Ruth Brown Kahn (June 21, 1902 - April 9, 1987) was an American civic leader in Dallas, Texas. Kahn co-founded the Dallas Jewish Archives, which later became the Dallas Jewish Historical Society or DJHS.
Biography
Kahn was born on June 21, 1902, in St. Louis, Missouri, but grew up near Eufaula in Oklahoma Territory. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 1923 and in that same year, moved to Dallas, where she became involved in local Jewish community organizations. She married Louis J. Hexter, an attorney, in 1923, and together they had two children before they divorced. She married Laurence S. Kahn in 1936.
Kahn and Ginger Chesnick Jacobs were inspired to preserve local Jewish history when the early building of Temple Emanu-El was demolished. The synagogue, destroyed in 1970, was the last remaining Jewish institution in South Dallas. Kahn and Jacobs eventually housed the archives in the Dallas Jewish Community Center in 1978.
Kahn died in Dallas on April 9, 1987.
References
- ^ Biderman, Rose (15 June 2010). "Kahn, Ruth Brown". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- "Who We Are". Dallas Jewish Historical Society. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ Gross, Harriet P. (24 May 2007). "Preserving the Past, Securing the Future". Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth). Vol. 61, no. 21. p. 12. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
External links
- Image of Ruth Brown Kahn (seated)
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