 1917
Max Gordon July 23, 1917
Isaac Gordon Sept. 24, 1917
Abraham Ress Mar. 3, 1918
Samuel Adler June 4, 1918
Max Taub Sept. 9, 1918
Selig Shirk Jan. 3, 1919
Jacob Levitt Mar. 3, 1919
Samuel Cohen, 3rd Mar. 14, 1919
S. Salmanowitz Mar. 23, 1919
Harris Cohen Aug. 27, 1919
Abraham Hurwitz Sept. 17, 1920
L.B. Shapiro Jan. 23, 1921
Hirsh Lichtman Jan. 30, 1921
Wolff Crost Feb. 7, 1921
Harry Gordon Feb. 14, 1921
S. Tauberson Aug. 28, 1921
A. Kadans Aug. 23, 1922
A. Blum Mar. 2, 1923
Abraham Levine April 24, 1923
Isaac Lipman Feb. 10, 1924
Louis Solomon Mar. 4, 1924
Isidor Mattis Aug. 10, 1924
Harris Gordon, 3rd Aug. 31, 1924
Max Schatz Feb. 24, 1925
Jacob Gordon, 2nd May 14, 1925
Morris Shirk, 2nd May 26, 1925
H. Gotler July 5, 1925
Abraham Freedlander Jan. 31, 1926
Jacob Gordon, 1st Mar. 29, 1926
Meyer Cohen April 5, 1926
Louis J. Bablove Aug. 1, 1926
Max Levenson Dec. 19, 1926
M.J. Levenson Jan. 3, 1927
Morris Meyer April 3, 1927
Barnet Feinberg Aug. 18, 1927
Philip Meyer Dec. 9, 1927
Harris Mendelson Jan. 19, 1928
Israel Rosenfeld Jan. 29, 1928
J. Kreeger Feb. 21, 1928
Isidor Drachenfeld April 9, 1928
Herman Weitzer May 20, 1928
J. Lipsick July 29, 1928
Morris Marcus July 30, 1928
Joe Finkelstein Nov. 15, 1928
Sam Gordon Dec. 9, 1928
Barnett Fishman Jan. 20, 1929
Meyer Block Jan. 20, 1929
Nathan Berger Feb. 25, 1929
Julius Wollenberg Mar. 5, 1929
Julius Harris June 2, 1929
Morris N. Kotzen June 24, 1929
Sol Markowitz July 31, 1929
Abraham Nathanson Mar. 9, 1930
David Shein Aug. 6, 1930
Harris Lubetkin Sept. 7, 1930

List of association members, 1930


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