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  • abbreviation Young Women's Hebrew Association

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  • initialism Young Women's Hebrew Association

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Examples

  • Abraham Palma, director of a new literacy program for teenagers aged 12 to 18 at the YM-YWHA, a community center in Washington Heights and Inwood, is willing to accommodate whatever language students prefer, so long as it gets them reading.

    Literacy News – 71th Edition « News « Literacy News 2009

  • Abraham Palma, director of a new literacy program for teenagers aged 12 to 18 at the YM-YWHA, a community center in Washington Heights and Inwood, is willing to accommodate whatever language students prefer, so long as it gets them reading.

    Literacy News – 72th Edition « News « Literacy News 2009

  • Abraham Palma, director of a new literacy program for teenagers aged 12 to 18 at the YM-YWHA, a community center in Washington Heights and Inwood, is willing to accommodate whatever language students prefer, so long as it gets them reading.

    Literacy News – 73th Edition « News « Literacy News 2009

  • Abraham Palma, director of a new literacy program for teenagers aged 12 to 18 at the YM-YWHA, a community center in Washington Heights and Inwood, is willing to accommodate whatever language students prefer, so long as it gets them reading.

    Literacy News – 71th Edition « News « Literacy News 2009

  • Catherine's husband Samuel Solender was the executive director of the YM and YWHA of Washington Heights, her son Sanford became the executive vice president of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, and Catherine was a founder and president of the Women's Division of the Washington Heights 'YMHA.

    Personal Information for Catherine Solender 2010

  • She was instrumental in organizing the Young Women's Hebrew Association, the YWHA, initially an adjunct of the YMHA.

    Personal Information for Julia Richman 2010

  • In 1946, on the first anniversary of Hiroshima, I was a 12½-year-old camper at the YM-YWHA Day Camp in Baltimore.

    Rabbi Arthur Waskow: Jewish Vigil for Cordoba House 2010

  • She was instrumental in organizing the Young Women's Hebrew Association, the YWHA, initially an adjunct of the YMHA.

    Personal Information for Julia Richman Jewish Women's Archive 2010

  • Riverdale's YM-YWHA hosts programs for all age groups.

    Riverdale: Landscaped Corner of the Bronx 2010

  • Catherine's husband Samuel Solender was the executive director of the YM and YWHA of Washington Heights, her son Sanford became the executive vice president of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, and Catherine was a founder and president of the Women's Division of the Washington Heights 'YMHA.

    Personal Information for Catherine Solender Jewish Women's Archive 2010

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