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Rabbi Leonard B. Gewirtz (1918-2003) was ordained in 1945. He moved to Wilmington, where he served the Adas Kodesch Congregation for over 50 years. As a rabbi, he began the state’s first bat mitzvah program, sanctioned a women’s prayer group, and…

Tales of Topkis family. Interviewee was daughter of David L. and Hannah Ray Topkis

former Executive Director of Jewish Federation of Delaware (JFD), story of Delaware participation in 1967 & 1973
Israeli War

Died July 19, 1992, age 59
President of Econoviews International (Kennett Square)
Graduated in 1953 Pennsylvania State University, masters from University of Wisconsin
Taught economics at UD, Cornell University, Pennsylvania Sates…

Harry David Zutz (1917-2008) was a second-generation Russian American insurance executive. Though he initially struggled to find work in the middle of the Great Depression, Zutz entered the insurance business as an office agent for U.S. Fidelity and…

morning after 100th birthday of Sarah Zutz Statnekoo ( April 21, 1890-
April 14, 1995). Children: Anne Statnekoo Porter, Louis Stat, Lee Zommick, Harry Stat, Rosalie Ableman
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Rosa Keil (1890-1980) was an Austrian immigrant who arrived in the U.S. at the age of 3, a homemaker, and an author of pose and poems. She wrote her 1952 novel, “A Woman Called Chaye”, while raising nine children. Keil was heavily involved in her…

"Sonny" was born in Wilmington on July 20, 1920 to Isador and Ida Schutzman. He graduated the University of Delaware in 1941 and then joined the US Army where he served as an officer in Bora Bora and Europe. In 1948, he volunteered to serve in the…