Ruth Brown Kahn
American civic leader
About Ruth Brown Kahn
Lived 1902 – 1987 (aged 84). Ruth Brown Kahn was an American community leader.
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. The synagogue, destroyed in 1970, was the last remaining Jewish institution in South Dallas.
Kahn died in Dallas on April 9, 1987.
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American civic leader
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Ruth Brown Kahn was born on 21 June 1902 in St. Louis.
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Ruth Brown Kahn died on 9 April 1987 in Dallas.
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