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Cab driver returns $21,000 to passenger
Italian tourist left purse loaded with cash for family's vacation in taxi
The Associated Press
updated 8:57 a.m. ET, Tues., Jan. 12, 2010
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. - A New York City cab driver is being praised for returning over $21,000 lost by a visitor from Italy.
Felicia Lettieri, who's 72, left her purse in a Manhattan taxi on Christmas Eve. It contained traveling money for her and six relatives.
Police told them not to get their hopes up about finding it.
The cabbie drove about 50 miles, to a Long Island address he'd found in the purse. No one was home, so he left his phone number, and later returned with the money.
Lettieri's daughter, Maria Rosaria Falonga, told Newsday from Pompei, Italy, that the cabbie also left a note.
He told her: "Don't worry, Felicia. ... I'll keep it safe."
"When I was 5 years old, my mother told me, 'Be honest, work hard and you will raise your station,' " said the driver, Mukul Asaduzzaman, to the N.Y. Post newspaper. He refused a reward.
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Bangladeshi cabbie returns cash
A Bangladeshi taxi driver in New York City has gone out of his way to track down the person who left thousands of dollars in cash in the back of his cab.
Mukul Asadujjaman, a medical student, drove nearly 80kms (50 miles) to an address he found with the money.
He left his phone number when he found no one at home. The money belonged to an Italian grandmother visiting the US.
Mr Asadujjaman was offered a reward, but he turned it down saying that as a devout Muslim he could not accept it.
Felicia Lettieri, of Pompeii, Italy, and six relatives had taken two cabs on Christmas Eve, Newsday newspaper reported.
Mrs Lettieri, 72, left her purse behind, with more than $21,000 of the group's travelling money, jewellery worth thousands more, and some of their passports.
Her sister, Francesca Lettieri, 79, of Long Island, said the honest driver had saved her family's vacation.
"We really love what he did," she said.
'Be honest'
A gracious Asadujjaman was quoted by the newspaper as saying that he may be broke, but he was also honest.
"My mother is my inspiration. She always said to be honest and work hard."
Mr Asadujjaman called a friend with a car and drove some 80km to a Long Island address in the purse.
No one was at home, so he left his phone number and a note, the report said.
His phone rang a short time later and he drove back to return the bag.
"They were so, so, so happy," Mr Asadujjaman told the paper.
Asked if he was tempted to keep the cash, Mr Asadujjaman said the money would have allowed him more time to study, "but my heart said this is not good".
He also turned down a reward, saying he could not accept it as a devout Muslim, Newsday reported.
"I'm needy, but I'm not greedy," he said. "It's better to be honest."
Mr Asadujjaman is not the first honest American-Bangladeshi cabbie to hit the headlines for noble behaviour.
In 2007, driver Osman Chowdhury returned a lost bag containing diamond rings worth $500,000 to the rightful owner.
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Published: 2010/01/13 09:51:40 GMT
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Br. UBAB - I am going to be completely honest here - When I saw this headline on the BBC, I was hoping and assuming it was a Muslim and then when I saw that he was Bangladeshi, I said "Ma'sha'allah!" Now that I read the article, I am glad he mentioned that beinga devout Muslim, he acted the way he did. I think this is a great example for us all and I hope this is noticed as the stort makes the rounds - these kind of stories should be highlighted by the media (though I'm sure it won't be). Nonetheless, this makes me feel proud. Thanks for sharing UBAB.
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the article on the first post totally neglects to mention the cabbies religion. If he had stolen the purse you can bet his religion would have been mentioned ten times in the first sentance at least!
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Another NY Muslim cabbie returns 100K this time!! And don't tell me he was scared he was going to get caught. He could have kept it & said he had no idea or ppl after them took it etc...
Cabbie Returns $100K Worth Of Jewelry, Cash Left In Taxi
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – To most taxi riders, $100,000 left in the back of a cab is as good as gone, but John James is a lucky man.
After returning to his apartment at the National Arts Club Sunday afternoon, James realized he forgot a bag with $100,000 worth of jewelry and cash in the back seat of a taxi cab.
"I thought that it was the end of the world, James said.
