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Child Care Services Merged into
THE HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM
(founded as the HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY) to aid the sick, needy, widowed and orphaned of New York's Jewish community. for nearly 40 years it functioned as a volunteer welfare agency.
The Society opened the city's first Jewish orphanage on Lamartine Place (now West 29th Street) with thirty children. Moved 3 years later to 77th Street and Third Avenue, acquiring additional buildings in the neighborhood to house increasing numbers of wards, and for vocational training. Made final move in 1880 to Amsterdam Avenue, between 138th and 140th Streets. There additions were made over a period of years to meet the growing need. In its peak year, 1914, the number of its wards reached 1592. The HOA opened EDENWALD SCHOOL, a pioneering facility for the retarded child, in 1925. The orphanage doors were closed in 1941, following the merger forming the Jewish Child Care Association; children who could not return to their own families were placed in foster homes.
BROOKLYN HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM, organized because the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, inundated by the needs of new waves of immigrants, had restricted its service to New York children only (Brooklyn then a separate city). In June, 1939, it closed the doors of it large institution, and, renamed THE CHILDREN'S SERVICE BUREAU, became a foster home service. In 1948 the Bureau merged with THE GIRLS CLUB OF BROOKLYN. The combined agencies became the JEWISH YOUTH SERVICES OF BROOKLYN, which merged with the Jewish Child Care Association in 1960.
HEBREW SHELTERING GUARDIAN SOCIETY, founded to serve destitute children, orphaned or not, since the Hebrew Orphan Asylum now limited services to the orphaned. Opened its first facility at 57th Street and First Avenue; five years later had five buildings in the neighborhood. In 1887 moved to 150th Street and Broadway. In 1912 it established the PLEASANTVILLE COTTAGE SCHOOL, in Westchester, one of the first cottage-style orphanages, closing its Broadway institution. In 1914 HSGS opened FELLOWSHIP HOUSE as a separate agency to serve alumni who needed vocational guidance and counseling. In 1918 it established the FOSTER HOME BUREAU to provide foster family care for young children, as a result of growing conviction that family life better for children's social and emotional development than congregate institutional living.
HOME FOR HEBREW INFANTS, founded for the care of Jewish infants and children up to 6 years of age, for whom Jewish orphanages did not provide. It closed in 1942 to merge with the Jewish Child Care Association, placing its children with foster families or returning them to their own families.
HEBREW NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, an Orthodox institution established on the Lower East Side to serve orphaned children of immigrants from Eastern Europe. It served 6 to 13-year-old boys only. In 1922 the home moved to Yonkers, increasing its capacity to 300, and was later renamed HOMECREST. It merged with the GUSTAVE HARTMAN HOME FOR CHILDREN in 1956; the combined agency, HARTMAN-HOMECREST, closed their congregate institutions and open attractive home-like group residences.
DAUGHTERS OF ZION HEBREW DAY NURSERY, opened in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn subsequently renamed the CHILDREN'S DAY AND NIGHT SHELTER as the program changed to meet community need. In 1952, reprogrammed and renamed CHILDVILLE, it became a non-sectarian residential treatment center for severely disturbed young children. In 1970 it moved to a newly remodeled building in Manhattan and consolidated with the Jewish Child Care Association.
ISRAEL ORPHAN ASYLUM, opened on the Lower East Side to serve children from one to six years. In 1944 the asylum moved to Far Rockaway; six years later it was renamed the GUSTAVE HARTMAN HOME FOR CHILDREN for its founder. Over a period of years, extended its services to girls up to age 14. Following a merger with the HEBREW NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME in 1957, HARTMAN-HOMECREST, as the combined agency was named, developed small group residences in Mount Vernon, Far Rockaway and Queens to replace their former large institutions. Consolidated with Jewish Child Care Association in 1962.
JEWISH CHILDREN'S CLEARING BUREAU created to provide central coordination for clearing and intake service for the HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM, the HEBREW SHELTERING GUARDIAN SOCIETY and the HEBREW HOME FOR INFANTS.
GIRLS CLUB OF BROOKLYN, established as a separate agency by the BROOKLYN HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM to house working girls of limited means, many of them young women who had been discharged from the BOHA at age 16 with no family to whom they could return.
JEWISH CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK formed through the merger of the HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM, the HEBREW SHELTERING GUARDIAN SOCIETY and its FOSTER HOME BUREAU, the JEWISH CHILDREN'S CLEARING BUREAU and FELLOWSHIP HOUSE.
