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JHSD_Audio_Recordings_136_a.mp3
N. Norman Schutzman (July 20, 1920 - March 30, 2016) was a business owner in Wilmington who served as president of Congregation Beth Shalom and Jewish Community Center, and helped establish the Melton School and endowment program for the Jewish…

JHSD_Audio_Recordings_0116_a.mp3
Leo Zeftel (1925-1999) was an organic chemist involved in the negotiations that resulted in an international chemical weapons treaty, ratified by the U.S. in 1997, and worked to raise awareness of the dangers of chemical weapons. He was deeply…

JHSD_Audio_Recordings_0061_a.mp3
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…

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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…

JHSD_Audio_Recordings_0039_a.mp3
Dr. Abraham A. Golden was a former Chief Petty Officer in the Navy and an osteopathic doctor who completed his clinical fellowship at Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. In this interview, he discusses his family’s background, his early life and…

JHSD_Audio_Recordings_0028_a.mp3
Rabbi Simon Krinsky was a Polish immigrant who moved to the U.S. after being ordained in Palestine. Prior to his ordination, he attended the Theological Seminary of Slabodka in Lithuania and earned a teaching degree from the Polish government. He…
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