With the help of a friend in city government and a receipt he thankfully kept, James was able to track down cabbie Zubiru Jalloh.
"The man had my possessions because he took it from the backseat when new passengers got on and were, I guess, messing with my tote bag," James told 1010 WINS. "He asked to have it lifted up to the front seat where he protected it and then took it home."
TLC chairman David Yassky said it was important for people to keep their taxi receipts.
"We've got our GPS locators in every taxi, so if you give us the receipt, we can identify the taxi cab and find if your property is still there," he said.
James got his bag back Monday and offered Jalloh a $1,000 reward, which the cabbie reluctantly accepted. Jalloh was also asked to attend the club's Valentine's Day party but declined the invitation.
When presented with the fact that he could have easily lied and said there was no bag in the cab, Jalloh, who is Muslim, said "of course."
"But that's not me. My religion does not accept that," he told CBS 2′s Tony Aiello.
"People in New York, you know, try to give back because the city has been so good to us and you hear such horrible stories it's nice to hear positive ones," James said. "People that go about their business, everyday, doing and living are the real heroes."
This is my job — to be honest and truthful to people. That's exactly what my religion told me. He said 'please, have this money' so he gave me one thousand dollars cash," Jalloh said.
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State Preview: Louisiana
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
In the weeks leading up to the draft, Perfect Game will be providing a detailed overview of each state in the U.S., including the District of Columbia, as well as Canada and Puerto Rico. These overviews will list the state's strengths, weaknesses and the players with the best tools, as well as providing mini-scouting reports on all Group 1 and 2 players.
Louisiana State-by-State List
Louisiana Overview:
As LSU Goes, So Go the Fortunes of Draft Talent in State of Louisiana
There is a very set and defined distribution of talent in Louisiana's 2011 draft crop, to a point where there may be as many college pitchers selected in the first 10 rounds as high-school position prospects. That is to say, in each case, perhaps none.
There is an outside chance that a couple of Louisiana State righthanders, deposed starter Tyler Jones and three-year closer Matty Ott, and even inconsistent Louisiana Tech lefthander Mike Jefferson could sneak into the picture, but otherwise the college talent in the state is very top-heavy in position prospects.
The opposite situation exists at the high-school level. There are two high-school position players whose tools and overall evaluations would normally warrant being drafted in the top 10 rounds, but that is unlikely to happen.
Franklinton High outfielder Terrance Magee definitely has the tools to be a premium pick, but he's also a stud running back with a strong commitment to LSU to play football. His talent on the gridiron has been compared to Alabama 2010 Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram. Evangel Christian High third baseman Connor Castellano played well on the showcase circuit last summer and has nice offensive potential, but his 4.4 GPA and Vanderbilt scholarship, along with his inability to profile a position in the field, will make scouts take a cautious approach on his signability.
Those significant gaps in the 2011 talent supply essentially leaves Louisiana, normally a deep, well-rounded state, with the equivalent of half a prospect class—college position players and high-school arms.
The reality of baseball in Louisiana, at every level, is that the state is closely intertwined with the success of its signature program, LSU. As the fortunes of the Tigers go, so goes the fortunes of the rest of the state.
Colleges like Southeastern Louisiana (34-19), Tulane (30-21) and Louisiana-Lafayette (34-23) have solid programs and are enjoying successful seasons, better perhaps than even LSU. There was also a time, in 2005, when Tulane may have actually eclipsed LSU as a baseball program as it entered that year's College World Series with a 55-10 record and No. 1 national ranking.
Three months later, Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed the city of New Orleans and the Green Wave program hasn't been the same since. It has barely been a .500 team in Conference USA play over the last six years. Even more significant, the University of New Orleans' once-thriving program was reduced in status to an NCAA Division III program in the wake of all the fallout from Katrina.
But the state-wide focus and attention week-in and week-out is on the Tigers, six-time national champions over the last two decades. But quite frankly, the news on that front hasn't been overly positive over the course of the last year.
LSU was 32-6 in mid-April of 2010 and seemed to be on pace for a second consecutive national championship. Over their next 74 games, though, the Tigers were just 39-35 overall—and that included a 4-14 record through the first six weeks of this year's Southeastern Conference schedule. After an 18-1 start against a weak non-conference scheduled, they were summarily dismantled on the opening weekend of SEC play by then-No. 1-ranked Florida, and quickly got into the same funk that killed their season a year ago.