Since then the following have consolidated with JCCA:
HOME FOR HEBREW INFANTS (see above under date 1895)
JEWISH YOUTH SERVICES OF BROOKLYN (formerly BHOA) (see above under date 1878)
HARTMAN-HOMECREST (see above under dates 1914, 1917)
CHILDVILLE (see above under date 1916)
| The following information is from "Adoption Agencies, Orphanages and Maternity Homes: An Historical Directory" by Reg Niles, 1981, Phileas Deigh Corp., Garden City, NY |
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NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
BROOKLYN
HEBREW |
BROOKLYN, NY |
1878 |
|
NOTES |
| 1909: BROOKLYN HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM, (BHOA),
established in 1878, was located at 373-393 Ralph Ave, moving there in 1892 .Children
ages 4-10 1917: Same address, capacity 800 1921: Residential care for Jewish Orphans, ages 4 -16, younger ones boarded out 1923 Census: 701 Dependent Children 1933-1940: Same address, Residential Care for 350 normal Jewish children and Foster Homes for 680. Total of 1,094 reported to 1933 Census. 1946: Became CHILDREN'S SERVICE BUREAU of Brooklyn, 150 Court St. 1954: CHILDREN'S SERVICE BUREAU, Foster placement for Jewish children and GIRLS CLUB ASSOCIATION of Brooklyn, 174 Prospect Pl, not related to child care. 1959: BROOKLYN HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM was being cross-referenced to JEWISH YOUTH SERVICES OF BROOKLYN, 153 Court St, an agency which was absorbed by JEWISH CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION OF NY. Note: Photo of BHOA on Ralph Ave., published in "Jewish Encyclopedia", Vol. 9 Page 289. |
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NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
CENTRAL COMMITTEE
FOR FRIENDLY AID TO JEWISH GIRLS |
NEW YORK, NY |
1919 |
|
NOTES |
| 1921: Organized in 1919, the address was
356 Second Ave., Room 32, NYC. Had Dept of Courts, Probation,
Parole and After-care; "Take charge of Jewish Girls paroled and discharged
from Cedar Knolls School, The NY Training Schools for Girls,The Workhouse
Penitentiary and Auburn Prison." It's unmarried mother's department
was at 28 St Marks Place, NYC. Sent girls to Lake View Home. Note: The function was similar to that of the Jewish Board of Guardians. |
|
NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
DAUGHTERS OF
ZION, HEBREW DAY & NIGHT NURSERY |
BROOKLYN, NY |
1921 |
|
NOTES |
| 1933 Census: DAUGHTERS OF ZION, HEBREW DAY
& NIGHT NURSERY, located at130 Boerum St, 75 dependent children under
religious auspices 1935: Same Address, for children to age 14 1940: 150 children by day, 55 by night 1946: Shelter for 43 children, ages 1-12 1954: Now called CHILDREN'S DAY & NIGHT SHELTER, Same address, Residential treatment center for 25 disturbed children. Note: By 1959, this agency became affiliated with JCCA and was known as CHILDVILLE, for care of seriously disturbed children. |
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NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
EDENWALD SCHOOL |
BRONX, NY |
Before |
|
NOTES |
| 1933 Census: EDENWALD
SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, residential care for dependent children. 1935-1940: 1)EDENWALD SCHOOL FOR BOYS, 225 th St and Boston Post Road,"For Training of Manually Minded Boys" 2)EDENWALD SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, same address, same function 1980: EDEMWALD SCHOOL became a treatment center or retarded and disturbed children, called The Edenwald Center and located on Rte 141, Pleasantville, NY. Operated by JCCA of NY. |
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NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
