by marlenetrestman | Jun 10, 2024
Leon Folbe Leon Folbe was admitted to the Home in 1916 at the age of 11 from Memphis, Tennessee. Little else is known about his circumstances, other than the note in the registry that the whereabouts of his father, Morris, were unknown. Leon resided in the Home until...
by marlenetrestman | Jun 9, 2024
Bertha, Jacob, & Addie Bernhold In June 1877, Adolph Bernhold and his wife, the former Ida Gideon, were living in Helena, Arkansas, when Ida died of causes unrecorded today. By August, the Home board approved Adolph’s petition to admit his three youngest...
by marlenetrestman | Feb 27, 2024
Glucksmann Siblings: Melanie, Theodore, Sarah, and Jacob In 1880, Alexander Glucksmann, a native of Koblin, Prussia, and his wife, the former Minna Michelson, were living in Alexandria, Louisiana, where he worked as a grocer. During the Civil War, he had served as a...
by marlenetrestman | Feb 26, 2024
Max Itzkowitz The following article appeared in the February 2013 issue of Southern Jewish Life magazine and is reprinted with the permission of publisher Larry Brook. Going Out of Business, Again When “Maxie” Itzkowitz died in November of 1989, the colorful 77-...
by marlenetrestman | Feb 18, 2024
Harry, Helen, and Evelyn Lubow Following the death of her husband William, Bessie Kahan Lubow was left alone to raise her three young children. Although she was the beneficiary of a life insurance policy administered by B’nai B’rith’s Birmingham...
