This circa 1913 photograph was taken in London, England, and shows Francine's family on her father's side. First row, left to right: Aunt Pearl (Paula) Laufer (Lefer); Joseph Laufer (Lefer) (Francine's cousin); Alice Ajzensztark (Francine's aunt); Anna Ajzensztark (Francine's cousin). Back row, left to right: Henri Ajzensztark (Francine's cousin); David Ajzensztark (Francine's cousin); Mortre Mendel Ajzensztark (Francine's father); Max Ajzensztark (Francine's uncle).
Photograph depicts Renee Kolender's parents, Rose Borenstain-Fuchs and Moishe Chiel Fuchs, taken in Koszenica, Poland around 1915. Rose perished in the Chenstochowa labor camp in 1945. Moishe was executed in an unknown camp.
Meeting minutes volume kept by the Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Board of Trustees, 1916-1928. The entries in this volume concern all discussions regarding synagogue business, finances, memberships. The minutes also discuss supporting troops during World War I, as well as correspondences and meetings with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and preparations for the 100th Anniversary of the Reform Judaism in America.
This circa 1917 photograph was taken in Poland and shows Mortre Mendel Ajzensztark, Francine's father, while he was in the Polish army. Once in France, he changed his name to Maurice.
Meeting minutes volume kept by the Town of Sullivan Island City Council. This volume covers topics such as moving the town jail, discussion of racial segregation laws on electric railways, the discovery of a Black man's body near Station 29, and various financial and infrastructural reports.