FELLOWSHIP HOUSE
FOR BOYS |
NEW YORK, NY |
1913 |
|
NOTES |
| 1916-1919: FELLOWSHIP HOUSE, located
at 32 W. 15th St, NYC was aftercare and home-finding for children over 16,
who have been discharged by HEBREW SHELTERING GUARDIAN SOCIETY of NY. 1921: Same name, located at 1192 Lexington Ave, NYC 1935: Same name and address 1940: Located at 71 W. 47th St, NYC, aftercare and home-finding for children over 16 who have been discharged by HEBREW SHELTERING GUARDIAN SOCIETY of NY, Pleasantville, NY 1954: 216 E 20 th St, NYC, Residence for boys, operated by JCCA (formerly HEBREW SHELTERING GUARDIAN SOCIETY of NY) 1962-1965: Same address, residential treatment center for 16 boys, ages 16-21 (or 15-18). |
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NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
FRIENDLY HOME
FOR GIRLS |
LAWRENCE, NY NEW YORK, NY |
Before |
|
NOTES |
| 1919: FRIENDLY HOME FOR GIRLS, no address,
Lawrence, NY an auxiliary of HOA of NY in NYC 1929: Located at 545 W 159th St, NYC 1935-1940: Same name, 459 W 140th St, NYC. Temporary care for older girls under auspices of HOA of City of NY 1946: 800 Riverside Dr., NYC, under auspices of JCCA 1954: 500 West End Ave, NYC for older girls 1962: 465 West End Ave.,& 320 West End Ave., NYC., 2 Group Homes for 8 teenage girls in each location 1965-1980: Same name and address, 2 Group Homes for girls ages 15-18, operated by JCCA |
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NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
HARTMAN-HOMECREST |
MOUNT VERNON, NY |
Before |
|
NOTES |
| 1960: 1) 165 Esplanade, Residential care
for children, ages 6-18, under auspices of JCCA 2) 152 E Prospect Ave.,
Residential care for boys 6-16, under auspices of Jewish Board of Family
& Children Services formerly Board of Guardians, NYC. 1962: 165 Esplanade, residence for 16 children, ages 6-14, under auspices of JCCA; merged with Hartman-Homecrest 1972: JCCA care, 165 Esplanade, 17 boys in a residential Orthodox Jewish setting. |
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NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
HARTMAN HOME FOR CHILDREN (HH) |
NEW YORK, NY FAR ROCKAWAY, NY YONKERS, NY |
1919 |
|
NOTES |
| 1921: 1)ISRAEL ORPHAN ASYLUM (IOA)
274 Second Ave., NYC; 2)HEBREW NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME (HNOH), 57 E. 7th St
& 52 St. Marks Place, NYC 1929:1) IOA, same address; 2)HNOH,see Yonkers, NY 1933 Census: 1)IOA, Residential Care for 105 dependent children; 2)HNOH see Yonkers, NY 1940: 1)IOA 274-282 E. Second Ave, Residential care for 160 orphaned and destitute Jewish Children plus 190 in Far Rockaway, NY. Accepts commitments from Dept.of Welfare, discharges children at age of 10. Country home at 2532-2550 Dickens Ave, Far Rockaway, NY; 2)HNOH office at 1482 Broadway, NYC, Orphanage in Yonkers, NY 1946:1)IOA same address, 167 orphaned and dependent children plus 202 at its home at 2532-2550 Beach Channel Dr., Far Rockaway, Queens, where all children spend the summer: 2)HNOH, see Yonkers, NY home 1954: GUSTAVE HARTMAN HOME FOR CHILDREN, formerly the ISRAEL ORPHAN ASYLUM, 2540 Beach Channel Dr., Far Rockaway, NY, 100 orphaned and dependent Jewish children: 2)HOMECREST (HEBREW NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME), intake service and office at 152 W. 42nd St, NYC, Home in Yonkers, NY 1960: HARTMAN HOME FOR CHILDREN, Far Rockaway residence, 25-32 Beach Channel Dr, Residential care for children under auspices of JCCA, a/k/a GUSTAVE HARTMAN HOME FOR CHILDREN. 1965: Same name and address, Residential care for 2 children, ages 6-14, formerly known as HARTMAN HOUSE residence which was absorbed in 1962 by JCCA. 1977:JCCA Residence, same address, Residential care for 21 boys and girls in an Orthodox Jewish setting. |
