by marlenetrestman | Jan 30, 2025
Abe & Sarah Lehat In 1924, following the death of his wife, the former Goldie Gershowitz, Sam Lehat, a clothing store manager in Oklahoma City, placed the two youngest of his three children into the Home: eleven-year-old Abe and 9-year-old Sarah. At age fourteen,...
by marlenetrestman | Jan 30, 2025
Mildred, Irwin, Florette, & Donald Gordon In 1924, following the death of his wife, Selma, Robert Gordon admitted his four children to the Home: Mildred (10), Irwin (6), Florette (3), and Donald (18 months). Robert, a native of Russia, worked as a tailor in New...
by marlenetrestman | Jan 27, 2025
Summer Camp at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi In 1918, reflecting the growing national interest in youth camping experiences, the Jewish Charitable and Educational Foundation of New Orleans began offering overnight summer camp experiences for needy members of the...
by marlenetrestman | Jan 27, 2025
Sam Milkis Sam Milkis, who was born in New York, was admitted to the Home from Memphis, Tennessee in 1916 at age 10. In the Home, Sam was a member of the Boy Scout Troop. At Isidore Newman Manual Training School, Sam distinguished himself as the senior class’s...
by marlenetrestman | Jan 26, 2025
Bertha, Abe, & Sarah Rosenthal In June 1913, Pauline “Fanny” Ettinger Rosenthal died while giving birth to a fourth child in Galveston, Texas. The baby also did not survive. They were buried in Galveston’s Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery. The next...
