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Irv Berzon Story
in NYC, Irv Berzon lived in a number of other places including Bogota, Columbia; Caracas, Venezuela; Seattle, Washington, before settling…October 18, 2017Rabbi and Lenore Greenstein Story
Floridians since 1973, Rabbi Howard Greenstein’s work kept them in Jacksonville, Florida, in a huge congregation with a religious school…September 18, 2017Helen Weinfeld Story
Helen and Joseph Weinfeld first visited Naples in 1954, when it was a “you blink, you miss” kind of town.…August 31, 2017Sheila & Gerald Laboda Story
Gerald and Sheila Laboda moved to Fort Myers in 1965, just in time to catch the remnants of outgoing segregation.…August 10, 2017William (Bill) Lipman and Gloria Goldberg-Lipman Story
The Lipman Family – a father with five sons/sons-in-law – first moved to Miami from New York, moving their produce…July 20, 2017Lee Ratner Story
Ratner was a son of a Chicago produce man, who started a mail-order business. He then ventured into pest control.…July 6, 2017QM General Abraham C Myers Story
Born: May 14, 1811 in Georgetown, SC Died: June 20, 1889 in Washington DC Grandson of Rabbi Moses Cohen from…June 20, 2017Southwest Florida Jewish Pioneers
Documentary Film Series by Jewish Historical Society of Southwest Florida The series is an original production of The Society, showcasing…December 20, 2015Eyewitness Experience
Usually history is what happened long ago and those who left a mark are gone. We are very fortunate to…December 1, 2015