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Asylum of New York</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Hebrew_Benevolent_and_Orphan_Asylum,_Amsterdam_Avenue,_New_York_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Hebrew_Benevolent_and_Orphan_Asylum%2C_Amsterdam_Avenue%2C_New_York_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Hebrew_Benevolent_and_Orphan_Asylum%2C_Amsterdam_Avenue%2C_New_York_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Hebrew_Benevolent_and_Orphan_Asylum%2C_Amsterdam_Avenue%2C_New_York_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Hebrew_Benevolent_and_Orphan_Asylum%2C_Amsterdam_Avenue%2C_New_York_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, 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class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Legal status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Orphanage" title="Orphanage">Orphanage</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist">1860: Lamartine Place (West 29th Street) <ul><li>1863: East 77th Street near Third Avenue</li> <li>1884: Amsterdam Avenue, between 136th and 138th Streets</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a></span>, <span class="country-name">United States</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Origins</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mortara_case" title="Mortara case">Mortara case</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Region served </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Parent organization</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Hebrew Benevolent Society</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Secessions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Hebrew_Orphan_Asylum" title="Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum">Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York</b> (<b>HOA</b>) was a <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> <a href="/wiki/Orphanage" title="Orphanage">orphanage</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. It was founded in 1860 by the Hebrew Benevolent Society. It closed in 1941, after <a href="/wiki/Pedagogy" title="Pedagogy">pedagogical research</a> concluded that children thrive better in foster care or small group homes, rather than in large institutions. The successor organization is the <a href="/w/index.php?title=JCCA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="JCCA (page does not exist)">JCCA</a>, formerly called the Jewish Child Care Association. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Henry_Fernbach" title="Henry Fernbach">Henry Fernbach</a> designed the asylum building on 77th Street near Third Avenue. The <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Hebrew_Orphan_Asylum" title="Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum">Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum</a> was constructed in <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>, New York. 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href="/wiki/File:Sanborn_Manhattan_V.11_Plate_243_publ._1893.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Sanborn_Manhattan_V.11_Plate_243_publ._1893.jpg/220px-Sanborn_Manhattan_V.11_Plate_243_publ._1893.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Sanborn_Manhattan_V.11_Plate_243_publ._1893.jpg/330px-Sanborn_Manhattan_V.11_Plate_243_publ._1893.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Sanborn_Manhattan_V.11_Plate_243_publ._1893.jpg/440px-Sanborn_Manhattan_V.11_Plate_243_publ._1893.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8155" data-file-height="5943" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Amsterdam Avenue building in 1893</div></div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Archives_of_American_Art_-_William_Karp_-_2970_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Archives_of_American_Art_-_William_Karp_-_2970_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Archives_of_American_Art_-_William_Karp_-_2970_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Archives_of_American_Art_-_William_Karp_-_2970_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Archives_of_American_Art_-_William_Karp_-_2970_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Archives_of_American_Art_-_William_Karp_-_2970_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Archives_of_American_Art_-_William_Karp_-_2970_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3798" data-file-height="2527" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Federal_Art_Project" title="Federal Art Project">WPA</a> mural for the Hebrew Orphan Asylum by William Karp (1938)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1822, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hebrew_Benevolent_Society&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hebrew Benevolent Society (page does not exist)">Hebrew Benevolent Society</a> was established by <a href="/wiki/Sephardic" class="mw-redirect" title="Sephardic">Sephardic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ashkenazic" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashkenazic">Ashkenazic</a> Jews to take care of Jewish orphans.