Kadimah Bus, photographer unknown, Ms209, Kadimah School of Buffalo Collection, University Archives, University at Buffalo, State University of New York at Buffalo, used with permission.
Organizations / Kadimah SchoolThe Kadimah School of Buffalo was incorporated on August 17, 1959 and began its first school year with 15 students. Over the years it expanded to more than 200 students from K-8th, and rented homes at both Jewish Community Center sites,...
Jewish War Veterans, Buffalo Frontier Post no. 25, Collection of Herman Weinstein, ms200.46, photograph created by Izon Productions-Don Dannecker, 2015. Courtesy of the Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies.
Dr. Joseph L. Fink was a nationally respected rabbinic leader, skilled mediator and inspiring speaker who led Temple Beth Zion for forty years as Rabbi, Senior Rabbi and Rabbi Emeritus. For four decades, Dr. Fink served as a distinguished civic and inter-faith leader, and a much beloved pulpit Rabbi.
Hebrew Benevolent Loan Association, Officer Pins, photograph created by Izon Productions-Don Dannecker, 2016. Courtesy of the Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies.
Gemilath-Chasodim (Acts of Loving Kindness) known as the Hebrew Benevolent Loan Association (HBLA) was founded in 1897 and incorporated in 1898, to provide interest-free loans to Jews in need.
Agencies / Buffalo Jewish FederationThe Buffalo Jewish Federation can trace its history back to 1903, when several fundraising and social service volunteer-led organizations came together in order to coordinate their work for the benefit of community members and...
Agencies / Jewish Community CenterThe Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo was an outgrowth of a movement started in 1891 by the Sisterhood of Zion. From Zion House to the Jewish Community Building operating in the heart of Jewish community of east side...
Agencies / Jewish Family ServiceJewish Family Services of Western New York grew out of a number of different organizations but it traces its beginnings back to July 15, 1863 and the formation of the Hebrew Union Benevolent Society. In 1903, that organization merged...
Agencies / Weinberg Campus and Rosa CoplonOpening in 1915 as the Daughters of Israel Jewish Old Folks Home to care for Yiddish speaking elderly men and women, it was renamed The Rosa Coplon Jewish Old Folks Home: Orthodox Jewish Home for the Aged in 1924. Expanding...
People A-Z / Herbert Hauptman, Ph.D.Mathematician. Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry, 1985 1917–2011OverviewHerbert Aaron Hauptman was born in New York City, New York on February 14, 1917. He attended the City College of New York where he earned a Bachelor of Science...
Kurt R. Jacobs, Soldier, Ritchie Boy, WWII. Image from the interviews of Ernest Sternglass, 1997, USC Shoah Foundation with the aid of Aimee G. Fogg
Jacobs, Kurt, Richard. Soldier, Military Intelligence Service, WWII, “Ritchie Boy”.
1991 Shirley Joseph Photograph, Courtesy of the Buffalo Jewish Federation Photography by Frederic Marshall Courtesy of the Buffalo Jewish Federation.
Shirley Troyan Joseph was a feminist Jewish activist and a Jewish women’s rights leader who worked in community organizations and advocacy groups at local, national and international levels.