[Vol. V]

Jews in New Haven (Vol. V)

CONTENTS

List of Officers and Board of Directors ii

List of Illustrations v

Dedication vii

Message from the Mayor of the City of New Haven viii

Acknowledgments ix

THE NOTEBOOK OF MICHAEL MILANDER 1
Werner S. Hirsch

THERE IS STILL A JEWISH HOME FOR CHILDREN IN NEW HAVEN! 35
Barry E. Herman

THE AMAZING ZUNDER 33
Introduction by Werner S. Hirsch

WHAT I REMEMBER 39
Eli Zimmerman, as told to Morton Horwitz

HISTORY OF THE NEW HAVEN JEWISH HOME FOR THE AGED 51
Harvey N. Ladin (updated by Sue Yolen, Leslie Wasserman, and Bryan Mesh)

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ISAAC C. MOSES 71
Werner S. Hirsch

MINNA KLEEBERG - A POET FOR ALL THE WORLD 75
Judith Ann Schiff

MANNY ZEID'S JEWISH NEW HAVEN 87
(A color supplement)
Introduction by Murray Lender

THE B'NAI SCHOLOM CORNERSTONE 95
Werner S. Hirsch

OAK STREET, NEW HAVEN - A PORTRAIT FROM THE PAST 115
Abraham Silverman

FACES AND PLACES ON GRAND AVENUE - 1914 125
Joseph D. Horowitz

LAFAYETTE B. MENDEL: A SCIENTIST REMEMBERED 141
Dan A. Oren, M.D.

THE ROSENBAUM TUTORING SCHOOL 147
Michael Castroll

Populations of New Haven (1643-1988) 153
(Comp. by Dan A. Oren, M.D.

The Jewish Historical Society of New Haven, Inc.,
Summary of Meetings and Programs, 1985-1987 155
(Comp. by Barry E. Herman)

Members of the Society (1987-1988) 158

Jewish Organizations and Synagogues in Greaer New Haven 162
(Comp. by Miriam Schwartz)

Biographical Sketches of Contributors to Volume V 177

Index 179

ILLUSTRATIONS

(Frontispiece) The New Haven Green in the mid-19th centrury as it appeared to the first Jewish settlers in New Haven i

Ellis Island, Gateway to America iv

Birthday letter, Michael Milander to Caroline Frank, 1833 facing page 1

Newspaper ad for North-German Lloyd Steamship Line, c. 1850 3

Moses and Henrietta Mann 4

Gravestone, Michael Milander 5

First two pages, Milander Diary 6

441 Orange St., Original building of the Jewish Home for Children 20

701 Sherman Avenue, the Jewish Home for Children 20

Jewish Home for Children's Choir 24

Jewish Home for Children, Dining Room 26

Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Osber 28

Groups of children at the Jewish Home for Children 31

Maier Zunder, c. 1875 32

Gravestone of Charles Lehmann 35

Eli Zimmerman, in WWI uniform 44

Eli Zimmerman and Anna Alpert, engagement picture 47

Eli Zimmerman, planting tree in Israel, 1985 50

Early building of Jewish Home for the Aged, 165 Davenport Ave. 53

Mrs. David Steinberg and Mrs. Adolph Gladstone with Governor Wilbur Cross, c. 1932 55

First structure, Jewish Home for the Aged 56

Jewish Home for the Aged, synagogue 57

Men at study, Jewish Home fot the Aged 61

Jewish Home for the Aged, 1988 63

Women at work, Jewish Home for the Aged, 1958 65

Mr. Hyman Jacobs 68

Isaac Clifton Moses 70

Gravestone of Isaac C. Moses 73

Monument to Minna Kleeberg 74

Title page of Minna Kleeberg's book, Gedichte 81

Kleeberg monument, inscription 86

Manny Zeid 87

Stained glass windows, B'nai Jacob 88

Congregation Adas B'nai Yeshurun, Broad Street 89

Congregation Beth Israel interior, Orchard Street 89

Congregation Adas B'nai Yeshurun, Greenwood Street 90

Congregation Adas B'nai Yeshurun interior, Greenwood Street 90

Legion Avenue, 1950s 91

Legion Avenue, 1950s 91

Lafayette Street, 1950s 92

Oak Street peddler, 1950s 92

Oak Street bath house 93

Lafayette Street market 93

Manny Zeid 94

Washington Cleaners, Olive St. 96

Dorothy Wolfson, Archivist, with the box from the cornerstone of the B'nai Scholom, and its contents 96

B'nai Scholom cornerstone and some of its contents 98-99

Note from the B'nai Scholom cornerstone 109

Business cards from the B'nai Scholom cornerstone 112

The B'nai Scholom Synagogue, 1905 113

Map of Oak St. area, 1894 114

Ad for Silverman's Delicatessen, 1923 117

Invitation to Abraham Silverman's Bar Mitzvoh, 1921 120

Ads for miscellaneous Oak St. merchants, 1923 122

Street sign, Oak Street 122

Oak St., 1950s 124

Grand Ave., 1950s 127

Joseph and Kas Horowitz, 1913 129

Joseph Horowitz, 1916 136

Miscellaneous ads, Grand Ave. merchants 140

Lafayette B. Mendel house, 18 Trumbull Street 142

Lafayette B. Mendel 146

Harris Rosenbaum, 1908 149

Samuel B. Rosenbaum, 1907 149

Ad for the Milford School, 1924 150

Milford Academy, 1988 151

Sherman Kramer and Joel Wasserman at "Israel in the Park," 1988 176

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