Package unwraps 98-year-old mystery for San Diego Jewish family
Marty Weiss has discovered that in 1923, his poor immigrant grandmother invested in her dream for a Jewish homeland
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98-year-old mystery solved for San Diego Jewish family
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 was achieved when the state of Israel was created in the aftermath of the Holocaust. But by then, Sadi...
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