The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 10, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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HOUSTON TEXAS DECEMBER 10 1908
STORY OF NEW ORLEANS
JEWISH ORPHANS
HOME
In the year of 1854 theJewish
population of New Orleans con-
sisted approximately of 2000
souls
The religious part of the com-
munal life was concentrated in
three Synagogues viz Gates of
Mercy the Dispersed of Judah
and Gates of Prayer The dis-
pensing of charity was centered
in the Hebrew Benevolent So-
ciety created in 1844 and the
Ladies Hebrew Benevolent As-
sociation organized in 1847
The former attended to the wants
and needs of the poor it provid-
ed medical aid and medicine for
the sick it helped the poor im-
migrant entirely without the
means of earning a living it took
care of the fatherless and moth-
erless and relieved the distressed
and the widow In fact it cov-
ered every branch of charity in
all its manifold ramifications
and in all these it received the
support of the sister society
The fatal epidemics of yellow
fever of 1847 and more especial-
ly of 1853 had carried desolation
in their train and the result was
the rapid increase of widows and
orphans and also of additional
distress amongst the poor
The burdens of the association
grew incessantly and the strain
upon it became very great
At this time there were no
very rich people in the sense con-
veyed by the wealth of the pres-
ent day
With the exception of a few
old families the greatest por-
tion of the population of that
time was the result of gradual
emigration and too short a time
had elapsed since their arrival
for them to effect a great accum-
ulation of worldly goods In one
brief sentence the Jewish com-
munity had but moderate means
and resources
The leaders of thought and
the men who had to bear the
brunt of the untowarJ and anom-
alous conditions gave it the most
dorious attention
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Mr JosephSimon was atitnat
time the President of the He-
brew Benevolent Society Rev
James K Guthcim its Vice Pres-
ident and Mr Joseph Magner
the Secretary
It could easily be foreseen that
the burdens and difficulties
which Averc besetting the Society
on all sides would unless re-
lieved in some manner wreck it
And then the idea was brought
forward for the creation of a
separate body for the support
and maintenance of the widow
and the orphan To this end the
above named executive officers of
the Society issued a call for a-
mass meeting of the Israelites of
the city to convene on the 25th
day of November 1854 at the
old Masonic Hall on St Charles
street
A goodly number attended on
that day and the meeting was
organized by electing Mr Ger
shom Kursheedt as Chairman
and Rev James K Gutheim as
Secretary
The President of the Hebrew
Benevolent Society Mr Joseph
Simon stated the purpose of the
call to be the establishment of an
asylum for poor widows and or-
phans The subject elicted a gen-
eral discussion in which many
divergent opinions were ex-
pressed No decision was ar-
rived at however at this meet-
ing and a motion was carried to
adjourn to meet again on the 3d
day of September so as to en-
able the community to consider
the proposed measure in the
meantime
On the meeting reconvening on
the third day of September the
wisdom of the adjournment be-
came manifest for unanimity be-
came the prominent feature of its
transactions It instructed the
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Goldberg and Kapner. The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 10, 1908, newspaper, December 10, 1908; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth84747/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .