Wednesday, March 31, 2021 – A Passover Seder for Hundreds at Goldwater Hospital
FROM OUR APRIL 9, 2020 ISSUE
A Little Jewish History
Passover at Goldwater
The Women’s Service Group Who Made a Better Life
National Council of Jewish Women
Thursday, April 9, 2020
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2021
21st in our FROM THE ARCHIVES series.
325th ISSUE
A LITTLE JEWISH HISTORY
&
PASSOVER AT GOLDWATER
THE COUNCIL SYNAGOGUE, WELFARE ISLAND
SOLICITATION GREETING CARD OF NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
ROSELLE HELLENBERG OAK (1884-1954)
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK (C)
The Council Synagogue opened in 1927 to serve the Jewish population of Welfare Island. It was funded by the NCJW.
Brown Brothers (c)
Rabbi Jacob Grossman, the Rabbi at Council Synagogue, Goldwater Hospital and Metropolitan Hospital served the island for 17 years.
Chapin Collection RIHS Archives (c)
In 1907 a small group of women from the NCJW came to the island to serve the Jewish residents. They have served the island for decades as volunteers providing kosher food, ritual symbols and even built a synagogue. Photo shows ceremonial opening of new Jewish Chapel at Goldwater in 1971. RIHS Archives (c)
EDITORIAL
This afternoon I received and e-mail from a neighbor. He had looked thru the April 9th, 2020 issue of FROM THE ARCHIVES. One of the women in a photo may be his grandmother. I will research more historical photos to find out the information.
This week we are celebrating Passover with (a few) friends and family. No one last year would have believed that 51 weeks later we would still be quarantining and socially distancing.
I was at the Visitor Center Kiosk today and hundreds of families are visiting the Island from the Orthodox communities. The tram is at capacity of 55 riders per trip and there are long lines waiting to ride.
Perhaps, it will be possible to have NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM!
Judith Berdy
These are lost family and friends that we celebrated Passover with in 2011.
Mike Schwartzberg, Ruth Berdy, Fay Vass, Howie Leifer
May we remember the good times with them.
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THE ELDORADO APARTMENTS
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Jay Jacobson, Aron Eisenpreiss and Andy Sparberg got it right
Text by Judith Berdy
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