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HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. Organized on October 15, 1884, the organization was formed by Jewish residents of the Fifth Ward to help the needy. David Joseph was the first president with Isaac Harris as vice-president.
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Source:
Fleishake, Oscar. The Illinois-Iowa Jewish Community on the Banks of the Mississippi River, Unpublished Doctor's Degree Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of The Harry Fischel School for Higher Jewish Studies, Graduate Division, Yeshiva University, 1957, p. 57
See: JEWISH COMMUNITY