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conflicts between the two groups, however, delayed the creation of an orphanage for nearly forty years. In 1858, the <a href="/wiki/Kidnapping" title="Kidnapping">kidnapping</a> of <a href="/wiki/Edgardo_Mortara" class="mw-redirect" title="Edgardo Mortara">Edgardo Mortara</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Papal_States" title="Papal States">Papal States</a> galvanized the group to establish an orphanage. A dinner held in December 1858 raised $10,000 (equivalent to $352,000 in 2023). At the dinner, conflict broke out between <a href="/wiki/Reform_Judaism" title="Reform Judaism">Reform</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox</a> attendees over the wearing of <a href="/wiki/Yarmulkes" class="mw-redirect" title="Yarmulkes">yarmulkes</a> and caused a "<a href="/wiki/Tammany_Hall" title="Tammany Hall">Tammany</a>-style brawl." <a href="/wiki/Gentiles" class="mw-redirect" title="Gentiles">Gentiles</a> who were attending the dinner, including Mayor <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Tiemann" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Tiemann">Daniel Tiemann</a>, intervened and broke up the fight.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The practice of holding annual dinners ceased, but the Hebrew Benevolent Society did establish an orphanage, which opened in a rented three story brickhouse on Lamartine Place (now West 29th Street) in <a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_Manhattan" title="Chelsea, Manhattan">Chelsea</a> in 1860 with several dozen boys and girls.<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On each holiday the children were taken to a different synagogue, to placate the different brands of Judaism of the sponsoring organizations.<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Draft_Riots" class="mw-redirect" title="Draft Riots">Draft Riots</a>, the mobs came to the very street where the orphanage was, but did not attack it,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> unlike the Colored Children's Orphan Asylum. In November 1863 the orphanage moved to a purpose-built home on East 77th Street near Third Avenue.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the orphanage, girls were taught domestic skills, while the boys were taught shoemaking and printing; the orphanage's printshop produced a magazine, <i>Young Israel,</i> to which <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Alger" title="Horatio Alger">Horatio Alger</a> supplied a <a href="/wiki/Serial_novel" class="mw-redirect" title="Serial novel">serial novel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1874 the organization renamed itself the "Hebrew Benefit Society and Orphan Asylum," and agreed to accept $110 a year in public funds to care for each orphan.<sup id="cite_ref-The_History_of_JCCA:_1822-1915._7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_History_of_JCCA:_1822-1915.-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1878, the organization, overwhelmed, agreed to accept only Manhattan children. This led to the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Orphan_Asylum_of_the_City_of_Brooklyn" class="mw-redirect" title="Hebrew Orphan Asylum of the City of Brooklyn">Hebrew Orphan Asylum of the City of Brooklyn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_History_of_JCCA:_1822-1915._7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_History_of_JCCA:_1822-1915.-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1860 and 1919, some 13,500 children were admitted to the home. Few children, however, were adopted, since most were actually half-orphans, members of a family which one parent (usually the father) had deserted and which the surviving parent could not support. The asylum was used, in effect, as a boarding school.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1884 the Hebrew Benevolent Society constructed a large building at Amsterdam Avenue, between 136th and 138th Streets, in the Modern Renaissance style, designed by <a href="/wiki/William_H._Hume" title="William H. Hume">William H. Hume</a>. The building cost $750,000 (including the land), and $60,000 a year to operate. The building eventually had a capacity of 1,755 children.<sup id="cite_ref-The_History_of_JCCA:_1822-1915._7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_History_of_JCCA:_1822-1915.-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was self-sufficient enough that it was able to survive for a week on its own after it was cut off during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1888" title="Great Blizzard of 1888">Blizzard of 1888</a>. After a dysentery outbreak in 1898, caused by impurities in the city's water supply, left seven children dead, the building installed its own water filtration system. During the <a href="/wiki/Influenza_epidemic_of_1918" class="mw-redirect" title="Influenza epidemic of 1918">influenza epidemic of 1918</a> not a single child in the orphanage died.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1915 the Child Welfare Act was passed, which granted allowances to widows. Within two years the orphanage population in the city shrank by 3,000 children as women became able to care for their children.<sup id="cite_ref-The_History_of_JCCA:_1822-1915._7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_History_of_JCCA:_1822-1915.-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1920 the orphanage was losing its position to the Pleasantville Cottage School (established 1912), which, unlike the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, was not a large institutional building but a group of cottages in a rural area.<sup id="cite_ref-The_History_of_JCCA:_1822-1915._7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_History_of_JCCA:_1822-1915.