Oral history interview with Rachel Silverstone and Sid Silverstone, June 13, 1985.

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Oral history interview with Rachel Silverstone and Sid Silverstone, June 13, 1985.

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Mrs. Silverstone's family left Romania for Canada in 1898 with assistance from the Baron de Hirsch Institute. Rachel and Moe moved to Everett, Washington, in about 1919 to go into partnership in the Silverstone Brothers clothing store. The Everett Council of Jewish Women and B'nai B'rith lodge are discussed. Moe Silverstone conducted services at the Montefiore Congregation for fifty years and also collected for the United Jewish Appeal. Mrs Silverstone belonged to the Shriner lodge and Hadassah. Alfred Shemanski's fundraising for the Montefiore social hall addition is mentioned. The decline of the Everett Jewish community is also discussed.

Sound recordings: 1 sound cassette : analog, mono.Transcript: 24 leaves.

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Jewish Archives (University of Washington)

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B'nai B'rith

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The Jewish Central Information Office was founded by Alfred Wiener, a German Jew who worked for the Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith ( Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens ). In 1933 he fled to Amsterdam where he founded the agency along with David Cohen. The JCIO produced reports to spread word of the activities that were occurring in Nazi Germany. In 1939 the office was moved to London, where it became known as the Wiener Library. ...

Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. Everett Chapter.

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Silverstone, Sidney

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Silverstone, Rachel,

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Rachel Silverstone was born in Romania, ca. 1895. She was the wife of Moe Silverstone (1888-1978), an Everett, Washington, businessman. Their son is Sid Silverstone. From the description of Oral history interview with Rachel Silverstone and Sid Silverstone, June 13, 1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 50513153 ...

Council of Jewish Women (U.S.). Everett Section.

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Montefiore Congregation (Everett, Wash.)

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Silverstone Brothers (Everett, Wash.)

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Silverstone, Moe, 1878-1978.

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Stusser, Isabel,

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Shemanski, Alfred, 1874 or 1875-1966

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