Clockwise from top:
Golda Meir had a key to the city.
Art Buchwald
Chaim Potok
#26) When Abraham Lincoln was shot,
the rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel
of New York recited a prayer in Hebrew
for the slain president.
It is believed to be the first time such a
prayer was said in a synagogue for a gen-
tile.
Bella Abzug
#27) The first Jewish mutual aid society,
Hebrah Gemilut Hasadim, was begun in
New York in 1786. Its chief focus was
guaranteeing burials.
The congregation stayed there
for 14 years, then dedicated a
new building on Fifth Avenue
and 125th Street.
#20) The first Yiddish newspa-
per in New York was Die
Judische Post, which was pub-
lished in 1872. It made no
profit, however, and quickly
closed.
#21) During the 1880s, a
writer named "Sulamith" was
among the correspondents for
the New York Jewish Messenger.
Her articles often spoke of the suffering
of Jewish refugees who had come from
Russia. In real life, "Sulamith" was none
other than Henrietta Szold (1860-
1945), one of history's most dedicated
Zionists and one of the leading figures
in the establishment of Hadassah
Hospital.
#22) In 1782, two Jewish residents of
New York, Benjamin Seixas and Efraim
Hart, helped found the New York Stock
Exchange.
#23) The only full-time Yiddish radio in
the world was established in 1931 in
New York. WEVD's early performers
included Fanny Brice, Morey
Amsterdam and Walter Winchell.
#24) New York's two best-known news-
papers are the New York Times, first pub-
lished by Adolph Ochs and Arthur Hays
Sulzberger, along with the New York
Post, published by J. David Stern and
Dorothy Schiff
#25) The first permanent Jewish settle-
ment in North America was founded in
New Amsterdam around 1654, when 23
Jews from Portugal made their home in
what would later become New York.
#28) The Young Israel movement was
started in New York in 1912. Young
Israel was created by children of immi-
grants who were concerned by the lack
of interest in religion among their peers.
Their goal was to make the Orthodox
service more appealing to younger Jews.
Later, Young 'Israel also became strongly ,
identified not only with religious obser-
vance but, distinctly, with Zionism.
#29) The first known Jewish magazine
published in this country was The
Asmonean, started in 1848, which
offered Jewish leaders the chance to
debate the idea of a union of all
American Jews.
#30) You'll find one of the best Jewish
museums in the world in New York,
(appropriately called the Jewish
Museum). But if you can't make it there,
check out the museum's exhibits at:
www.jewishculture.org .
#31) Before the attack on the World
Trade Centers, the most horrible single
tragedy in New York City was the
Triangle Shirt-Waist Company fire in
1911. Then, a supposedly "fireproof'
building suffered a terrible and sudden
fire, killing 146 female workers (a num-
ber of whom were Jewish immigrants),
who either burned to death or died
jumping from the ninth-floor window.
Although they had tried other means of
escape, the business' doors had been
inexplicably locked.
Among those who memorialized the
incident were Rose Schneiderman of the
Women's Trade Union League, who
addressed a crowd at a memorial service,
and poet Morris Rosenfeld, whose words
would speak equally to the WTC disas-
ter:
Over whom shall we weep first?
Over the burned ones?
Over those beyond recognition?
Over those who have been crippled?
Or driven senseless?
Or smashed?
I weep for them all ❑
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