Leo Baeck shaking hands with Congressman Adolph Sabath; Chicago Portraits; Groups; Men

Page 62 of the "American Jewish Cavalcade" scrapbook of Leo Baeck in New York found in ROS 10 Folder 3"Eighty three year old Congressman Adolph Sabath (right) welcomes 75 year old Dr. Leo Baeck to Chicago. Dr. Baeck, heroic war-time leader of German Jewry who spent over two years in a Nazi concentration camp, will be guest of honor at an American Jewish Cavalcade dinner meeting to be held at the Hotel Stevens on April 7th. Photo was taken in Congressman Sabath's office just after Dr. Baeck deliverred the opening prayer at a session of the House of Representatives, the first foreign rabbi ever to be so honored. The American Jewish Cavalcade is a religious emphasis program sponsored locally by the Chicago Federation of Reform Synagogues."Digital Image856 field created from CDN and IMN fields by JPALMISANO, 08/10/2010