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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | ‘Kadimah’ Jewish Community Annual Picnic, Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia |
| Date | c.1937-1938 |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Reference | MM 110705 |
| Library / Archive | Museums Victoria |
| Collection Name | Photographs |
| Description | The Jewish community 'Kadimah' enjoying their annual picnic in Warrandyte. Elias Baitz's Packard automobile is in the background. Rachel Baitz is standing on the left, her daughter Rosa is on the right, leaning on the car. Rosa Baitz's boyfriend at the time, Eddie Perlman (later her husband) is in the driver's seat. Elias Baitz, Rosa's father is sitting on a chair in front of the car at the right. His daughter-in-law, Connie Baitz is standing on the left with Pat Baitz, Rosa's niece sitting on a chair. On the back seat of the car sits Fira Gorden, while her father sits on a chair outside the car in front of her. In front on the picnic rug, at the right, sits Jascha Tafton, with an unknown man seated next to him. Mrs Tafton sits on the picnic rug at the left, with her daughter Una, and her son (name unknown). |
| Biographical Note / History | The Gordens were Jewish refugees sponsored by the Baitz family. The 'Kadimah' (meaning progress, or forward, in Hebrew and Yiddish) was founded in Melbourne by recently arrived Eastern European Jews in 1911. It was set up to function as a secular cultural institution, including a Jewish library, a theatre hall and a youth committee. |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations; Religion, Ethnic Identity and Community Relations |
| Places | Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia |
| People | Baitz, Elias; Baitz, Rachel; Baitz, Rosa; Baitz, Connie; Baitz, Pat; Perlman, Eddie; Gorden, Fira; Tafton, Jascha; Tafton, Una |
| Keywords | emigration, immigrant, Jewish, food, family |
| Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Museum Victoria catalogue. |
| Catalogue Link | Museums Victoria Catalogue |
| Copyright | Museums Victoria |