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NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
HAWTHORNE- |
HAWTHORNE, NY |
1906 |
|
NOTES |
| 1916: JEWISH PROTECTORY located in Hawthorne,
NY (JEWISH PROTECTORY AID SOCIETY) was the antecedent of the JEWISH BOARD
OF GUARDIANS 1919: CEDAR KNOLLS of JEWISH PROTECTORY AID SOCIETY organized in 1913. 1921: 1) HAWTHORNE SCHOOL capacity, 375; 2) CEDAR KNOLLS SCHOOL organized in 1912 for Jewish delinquent girls, committed by Juvenile Court, both under the auspices of the JEWISH PROTECTORY SOCIETY. 1935: 1)HAWTHORNE SCHOOL, 44 delinquent dependent Jewish boys; 2) CEDAR KNOLLS SCHOOL, 40 delinquent dependent Jewish girls; under the auspices of JEWISH BOARD OF GUARDIANS. 1940-1946: JEWISH BOARD OF GUARDIANS, HAWTHORNE-CEDAR KNOLLS SCHOOL for disturbed and delinquent children. 1955: Same name, same function, HAWTHORNE and CEDAR KNOLLS began to share the same campus. 1962: 220 disturbed and delinquent boys and girls, ages, boys,8-16 and girls 13-16, from New York City and Nassau and Westchester Counties. School on premises. 1965: Also for emotionally disturbed boys and girls 1977: HAWTHORNE-CEDAR KNOLLS SCHOOL, residential care for emotionally disturbed boys and girls, ages 8-18, under auspices of JEWISH BOARD OF GUARDIANS, NYC. Operates 2 group residences in White Plains, NY. 1980: Located at 226 Linda Ave., Hawthorne, NY, residential treatment center (22 buildings) for 179 disturbed and problem children (including 18 girls), ages 8-19 under auspices of JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES, NYC. Elementary and High School education on premises. Under Union Free School District #3. Opened in 1906, for delinquent boys. Coed since 1935. |
|
NOTES |
| 1900: HEBREW INFANTS ASYLUM,(HIA),
907 Eagle Ave., Bronx, NY 1905 State Census: Hebrew Infants Asylum, Eagle Ave, names apparently listed at 35th A.D., 16th E.D. 1909: HIA of the City of NY, Eagle Ave and E 161st St, Bronx; for Hebrew children to age 5 1916: HIA, 100 W. Kingsbridge Ave. 1921: 1)HEBREW KINDERGARTEN & INFANTS HOME(HKIH), 35-37 Montgomery St., NYC, Established in 1905; care for children to age 4, includes ill mothers and widows and deserted. 2)HEBREW HOME FOR INFANTS of the CITY OF NY(HHI),W. Kingsbridge and University. Jewish Orphanage ages 0-5: Cross referenced with HIA, in 1919. 1923 Census: HHI, 366 dependent children Est. 1895, 1925 address, 100 W. Kingsbridge Rd, Bronx 1933 Census:1) HKIH, Far Rockaway, 42 dependent children 2)HII 327 dependent children 1935: 1)HKIH, Central and Plainview Ave, Far Rockaway 2)HHI, Kingsbridge Red and Universal, Bronx 1940: 1) HKIH Same address, nonsectarian care for 75 dependent children; operates Day Nursery at 35 Montgomery St, NYC 2)HHI of the City of NY, 110 W. Kingsbridge Rd,Bronx 1946: 60 Jewish infants, ages 0-1, and adoption, HOME FOR HEBREW INFANTS,est. 1911 now part of JCCA 1954: Location, 310 Central Ave.,Far Rockaway, NY 1957-1965: Same address, non sectarian institutional care and temporary shelter for 70 normal dependent children, ages 0-5 1977-1980:310 Beach 20th St, Far Rockaway, day care for 75 children. |
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NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
HEBREW
NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME (HNOH) SEE |
NEW YORK, NY YONKERS, NY |
1913 1920 |
|
NOTES |
| 1921: HEBREW NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME was established
in 1913 (see HISTORY Page on this website) at 57 East Seventh St., NYC.