-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hebrew Orphan Asylum decided to rebuild on the cottage system on land that it owned in the Bronx; it would raise money to do this by selling the orphanage to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">Yankees</a>, who wanted land to build a rival stadium to the <a href="/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a>. This deal fell through, the Yankees instead built a <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium" title="Yankee Stadium">stadium in the Bronx</a>, and the Hebrew Orphan Asylum closed in 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Asylum closed in 1941, the building was used by <a href="/wiki/City_College_of_New_York" title="City College of New York">City College</a> to house members of the U.S. Armed Forces assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Army_Specialized_Training_Program" title="Army Specialized Training Program">Army Specialized Training Program</a> (ASTP). From 1946 to 1955, it was used as a dormitory, library, and classroom space for the college. It was called "Army Hall" until it was demolished in 1955 and 1956 by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Department_of_Parks" class="mw-redirect" title="New York City Department of Parks">New York City Department of Parks</a>, who replaced it with the Jacob H. Schiff Playground.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_influences">Cultural influences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hebrew_Orphan_Asylum_of_New_York&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cultural influences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The California and New York artist <a href="/wiki/Henry_Alexander_(painter)" title="Henry Alexander (painter)">Henry Alexander's</a> painting of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum was his favorite work and was found in his studio after his suicide.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Hebrew Orphan Asylum appears in <a href="/wiki/Gail_Carson_Levine" title="Gail Carson Levine">Gail Carson Levine</a>'s book, <i><a href="/wiki/Dave_at_Night" title="Dave at Night">Dave at Night</a></i>, under the name the "Hebrew Home for Boys." The protagonist hates the poor food, strict rules, and the bullying, and nicknames the place the "Hopeless House of Beggars" and the "Hell Hole for Brats." The author's father attended the Hebrew Orphan Asylum. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Superintendents">Superintendents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hebrew_Orphan_Asylum_of_New_York&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Superintendents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Samuel Hart (1860-1865)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Gr%C3%BCnbaum" title="Max Grünbaum">Max Grünbaum</a> (1865-1867)</li> <li>Louis Schnabel (1868-1875)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herman_Baar" title="Herman Baar">Herman Baar</a> (1876–1899)</li> <li>David Adler (1900-1908)</li> <li>Dr. <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_B._Bernstein" title="Ludwig B. Bernstein">Ludwig B. Bernstein</a> (1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Lowenstein" title="Solomon Lowenstein">Solomon Lowenstein</a> (1909-1919)</li> <li>Lionel Simmonds (1920-1941)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_alumni">Notable alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hebrew_Orphan_Asylum_of_New_York&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_Buchwald" title="Art Buchwald">Art Buchwald</a> (admitted in the 1930s, so not available in the web-based records)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irwin_Corey" title="Irwin Corey">Irwin Corey</a> (1914-2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becky_Edelsohn" title="Becky Edelsohn">Becky Edelsohn</a> (1892–1973), after she was discharged she lived in the home of <a href="/wiki/Emma_Goldman" title="Emma Goldman">Emma Goldman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Franko_Goldman" title="Edwin Franko Goldman">Edwin Franko Goldman</a> (admitted 1887, discharged 1894)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Kaplan" title="Hank Kaplan">Hank Kaplan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Mantel" title="Nathan Mantel">Nathan Mantel</a> (1919–2002)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Tovish" title="Harold Tovish">Harold Tovish</a> (1921–2008)<sup id="cite_ref-globe-obit_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-globe-obit-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Archival_collections">Archival collections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hebrew_Orphan_Asylum_of_New_York&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Archival collections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digifindingaids.cjh.org/?pID=250011">archives</a> of the institution are on deposit with the American Jewish Historical Society, at New York's <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Jewish_History" title="Center for Jewish History">Center for Jewish History</a>. The admission and discharge registers for 1860 through 1928 can be <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cjh.org/collections/genealogy/HOA.php">searched via the web</a>. </p><p>Nearly fifty oral history interviews about the institution are on deposit at the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Public_Library" title="New York Public Library">New York Public Library</a> as part of the American Jewish Committee Oral History Collection. