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Lea Edelstein - Immigrant Stories

Léa Edelstein was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1929 to Naftula (Nathan)and Golda Davidson, who were Jewish. Léa was the middle child of five daughters, and grew up in a comfortable home in Alexandria during the 1930s and 1940s. The family felt well-accepted as Jews until Israel was recognized as a state by the United Nations in 1948. The family immigrated to the United States in 1949, where Léa found work as a secretary, first in Philadelphia, and later in Chicago. She married WW II veteran SIdney Edelstein in 1952, and the couple made their home in Skokie, Illinois.

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Golda and Naftula/Nathan Davidson, Léa’s parents, on their wedding day in Egypt.

Where:
Egypt

When:
Unknown

Ownership:
Narrator’s photo



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