The organization began at a meeting at the home of Dr. James Horowitz, who had been an active participant in the Underground Railroad and was a volunteer surgeon during the Civil War. Among those present were Isaac Glauber, who donated a building at 2554 East 40th Street; Mathias Buchman, Alexander Buchman, Herman Peskin, Marcus Feder, […]

The group merges with the Hebrew Relief Organization to become Hebrew Relief Association, intending “not to pauperize, but to foster and maintain self-respect of the poor.”

Page from the 1895 Annual Report Donor Listings. A $125 gift in 1895 would be worth $4,700 in 2025.