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Palm Beach• June 11, 2021

L’Chaim at Palm Beach

L’Chaim ... L’Chaim. Our distinguished art and and architectural and social historian in Palm Beach, Augustus Mayhew, reports on the Jewish hostelries in PB 80 years ago, and how far time has taken us in a relatively short time. Its own triumph. In the end, we’re all Just Folks...

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