Recent Acquisitions

The following is a partial list of materials donated to the Society as of April 2007:

  • Sonya Facher contributed a photograph of herself as a dietitian at the Newark Beth Israel Hospital
  • JHSMW Board Member Joseph Horowitz donated a letter from Nettie Katchen to her children on her 80th birthday
  • Linda Forgosh contributed a copy of the pamphlet Newark Beth Israel Hospital Medical Staff Register, 1901-1917, transcribed 2005-2006 by Kate Pawloski, great-great-granddaughter of Dr. Max Danzis and Dr. Victor Parsonnet. Presented on the occasion of the dedication of the Parsonnet-Danzis Auditorium and the 105th Anniversary of the NBIMC, 10/18/2006.
  • Sharon Glaser transferred Daughters of Israel Board minutes 1991-1998
  • Nathan Litwack donated Yiddish scripts and information related to the 1967 riots in Newark.
  • Sharon Glaser/Temple Sholom of West Essex Sisterhood contributed minutes, admin and programming files.
  • Lewis Stone donated materials related to Morristown Jewish Center and the Mintz Family
  • Sharon Glaser/Daughters of Israel contributed photographs from an ICJCS conference in Israel (Jerusalem) 1985
  • Jackie Horn/Congregation B’nai Or of Morristown donated institutional records
  • Arthur Schechner contributed a copy of his book The Second Son: Memories of My Life and Family (2005).
  • Dr. Alan M. Kraut and Deborah A. Kraut donated a copy of their book Covenant of Care: Newark Beth Israel and the Jewish Hospital in America (2006)
  • Helane Ullman contributed records from Boonton Jewish Center
  • Linda Jum donated materials relating to the Jewish Education Association.

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