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I'm excited to report that it is now available for preorder on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and will be widely available as of May 29. As you can see from the following write-up, below, which appears on the back cover, the book covers more than a century, from the time my paternal grandparents settled in the city until today.
To Newark with Love is a celebration of New Jersey’s largest city, seen through the eyes of a proud third-generation Newarker. In a series of essays, Helen Lippman tells revealing stories—some as lighthearted as a trip to the planetarium, others as fraught as the racist practices that led to the city’s famed 1967 rebellion. In this exploration of the city’s effect on her life and its evolution in a changing world, Lippman’s affection for her hometown shines through on every page. Helen
A bit more memory meds from the pharmacy:
George Rubin (6/59)
Correction for Francine Solomon Finkel (67); I did my pharmacy internship in the Rubin Bros. Chancellor store in 1964. My father Abe and his brother Herman were the owners but worked out of our chain warehouse on Badger Avenue. We lived on Chancellor Avenue. Phil Skuraton was the manager and his wife Lil worked in the office. The pharmacists were Seymour Levitch, who was Joseph Levitch (aka Jerry Lewis' cousin and Bernie Best. Marty Bodner replaced Bernie when Bernie was appointed manager of our Kearny store. My Uncle Nat Rosenblatt managed the Bergen Street store. George
Naomi Lampf Gelfand (1/60)
I, like Susan Bateman Rabinowitz (66), also worked at Rubin Drugs. The location was on Chancellor Avenue, but I don't recall any other location. I do remember Mrs. Rubin, who was always very kind to me. Naomi
Elaine Hersh Krusch (50)
Rubin’s Drug Store was on Chancellor Avenue. like the others, it had a counter and stools to sit on and have your milkshake. Elaine
Larry Koenigsberg (64)
I watched the video on the site that Larry Bembry linked in a recent “WHS Note.” Thanks to him for making me aware of this story and thanks to him in standing up for Black students in at North Carolina's Belmont Abbey College in 1969. In my opinion, Larry deserves our appreciation both for taking a risk to improve our country then, and for doing the same now by recalling this piece of our true history. Larry
To Fred Goldman (6/62) on the high school occupational test:
Miriam Epstein Cahn (6/60)
It was the "Kuder Preference Test," not the "Cooter." I took the test at the Annex in 1956. The result was that I had a preference to be a musician. It did not turn out that way. I was a school psychologist for a number of years and then I became an attorney. Our preferences change as we age. I prefer retirement at this point. Miriam
Ellen Marks Geller (1/61)
It was the Kuder Preference Test which deemed me to become a social worker.
Since I couldn’t afford grad school, I became a high school English teacher (at South Side High School). When I could afford grad school, I got my doctorate and became a psychologist (still working)! Ellen
Paul Holub (54)
I believe it was the Kuder Preference Test. Paul
Jac Toporek (6/63)
Cannot recall the test, nor how I was evaluated as to my future. I was, as many others in my class, enrolled in “College Prep” courses. Guess that worked since after Weequahic I completed nine more years of higher education. Always wanted to do something socially relevant. Succeeded; 32 plus years as NJ State Government employee and 12 years as government affairs advocate for state Jewish community charities. I like to think that Weequahic HS gave me a sound basis for my fated future. Jac
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Michele Nash (68)
Response to Wayne Lerman (6/60), my family also lived at 48 Demarest. The Stern's lived above us on the third floor. I don't remember who lived over you on the second floor. I believe I remember your sister Phyllis. she was a very kind person. May her memory be a blessing. Michele
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