In 1920 they moved to 407 Tuckahoe Road in Yonkers, NY with 500 Orthodox
Jewish boys. Office was at 52 St. Marks Place, NYC. 1923 Census: Same name, same address 1930: Same address on Tuckahoe Road, but office located at 1482 Broadway, NYC. 1933 Census: Same name, 274 dependent white boys. 1935-1946: HNOH, same address, 300 orphan and destitute Jewish boys, ages 6-16. Office in NYC at 152 W. 42nd St. 1954: HOMECREST(HEBREW NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME), same address, residential care, under Orthodox Jewish auspices for 100 dependent Jewish boys, ages 6-16; the admissions are via its office in NYC at 152 W 42nd St, or the NYC Department of Welfare. |
|
NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
HEBREW ORPHAN
ASYLUM HEBREW BENEVOLENT & ORPHAN ASYLUM Auxiliaries include: HOME FOR BOYS
OF THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF HOA SEE |
NEW YORK, NY |
1822 |
|
NOTES |
| 1904: HEBREW BENEVOLENT & ORPHAN
ASYLUM, 1560 Amsterdam Ave.,and 138th St, NYC, some archival material from
a "Hebrew Orphan Asylum"(not necessarily akin) had been deposited
at the American Jewish Historical Society according to "Jewish Book
Annals" Vol. 28, P. 72. A photograph has been published with "Jewish
Encyclopedia", Vol. 9, P. 279 1909: HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM (HOA) of the City of New York, same address 1919: HOA, same address, auxiliaries: 1) FRIENDLY HOME FOR GIRLS, Lawrence, NY and New York, NY 2) HOME FOR BOYS OF THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF THE HOA 3) CORNER HOUSE, 21 Charles St., NYC 1921:1150 Hebrew orphans; has a boarding department. Incorporated in 1832 as the Hebrew Benevolent Society of the City of New York 1923 Census: Same address, 1200 beds, reported 1,085 dependent white children in residence 1929: HOA, same address, affiliated with the FRIENDLY HOME. HOA has been enumerated in 3 State Census: [1925: 21st A.D., 14th E.D.] [1915: 21st A.D., 29th E.D.] [1905: 23rd A.D., 23rd E.D.] 1933 Census: HOA statistics combined with EDENWALD SCHOOL in Bronx. 1935-1940: Congregate care and home-finding for 1,620 Jewish children; accepts referrals from the JEWISH CHILDREN'S CLEARING BUREAU, Dept of Welfare, and the Children's Court. Conducts the FRIENDLY HOME, EDENWALD SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Absorbed by JCCA prior to 1946. |
|
NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
INFANTS HOME OF BROOKLYN |
BROOKLYN , NY |
1919 |
|
NOTES |
| 1919: INFANTS HOME OF BROOKLYN established. 1933 Census: Located at 1356 56th St., Brooklyn, it was a residential care facility under religious auspices for 42 dependent white children. 1935-1940: 110 Jewish orphans and half orphans. 1946: Home for orphans and dependent children, ages 0-6. 1951: Listed 75 dependent Jewish children 1965: INFANTS HOME OF BROOKLYN, same address, temporary care for 39 dependent children, ages 0-6, including some problem and retarded children. 1977-1980: Day Treatment Center and Residence for seriously disturbed boys and girls, ages 4-11, under auspices of the Jewish Board of Family and Children Services (formerly JEWISH BOARD OF GUARDIANS) affiliated with Madeline Borg Counseling Services. |
NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
JEWISH BOARD
OF GUARDIANS |
NEW YORK, NY |
1896 |
|
NOTES |
| 1921: Jewish Protectory and Aid Society,
356 Second Ave., NYC, has Department of Prevention and After-care; has Department
of Parole, parent agency of Jewish Big Brothers Association; operates HAWTHORNE
SCHOOL and CEDAR-KNOLLS SCHOOL, both in Hawthorne, NY. Established in 1902
to combat juvenile delinquency. Note: JEWISH BOARD OF GUARDIANS was incorporated in 1921, predecessor agency and aid society to Lake View Home and JEWISH BIG BROTHERS ASSOCIATION. 1935: Jewish Board of Guardians, located at 228 E 19th St., NYC; Brooklyn Office, 285 Schermerhorn St. Operates Cedar Knolls School. 1940: NYC location same; Brooklyn location, 285 Schermerhorn St. and 1797 Pitkin Ave; Bronx location, 349 E 149th St. 1946: Same name, address locations; operates Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls Schools and Lake View Home; cooperates with the children's courts; treats children with behavioral personality problems; unwed mother's service. 1962: Jewish Board of Guardians, 120 W 57th St., NYC, established 1896, as non-sectarian care for disturbed children; conducts Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls School in Hawthorne, NY and 2 institutions for severely disturbed children. 1977: Same name and address; residential care for 500 children, including disturbed, unwed mothers service; operates GELLER HOUSE of the JEWISH BOARD OF GUARDIANS, 77 Chicago Ave., Staten Island.(this address previously used for LAKE VIEW HOME). 1980: JEWISH BOARD OF GUARDIANS of Family and Children's Services, 120 57th St., NYC, residential and protective care for children. Has various branches and operates many institutes formerly of the Jewish Board of Guardians. |
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NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
JEWISH CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK See most listings on this page. |
NEW YORK, NY |
1822 |
|
NOTES |
|
1998: JEWISH CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK (JCCA), 575 Lexington Avenue New York was established in 1822. 1904: HEBREW SHELTERING GUARDIAN SOCIETY,
Grand Blvd. and 150th St; 650 homeless children; Founded in 1879 by Mrs.
