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- 1 2 "Bar Leaders Discuss Furcolo Reply to Judge", The Boston Globe (October 6, 1960), p. 15.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Jewish History". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ↑ "Judge Jacob Spiegel Weds Peggy Schwarz of Beverly Hills, Calif.", The Boston Globe (August 27, 1941), p. 17.
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