Acknowledging the Yahrzeit, the Hebrew anniversary of a person’s death is a widely held observance in Judaism and at Temple B’nai Abraham. This Shabbat we will recognize the Yahrzeit's of: Beatrice Yoffa, Jennie Chansky, Beverly Fliegel, Boris Tartakoff, Noah Goldberg, Lena Shindler, Jacob Silver, Harry Stern, William Wolper, Edna Greenstein, Annie Ossoff, Gerald Selznick, David Alperin, Florence Baker, Florence Blake, Mildred Goldberg, Esther Katz, Hyman Shapiro. This past Shabbat we recognized the Yahrzeit's of: Hymen W. Bell, Esther Kransberg, Morris N. Singer, Bernard Morley, Frank Greenberg, Louis Goldman, Helen Younger, Hyman Cutler. Continue reading
Today January 24th we will discuss immigrant life. What did Eastern Europeans do when they got to Ellis Island. How did they live? What organizations were created? The children will engage in several projects to help them answer the questions above?
I told Olivia that my grandfather came to Ellis Island and moved to the Lower East Side with his family for a while. Should be interesting to hear the stories.