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hebrew_Orphan_Asylum_of_New_York&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_National_Orphan_Home" title="Hebrew National Orphan Home">Hebrew National Orphan Home</a> (another Jewish orphanage in New York City) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hebrew_Orphan_Asylum_of_New_York&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">[Bogen, Hyman. <i>The Luckiest Orphans: A History of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York City</i>. ]p.17</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">[Bogen, Hyman. <i>The Luckiest Orphans: A History of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York City</i>. ]p.22</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-books.google.com-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-books.google.com_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-books.google.com_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rmmEngEACAAJ&q=luckiest+orphans">Bogen, Hyman. The Luckiest Orphans: A History of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York City. (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.), "</a> p. 22.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rmmEngEACAAJ&q=luckiest+orphans">Bogen, Hyman. The Luckiest Orphans: A History of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York City. (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.), "</a> p. 30.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rmmEngEACAAJ&q=luckiest+orphans">Bogen, Hyman. The Luckiest Orphans: A History of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York City. (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.), "</a> pp. 30.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rmmEngEACAAJ&q=luckiest+orphans">Bogen, Hyman. The Luckiest Orphans: A History of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York City. (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.), "</a> p. 50.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_History_of_JCCA:_1822-1915.-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-The_History_of_JCCA:_1822-1915._7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_History_of_JCCA:_1822-1915._7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_History_of_JCCA:_1822-1915._7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_History_of_JCCA:_1822-1915._7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_History_of_JCCA:_1822-1915._7-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jccany.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_history1">"The History of JCCA: 1822-1915."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081013091506/http://www.jccany.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_history1">Archived</a> 2008-10-13 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rmmEngEACAAJ&q=luckiest+orphans">Bogen, Hyman. The Luckiest Orphans: A History of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York City. (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992.), "</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kimvanalkemade.com/orphans_together.pdf">van Alkemade, Kim. Orphans Together: A History of New York’s Hebrew Orphan Asylum "</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150513123811/http://kimvanalkemade.com/orphans_together.pdf">Archived</a> 2015-05-13 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> pp. 3-4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kimvanalkemade.com/orphans_together.pdf">van Alkemade, Kim. Orphans Together: A History of New York’s Hebrew Orphan Asylum "</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150513123811/http://kimvanalkemade.com/orphans_together.pdf">Archived</a> 2015-05-13 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> pp. 7-8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kimvanalkemade.com/orphans_together.pdf">van Alkemade, Kim. Orphans Together: A History of New York’s Hebrew Orphan Asylum"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150513123811/http://kimvanalkemade.com/orphans_together.pdf">Archived</a> 2015-05-13 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> p. 7-8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1894/05/16/archives/artist-alexander-commits-suicide-ends-his-life-with-poison.html">"Artist Alexander Commits Suicide,"</a> <i>New York Times</i>, May 16, 1894.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digifindingaids.cjh.org/?pID=250011">"Guide to the Records of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of the City of New York, undated, 1855-2013"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 5,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Guide+to+the+Records+of+the+Hebrew+Orphan+Asylum+of+the+City+of+New+York%2C+undated%2C+1855-2013&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdigifindingaids.cjh.org%2F%3FpID%3D250011&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHebrew+Orphan+Asylum+of+New+York" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaleHale2005" class="citation cs2">Hale, Lauren; Hale, Benjamin (2005), "Mantel, Nathan", <i>Encyclopedia of Biostatistics</i>, Wiley Interscience, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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id="CITEREFMarquard2008" class="citation news cs1">Marquard, Bryan (16 March 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2008/03/16/harold_tovish_86_sculptor_was_ambitious_for_excellence/?page=full%7C">"Harold Tovish, 86; sculptor was ambitious for excellence"</a>. <i>Boston Globe</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Boston+Globe&rft.atitle=Harold+Tovish%2C+86%3B+sculptor+was+ambitious+for+excellence&rft.date=2008-03-16&rft.aulast=Marquard&rft.aufirst=Bryan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boston.com%2Fbostonglobe%2Fobituaries%2Farticles%2F2008%2F03%2F16%2Fharold_tovish_86_sculptor_was_ambitious_for_excellence%2F%3Fpage%3Dfull%257C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHebrew+Orphan+Asylum+of+New+York" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span 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