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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated May 22, 1965 reads "The women of congregation Beth Kodesh prove this may not be just a man's world after all. From left the women, Mrs. Robert H. Stein, Mrs. Martin Rich, Mrs. Ronald D. Berens and Mrs. Edward B. Schneider surround Cantor Avrum Schwartz and Rabbi Elijah Schochet as they take the test for their Bar Mitzvah."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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