Priscill J. Joachimsen. A photograph was printed in their "Jewish
Encyclopedia," Vol. 9 Page 277. Some of its records were deposited
at the American Jewish Historical Society, according to " Jewish
Book Annual," Vol. 28, Page 72. |
|
NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
JEWISH CHILDREN'S |
NEW YORK, NY |
1922 |
|
NOTES |
| 1935-1940: JEWISH CHILDREN'S CLEARING BUREAU was located at 1535 York Ave, NYC. Consistes of 8 constituent agencies and allocates to Jewish dependent normal children to agency for institutional care or another type of placement; serves the city of NY as well as Westchester County. Incorporated in 1922. This agency was absorbed by JEWISH CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION of NY (JCCA) prior to 1946. |
|
NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
LAKE VIEW HOME |
STATEN ISLAND, NY |
1895 |
|
NOTES |
| 1905: Thirty unwed Jewish Mothers and 30
babies, operated by the JEWISH BOARD OF GUARDIANS, office at 228 E 19th
St., NYC 1919: LAKE VIEW HOME, Arrochar, Staten Island, NY, organized in 1895. 1921: A home and school for 26 Jewish unwed mothers and babies; admissions office at 356 Second Ave, NYC 1929: Same name, address and function 1935-1946: Same name, address and function 1960: Jewish Unmarried Mother's Service, office, 10 E 9th St., NYC; "Prenatal, residential care at Lake View Home of Louise Wise Services" 1954-1965: WISE (LOUISE) SERVICES, LAKE VIEW HOME, 77 Chicago Ave, Staten Island; A maternity Home for 35 unwed Jewish mothers. Admission via Service for Unmarried mothers. (Formerly JEWISH GIRL'S SERVICES) 1979: LAKE VIEW HOME, 77 Chicago Ave., Building now used as GELLER HOUSE of the JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICES. Note: Lake View Home was an important maternity home for unwed Jewish mothers who gave birth at 51 hospitals and surrendered their babies to Louise Wise Services. Mothers rarely came from Staten Island, which is low in Jewish population. |
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NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
PLEASANTVILLE
COTTAGE SCHOOL see also |
PLEASANTVILLE, NY |
1912 |
|
NOTES |
| 1917-1921: HEBREW SHELTERING
GUARDIAN SOCIETY (HSGS) moved from NYC to Pleasantville, NY in 1912 with
600 children in residence plus 250 under the supervision of it Boarding
Bureau in NYC; after-care at FELLOWSHIP HOUSE. 1923 Census: HSGS of NY Orphan Asylum, 392 dependent white children. 1929: HSGS in Pleasantville with NYC office at 470 W 145th St. 1933 Census: HSGS of NY, in Pleasantville, residential care for 373 dependent Jewish children, accepts disturbed children also. 1940: An unnamed institution in Pleasantville, is operated by the HEBREW SHELTERING GUARDIAN SOCIETY of NY, as a residential care and educational institution for 400 normal and disturbed Jewish children admitted via the JEWISH CHILDREN'S CLEARING BUREAU in NYC; after-care is at the FELLOWSHIP HOUSE in NYC. 1946: PLEASANTVILLE COTTAGE SCHOOL, Broadway, Pleasantville, NY, 250 dependent Jewish children, ages 8-16, operated by JEWISH CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION of NY. 1954: Same name and address; 200 dependent Jewish children, ages 8-16 1962: Same name and address, 186 disturbed children, ages 8-16; New York City School on premises. 1977-1980: Same name and address, non-sectarian residential care for 180 disturbed children, ages 8-16, under auspices of JEWISH CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION of NEW YORK. (JCCA) |
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NAME |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
|
WISE (LOUISE)
SERVICES |
NEW YORK, NY |
1916 |
|
NOTES |
|
Special Note: WISE (LOUISE) SERVICES
is probably the most important Jewish Adoption Agency in the world. It had
a reputation as a fortress against release of identifying information to
adult adoptees. This agency announced it will now help arrange reunions
if all 3 parties agree [Natural Parent, Adoptive Parent, Adult Adoptee]. 2004: LOUISE WISE SERVICES closed in
2004 and its ADOPTION FILES were transferred to: Spence-Chapin Services |
