The artist Todros Geller was born in Vinnitsa (Vinnytsya), Ukraine, and studied art in Odessa, Montreal, and Chicago, his home from 1918 until his death. He worked in several mediums, including oil paintings, woodcuts, wood carvings, and etchings, often with Jewish themes. A left-wing Yiddishist and admirer of the Soviet Union, he believed that art could be a tool for social reform. Despite his radicalism, he also designed stained glass windows for synagogues and took part in the communal life of Chicago Jewry.
Sunday, November 1 [1942], it was announced in the order of the day that all policemen must assemble at twenty minutes past two in the premises of the former Slobodka Yeshive for a solemn oath-taking…
The Canal Street Market, built in 1829, was the largest and most popular market in Cincinnati, where artist Henry Mosler’s family settled after immigrating from Germany, when he was eight years old…
No one shall seek permission to become a master, unless he has it in writing from the Jewish Elders of Prague that he is native of the place, and he shall previously furnish the Jewish Elders with a…