by marlenetrestman | Jul 24, 2025
Rose & Jake Levine Siblings Rose (5) and Jake (3) Levine arrived at the Home from Lafayette, Louisiana in May 1929. As reported in the registry, because they were considered carriers of diphtheria, the siblings were sent to Charity Hospital and returned to the...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 23, 2025
Amelia Greenwald Born in Gainesville, Alabama, Amelia Greenwald served as the Home’s first trained nurse. Following her studies at Touro Infirmary School of Nursing, Superintendent Chester Teller hired Greenwald shortly after his arrival in 1909. She tended to...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 16, 2025
Anna Berenson Mayer In 1929, Superintendent Harry Ginsburg hired 22-year-old Anna Berenson to supervise girls in the Home. The daughter of Polish native Morris Berenson and the former Sarah Robinovich (Rabinowicz)., Anna grew up with her three younger sisters in...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 11, 2025
Joe, Grace, & Alvin (“Pat”) Samuels In December 1928, Rabbi Ephraim Frisch of San Antonio’s Temple Bethel wrote to Home Superintendent Ed Lashman. Rabbi Frisch set forth the “special case” of three children whose father, Morris...
by marlenetrestman | Jul 7, 2025
Louis and Robert (Harold) Albert In May 1927, Louis Albert was almost 10 years old when his mother, Hattie Horn Albert, gave birth to his brother, Harold. According to the death certificate, Hattie died three hours after delivery. In September 1928, Dr. Sydney Albert,...