The Jewish Week's Dec. 26, 2003, IssueAdoption Agency's Future UnclearA former lay leader of Louise Wise Services wants answers about children's records. Adam Dickter - Staff Writer The future of Louise Wise Services, a longtime Jewish adoption agency with a proud history and name associated with a leading American Jewish family, is in jeopardy, The Jewish Week has learned. Jerome Feniger, 76, a former president and board member for 35 years, said he was informed by executive director Betsy Mayberry that the agency was shutting down in the next few weeks. But Mayberry told The Jewish Week that while the $12 million institution's future was uncertain, it has no immediate plans to close. "We're probably going to get out of direct foster care and adoption services for foster children," Mayberry said. "The name will continue but a new way of doing business will emerge." Any changes are "very much in the planning stages," she said. Louise Wise Services is one of 39 agencies to contract with New York City for foster boarding home services and one of 85 agencies to provide preventative services to children and families. In addition, it has provided foster boarding services, post-adoption services, afterschool programs and programs for teenage parents, according to its Web site. The city-funded agency currently has a caseload of 350 children who are placed in foster care, Mayberry said, and annually handles 35 adoptions on average. Mayberry said the institution recently closed a mother-and-baby residence on 94th Street near Fifth Avenue because "we could no longer run it." She declined to comment on the nature of the agency's difficulties. According to city records, the residence was sold in September for $8.25 million. Another property, on 94th Street, was sold in December 2000 for $7.4 million, the records show. The agency's most recent IRS filing showed a deficit of $104,307 for the year ending in June 2002. Feniger, who adopted two children from Louise Wise Services more than 40 years ago, said he was concerned about where the medical and other records of his and thousands of other children would be placed, an issue of particular importance for locating blood relatives for transplants or other procedures. Although the agency does not release data from its files, it will forward requests for information to former clients, according to Feniger. He said Mayberry told him "don't worry" about that and questions about finances he had. "That's when I started getting worried," said Feniger, a retired manager of a broadcasting trade organization who lives in Manhattan. He said Mayberry told him in a recent conversation that the agency was closing "and the children's records would be placed with another agency, that the children would be taken by another agency and the board will form another nonprofit to which the assets will be given." The uncertain future marks an inauspicious turn in the history of an organization that was devoted to aiding Jewish children when it was founded in 1916 as the Free Synagogue Child Adoption Committee. Louise Waterman Wise, an artist and ardent Zionist and the wife of Rabbi Stephen Wise of the Free Synagogue, was an advocate for children of unwed mothers who wanted to create better opportunities for the children through adoption. She died in 1947. Her daughter, Justine Wise Polier, became president of the agency's board of directors in 1946 and renamed it in honor of her mother. Polier, a Family Court judge, was a critic of religious and racial matching in adoption, which she considered discriminatory. She transformed the agency from a sectarian organization promoting Jewish adoption to one that specialized in African-American, trans-racial and Indian adoptions, according to a biography on the Web site of the University of Oregon's Adoption History Project. Feniger said the agency, which a decade ago had six Manhattan locations, once placed about 200 Jewish children per year for adoption, but in recent years the Jewish caseload had dwindled to five. Louise Wise Services severed its ties with the UJA-Federation network of social services in the past decade. A UJA-Federation spokeswoman said the agency "was no longer in line with [the UJA-Federation] mission." Regarding the sales of the two properties, Feniger said he wants to know what happened to the proceeds and what will become of the youngsters under the care of Louise Wise Services should the agency close. Mayberry said negotiations were under way to partner with another organization that does similar work. More information would be available within a month, she said. Calls to the president of Louise Wise Services, Glenna Michaels, were not returned. Elysia Carnevale, a spokeswoman for the Administration for Children's Services, which disburses funds for city agencies, declined to provide figures on the amount allocated to Louise Wise Services, saying only that "New York is still in the midst of a significant fiscal crisis. Just as the city has had to make some difficult choices in this very challenging, fiscally constrained environment, so have those who contract with the city. We have made every effort to minimize impact on direct service programs." n © 2000 - 2003 The Jewish Week, Inc. All rights reserved. Please refer to the legal notice for other important information. |
