Louis Albert was born in 1891 in Kiev, Ukraine where his father was a Rabbi. He was supposed to be one too, but when he was 13 years old, he went into the forestry business with his uncle. In 1906, he immigrated to America. After a few years in Portland, Oregon, Louis moved to Fall River, …
Read MoreDora Ail was born in the small village of Ugrain, near the larger town of Echelanislov in Poland in 1901. Fearing the pogroms then prevalent in that area, the family traveled a circuitous route through Siberia, Vladivostok, and Yokohama, finally reaching Harbin, Manchuria when Dora was 15 years old. Her memories of Harbin are mostly …
Read MoreBorn in 1927 in Portland, Martin Zell was a second-generation manager of the successful Zell Brother’s jewelry business. Martin’s father, Julius, was one of four brothers who emigrated from Austria to the Pacific Northwest around the time of the First World War. Julius and his brother, Harry, took over the drugstore of their cousin, Mike …
Read MoreZelda Zeidman was born on July 15, 1921 in Portland, Oregon. Her father, Nathan Director was born in Chartorysk, Russia, the same village that the Schnitzers and the Rosenfelds came from. He met Zelda’s mother Annie Shapiro Director in Lodz, Poland, where he had fled from Chartorysk due to his involvement in the Jewish underground …
Read MoreElaine Weinstein was born on June 24, 1935 to Tessie (Bamberg) and Joseph Lewis. Both of her parents were immigrants from eastern Europe. The family moved from Brooklyn, New York to Seattle, Washington when Elaine was still a baby. Her brother Marvin was four years older. Joseph’s brothers Harry and Jack had come west and encouraged …
Read MoreLinda Popick Veltman was born in 1943 in Portland to Rae and Hy Popick. She was the product of a “mixed marriage,” a father from Russia and a mother from the Isle of Rhodes. Linda’s Sephardic grandfather, Avram Honeo, was the spiritual leader for many years at Congregation Ahavath Achim. The family alternated and blended …
Read MoreHarry Leonard Turtledove was born in Portland, Oregon on June 26, 1921, the son of Fanny and David Turtledove. He attended Fernwood elementary school and Grant High school. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Reed College, and earned a junior year exchange scholarship to Wesleyan University. After graduation, in 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, …
Read MoreGladys “Laddie” Trachtenberg was born on October 30, 1910 to Joseph Goodman and Rose Loewenberg Goodman. She was the granddaughter of Julius Loewenberg, one of the early members of Temple Beth Israel, and the niece of Ida and Zerlina Loewenberg, both long-time supporters and employees of the Neighborhood House in Portland. Both sides of her family …
Read MoreMorris Tiktin was born in New York City, in 1921, to Samuel and Miriam Tiktin, who came to the US from Palestine where his mother was born. He was the youngest in a large family, and grew up in a religious home, which he scorned and avoided. After high school, he was drafted into the US …
Read MoreSharon Tarlow was born in Spokane, Washington on September 18, 1933 to Herman R. Rosenblum and Mollie Kors Rosenblum. They moved to Longview, Washington in 1935 where Herman joined Mollie’s relatives in a retail grocery business. Sharon graduated from Robert A. Long High School and attended Lower Columbia College in Longview and the University of Washington. …
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