THE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SWFL

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THE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SWFL

Rabbi Abraham Shusterman Story

Rabbi, Abraham Shusterman (as remembered by Irv Berzon) In 1975-76 Temple Shalom was built and the first Collier County Rabbi, Abraham Shusterman, a retired Baltimore rabbi,

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Florence Hertzman Story

May 2016 JHS interviewed Florence Hertzman in her waterfront home in Old Naples. Florence and her husband Harold began coming to Naples in the early

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Stuart Kaye Story

Stuart Kaye moved to Naples, FL as a young college graduate at a time when most young people fled  Collier County in search of big

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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 in Columbus, OH. “I –

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Helen Weinfeld Story

Helen and Joseph Weinfeld first visited Naples in 1954, when it was a “you blink, you miss” kind of town. They loved it, but decided

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