More Wise InformationSubmitted by Brett A. Lieberman, Feb 14 2004Stephen Wise had a residence a few blocks from Foundling haspital on East 68th St. So some babies were born in his home or the hospital down the street. Some details about Wise Free Synagogue:---Free Synagogue was located inside Carnegie Hall, West 57th and Seventh Avenue,where they had rented space. In 1910 they had 500 members.---1910 : Stephen S. Wise Home located at 23 West 90th St.---Free Synagogue , 142 W 81st , Stephen Wise, Rabbi, Home E 68th St.; Herman H Jorth, Sexton ( 1920, 1921.)---Wise Manhattan Residence 314 W 82nd St.---1921: Free Synagogue 34 West 68th St. and 40 West 68th---1929; Free Synagogue 40 West 68th---1933: Free Synagogue 34 West 68thLawyers that were part of Free Synagogue were: Gallert, Hilborne, Rapheal,---David J Gallert, Walter S. Hilborne - Lawyers 31 Liberty R1201 (1917)---One of the lawyers lived in the White Plains, New York Area in the 1920-1930's, in 1950's, one of them was the president of Free Synagogue.---1930, Albert A Rapheal, Jr, Mark Gallert, Jacob Hilborne, offices 312 W 93rd St---In the 1930's Rapheal left the firm to look after King Gilette's "Razor" Company out in the Los Angles area.---1929-1933 Gallert , Hilborne and Raphael located : 525- 5th Ave., New York City.---None of the Partners are alive today*All* the records relating to Adoption cases were sent back to Louise Wise once the firm closed down about mid 1960;s .Jenny Waterman Wise 50 East 68th St, 1930---N Y Foundling Hospital 175 East 68th Street. 1930, until years later the property was sold off to Donald Trump.Some of the Wise Babies were born in this Hospital., others Staten island at Geller house.NY Foundling is on currently on the Avenue of the America's, They might have some records on Early adoptions and are some what helpful.Louise Wise Services 1958- 2000 was located E,.93rd New York City. |
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STILL, BAYRD---Mirror for Gotham---NY, 1956 ELLIS, EDWARD COBB---The Epic of New York City---NY 1966 SCHOENER, ALLON---Portals to America: The Lower East Side, 1870-1925---NY, 1967 RISCHIN, MOSES---The Promised City:New York's Jews 1870-1914---Cambridge, 1962 GRINSTEIN, HYMAN B---The Rise of the Jewish Community of NY, 1654-1860---Philadelphia, 1947 BIRMINGHAM, STEPHEN---Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of NY---NY, 1967 POSTEL, BERNARD and KOPPMAN, LIONEL---Jewish Landmarks in NY: An Informal History and Guide---NY, 1914 SCHAPPES, MORRIS U.---Documentary History of the Jews in the US, 1654-1875---NY, 1950 ROSKOLENKO, HARRY---The Time That Was Then: The Lower East Side, 1900-1913--- An Intimate Chronicle---NY, 1971 |
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The Hebrew Orphan Asylum of the City of New York, 1822-1922 --- (HOA centennial history) Who's Who in American Jewry, 1926, (Samuel D. Levy) RIIS, JACOB A.---How the Other Half Lives --- Dover, 1971 HARTMAN, MRS. GUSTAVE---I Gave My Heart---NY, 1960 BOGEN, HYMAN---The Luckiest Orphans: A History of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York---Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992 BERNARD,JACQUELINE---The Children You Gave Us-A History of 150 Years of Service to Children---JCCA, Bloch Publishers, Distributors, 1972 FRIEDMAN, REENA SIGMAN--- These Are Our Children: Jewish Orphanages in the United States, 1880-1925---University Press of New England, 1994 Other information, such as minutes, annual reports, and proceedings, etc., pertaining to the different orphanages/asylums can be found on either microfiche or microfilm in the Jewish Room of the New York Public Library or possibly in the Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. |
The Jewish Child Care Association holds most of the records of the above facilities.
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Seeking any information on MOSES GOLDFARB born in 1890 in New York, died 1946. He had a sister, Celia, unknown birth year. She went on to marry Charles Schectman. No surviving offspring. It is remembered that there was at least one other sibling, believed to be a sister, but no other info than that is recalled or available. MOSES was at the BHOA (BROOKLYN HEBREW ORPHAN HOME) as a young child. Not known, why he was there or for how long. He did not speak of his childhood often, although he did have a few fond memories of games played with his fellow "orphans". He did not talk about his family. He went on to become a mailman. He married Anna Verowitz in New York around 1917 and had two children, Danny and Sandy. The name was changed to GOULD when Sandy became an actress (Gladys Kravitz on "Bewitched, Duffy's Tavern, semi-regular on Jack Benny Show, etc...) Anyone with info can contact: Susan & Les Gould |
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