Sam Brody
Sam Brody submitted this update which was published in Isidore Newman School’s 2023-2024 Annual Report.
Sam Brody, 1939. Courtesy of Sam Brody.
While in the Home, Sam learned photography, which he practiced often with his fellow residents. Here, Harry Cohen, left, and Herc Levine sit in the Home courtyard in 1941. Unless otherwise noted, all photos courtesy of Sam Brody.
Sam took this photo of fellow Home boys Jack Pesses, Jimmy Whitehead, and Joe Friedman in the Home’s backyard in 1942.
Jimmy Whitehead, Morris Skalka, and Joe Friedman stand behind Joe’s younger brother, Herbie, in 1942.
Charlie Whitehead, Sam Brody, Morris Skalka, and Joe Friedman atop construction equipment at the levee, 1942.
Julie Fruchtgarten, c. 1942.
Mildred Schwartz, c. 1942.
Morris Skalka, c. 1943.
The boys’ dormitory wing as viewed from the Home’s rooftop, c. 1942.
Jimmie Whitehead and Jack Pesses atop the Home roof, c. 1942.
Sam Brody, bottom, with Jack Pesses and Charlie Whitehead, on the Home’s roof. c. 1942.