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The structure later housed an ice manufacturing company and a machine shop. It was demolished earlier this month.

From the blog of David Matlow at The Times of Israel

Marty Weiss has discovered that in 1923, his poor immigrant grandmother invested in her dream for a Jewish homeland

SAN DIEGO —  Marty Weiss has no memory of his grandmother Sadie. Nor does the 85-year-old resident of San Diego’s San Carlos neighborhood remember anyone in his family ever visiting Israel or having a desire to move there. But 98 years ago in New York, Jewish housewife Sadie Weiss made a significant investment in her family’s future. In September 1923, she bought five shares of stock in a bank created to fund the establishment of a Jewish homeland. Twenty-five years later, her dream wa...