Ketubbah of Blanche Rock and Leon Blonder
Gift of Lenore Geller and Cheryl Duboys
Id no. 2005.A.62, Document
Subject(s):  Ritual, Weddings
This is the Ketubbah (Jewish marriage contract) of Blanche (also called Blanka or Blima) Rock and Leon Blonder. The wedding took place on the 16th of Sivan 5705 (May 27, 1945) in New York. The Rabbi signed the contract on the left, and the witnesses signed on the right.

Blanche Rock was born in Sedziszow, Poland in 1923 and came to the US with her family in 1938. In America, Rock?s first name was changed to Blanche. She became a US citizen in 1946.

Leon Blonder, was born Leibisch Sigmund Blonder in 1915. He came alone to the United States in 1937 and became a citizen in 1943 while serving in the US Armed Forces.
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