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William “Bill” Penn Frank (1905-1989) was a newspaper columnist, radio commentator, and helped found the Jewish Historical Society of Delaware. He spent much of his career at the Wilmington News Journal and radio station WILM. In this interview…

William Penn “Bill” Frank was born on October 16, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York. Following the death of his father, his mother remarried and the family moved to Wilmington, Delaware in 1911. He adopted the middle name “Penn” to cement his identity as a…

William Feinberg (1900-1989) was a Wilmington based businessman and WWI navy veteran. He inherited the H. Feinberg Furniture Co. from his father and, in 1965 made what would come to be known as the “Market Street Decision”, in which her chose to…

Selected correspondence between Bill Frank and Jewish Federation of Delaware