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The opening as it read in 2010

He was rabbi until 1949, when he was replaced by Rabbi Levi Olan . [1] He took a firm stance against the Ku Klux Klan .¹ The Perkins School of Theology houses the "Sadie and David Lefkowitz Collection of Judaica ". [3] Sadie Lefkowitz was active in the National Association of Temple Sisterhoods.² [4] Rabbi Lefkowitz was a mason and would attend meetings in attempts to convince fellow masons that the KKK was destructive. [5] Texas A&M Hillel , the oldest Hillel Foundation organization in the United States , was founded in 1920, three years before the national Hillel Foundation was organized at University of Illinois . Texas A&M Hillel began as the "TAMC Menorah Club" and was organized in 1916 by Dr. Jacob Joseph Taubenhaus (the chief of plant pathology and physiology at the Agricultural and Mechinical College in College Station, later Texas A&M ), and his wife Esther Taubenhaus. In 1920, the group was transformed into the "TAMC Hillel Club" with assistance from Rabbi David Lefkowitz of Dallas . The Handbook of Texas states that, "The formal preservation of the history of Texas Jewry goes back to Rabbi Henry Cohen of Galveston and Rabbi David Lefkowitz of Dallas, who set out to interview as many early settlers and their families as possible.³

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David Lefkowitz (April 11, 1875 – June 5, 1955), a rabbi , led Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, Texas from 1920 to 1949, after having worked at Temple Israel in Dayton, Ohio. He opposed the rise of the Ku Klux Klan , which had been revived in 1915; it was strongly opposed to immigrants who were Jews and Catholics from eastern and southern Europe. He and his wife Sadie bequeathed their collection to the Perkins School of Theology , which houses the "Sadie and David Lefkowitz Collection of Judaica ". Sadie Lefkowitz was also active in the National Association of Temple Sisterhoods. A Mason , Rabbi Lefkowitz continued to attend meetings knowing that Klansmen were present. He discussed incidents of violence to convince other members that the Klan was inhibiting progress of their booming city.

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The opening as it stood in 2020

David Lefkowitz (April 11, 1875 – June 5, 1955), a rabbi , led Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, Texas from 1920 to 1949, after having worked at Temple Israel in Dayton, Ohio. He opposed the rise of the Ku Klux Klan , which had been revived in 1915; it was strongly opposed to immigrants who were Jews and Catholics from eastern and southern Europe. He was a Founding Executive Committee Member of the Dayton Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He and his wife Sadie Braham (July 21, 1879 – February 21, 1955) bequeathed their collection to the Perkins School of Theology , which houses the "Sadie and David Lefkowitz Collection of Judaica ". Sadie Lefkowitz was also active in the National Association of Temple Sisterhoods. A Mason , Rabbi Lefkowitz continued to attend meetings knowing that Klansmen were present. He discussed incidents of violence to convince other members that the Klan was inhibiting progress of their booming city.

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

American rabbi (1875–1955) David Lefkowitz (April 11, 1875 – June 5, 1955), a rabbi , led Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, Texas from 1920 to 1949, after having worked at Temple Israel in Dayton, Ohio. He opposed the rise of the Ku Klux Klan , which had been revived in 1915; it was strongly opposed to immigrants who were Jews and Catholics from eastern and southern Europe. He was a Founding Executive Committee Member of the Dayton Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He and his wife Sadie Braham (July 21, 1879 – February 21, 1955) bequeathed their collection to the Perkins School of Theology , which houses the "Sadie and David Lefkowitz Collection of Judaica ". Sadie Lefkowitz was also active in the National Association of Temple Sisterhoods. A Mason , Rabbi Lefkowitz continued to attend meetings knowing that Klansmen were present. He discussed incidents of violence to convince other members that the Klan was inhibiting progress of their booming city.

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The opening as it stood in 2025

American rabbi (1875–1955) David Lefkowitz (April 11, 1875 – June 5, 1955) was a rabbi who led Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, Texas from 1920 to 1949, after having worked at Temple Israel in Dayton, Ohio. He opposed the rise of the Ku Klux Klan , which had been revived in 1915; it was strongly opposed to immigrants from eastern and southern Europe who were Jews and Catholics. He was a Founding Executive Committee Member of the Dayton Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He and his wife Sadie Braham (July 21, 1879 – February 21, 1955) bequeathed their collection to the Perkins School of Theology , which houses the "Sadie and David Lefkowitz Collection of Judaica ". Sadie Lefkowitz was also active in the National Association of Temple Sisterhoods. A Mason , Rabbi Lefkowitz continued to attend meetings knowing that Klansmen were present. He discussed incidents of violence to convince other members that the Klan was inhibiting progress of their booming city.

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