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  • Collection: Jewish Life in Champaign-Urbana

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Addie Cohen being honored by the Sinai Congregation in 1938 with her two sons Julius, right, and Sol, standing, left; her grandson Nat Cohen, sitting, left; and Dr. A.L. Sacha.

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Hattie Kahn, the infant daughter of Nathan and Hanna Kahn, who died on August 1, 1870 is the oldest known Jewish burial in Champaign County.

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Mount Hope Cemetery, Champaign, was established in 1856.

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Newspaper announcement concerning the movement of a Jewish cemetery north of Urbana to Mount Hope.

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The Jewish sections at Mount Hope Cemetery are legally owned by Sinai Temple and managed by a committee appointed by the their Board of Trustees, with the land held in stewardship for the entire Jewish community. 

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R.M Eppstein Bros. located at 38 Main Street, Champaign, IL.

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The first Sinai Temple building located on the southwest corner of Clark and State Streets, circa 1955.

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Sinai Temple founders present at the 50th Anniversary, left to right: Leonard Lewis, Albert Stern, Charles Loeb, and Isaac Kuhn.

J.O. Cunningham portrait.jpg
Judge J. O. Cunningham, 80 years old.
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