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wa00005. Jewish Women

 Record Group
Identifier: wa00005

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Naomi Braverman Markovitz papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1001
Abstract

Newspaper clippings related to the Bravermans, one of the founding families of the Agudas Achim synagogue in Iowa City, IA.

Dates: 1926-1980

Ohsman-Berg Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1025
Abstract

Two generations of career women and homemakers in a Cedar Rapids family.

Dates: 1900-2018

Oliver Pollak papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1036
Abstract

A collection of cookbooks and documents from Jewish women’s organizations in Iowa.

Dates: 1890 - 2017

Richard Jacobs papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1027
Abstract

Associate Dean of the College of Dentistry and Professor of Orthodontics at the University of Iowa in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish man, escaped the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland.

Dates: 1935-2015

Rosalie Braverman papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0259
Abstract

Community activist in civic and Jewish organizations in Iowa City, Iowa.

Dates: 1929-2010

Ruth Lebowich papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1033
Abstract

Sioux City woman whose German Jewish parents emigrated to Sioux City, Iowa, after living in a displaced persons camp following World War II

Dates: 1945-2018

Ruth Salzmann Becker papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0123
Abstract

Nurse and community activist in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish woman, fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States.

Dates: 1858-2012

Sandra Reuben papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1037
Abstract

Library director who grew up in Forest City, Iowa, the daughter of a Lithuanian immigrant.

Dates: 1900-2000

Sara Markovitz Strauss papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0836
Abstract

An Iowa City resident and University of Iowa alum who emigrated from the Soviet Union with her family in 1921.

Dates: 1912-1970

Shaare Zion Synagogue / Mt. Sinai Temple records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1041
Abstract

Records of Sioux City’s Shaare Zion Synagogue, Mt. Sinai Temple, Congregation Beth Shalom, and the Jewish Federation of Sioux City.

Dates: 1901-2015

Shloss and Mannheimer Families papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0334
Abstract

Prominent Des Moines families including Irma Mannheimer, her husband Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer of Temple B'nai Jeshurun, and her parents, Rose and Max Shloss—the owners of Lederer and Strauss and Company.

Dates: 1896-1986

Suzi Kaiman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1028
Abstract

Family- and community-oriented Jewish woman from Sioux City, Iowa.

Dates: 1907-2009

The Greater Des Moines Jewish Press records

 Collection
Identifier: IWA1291
Abstract

Organization dedicated to journalistic efforts that promote and support the Jewish community in the greater Des Moines area and beyond.

Dates: 2018 - 2021