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Abraham Isaacs

Abraham Isaacs came north after 1900 to join his brothers Henry and Charles who owned the Isaacs Brothers Clothing Store in Dawson. Abraham became the secretary of the Dawson Hebrew Congregation and helped petition Ottawa to set aside lots for a Jewish cemetery near the other Dawson cemeteries on the hill behind town.1)

1)
Fla Jampolsky, The Jewish Presence in the Yukon. Jewish Cultural Society of Yukon, 2023: 35-36.
i/a_isaacs.txt · Last modified: 2024/09/27 12:51 by sallyr