Although the Tigers are 33-19 overall, have a national RPI rank of 27 and won seven of their last nine conference games, they were in the unenviable position of having to sweep Mississippi State in the final SEC series of the year just to make the eight-team SEC tournament.
Their SEC record could put an NCAA tournament bid for LSU into question. In head coach Paul Mainieri's defense, he has started freshmen in 32 of the team's 51 games thus far, a true sign of a rebuilding year if there ever was one. Three of the freshman, though, righthanders Kevin Gausman, Kurt McCune and Ryan Eades, are all top-notch prospects, and should put the program in a considerably different position in 2012, and even 2013.
Led by multi-talented LSU center fielder Mikie Mahtook, a sure-fire first-rounder and easily the best prospect in the state, Louisiana's crop of college position players certainly has lived up to its end of the bargain. Mahtook leads LSU by wide margins in every meaningful offensive category—average (.370), homers (13), RBIs (50), walks (37) and stolen bases (28)—and he has played an errorless center field. His best tool may be his overall athleticism, which encompasses his power, speed, hitting ability and defensive prowess. Mahtook's throwing arm is his only tool that doesn't rank significantly above average.
While Mahtook, who had more of a football than baseball background when he enrolled at LSU three years ago, has been well known to scouts since he was a freshman starter on LSU's 2009 College World Series championship team, McNeese State shortstop Jace Peterson has been a revelation this spring. He is seen as the only other player in the state who could go as high as the third round, possibly even second.
Peterson has a significant football resume himself as he is a defensive back on the McNeese State football team. As a result, he hasn't been heavily exposed because he hasn't played in summer-league competition. He is one of the top speed players in this draft and is hitting .325-2-33 with 42 walks and 27 steals; he also ranks among the national leaders in runs scored with 63. While he plays shortstop for the Cowboys, scouts believe he'll need to move to second base or even center field at the pro level, primarily because of marginal arm strength.
Peterson is one of three college shortstops from Louisiana who should factor prominently into the draft. He is the most athletic of the trio and the best base-stealing threat, while LSU's Austin Nola is the best defender and the most likely to remain at shortstop at the pro level, and Southeastern Louisiana's Justin Boudreaux is the best hitter.
Nola was the most established of the three shortstops entering the season, primarily because of his LSU pedigree and superior fielding skills, but he hasn't had a particularly good season at the plate (.292-2-37) or in the field (13 errors), and his chances of going in the top 2-3 rounds are pretty much gone. Boudreaux is easily the weakest defender of the three, as his 26 errors attest, but his actions at the position are considered satisfactory. His ability to swing the bat, though, should facilitate an easy transition to another position.
There has been little to distinguish the best high-school pitching prospects in the state from one another all spring, though it appears that Nola's younger brother Aaron may have taken a slight lead with the draft in sight. He lost his only game in two years, however, as Baton Rouge's Catholic High, the state's top prep team and defending 5-A champion, bowed out in the state semi-finals.
Nola is targeted to attend LSU in 2012, where the distinct possibility exists that he would play on the same team as his brother. It will be a toss-up who will be drafted first among the two, and the prevailing wisdom is that both players will be at LSU next season, or neither will.
Nola and his Catholic High teammate, Tulane-bound righthander Alex Massey, are considered the most polished of the state's top half-dozen prep pitching prospects, but Massey's performance slipped later in the 2011 season, and he and Nola are no longer expected to go as a package as the first pitchers drafted.
Both are physically-similar prospects with the same type of projection. Nola and Massey check in at 6-2/175 and 6-2/165, respectively, and have loose, fast arms. They can normally bump their fastballs into the low 90s and have very polished deliveries. They also project above-average off-speed pitches—in Nola's case his changeup; for Massey, his curveball. Not surprisingly, Catholic High was the state's top-ranked high-school team most of the season, with Nola and Massey combining to go 15-0 until Nola's demise in his final outing.
Early in the season, Salmen High righthander Taylor Nunez and Parkway High righthander Carson Baranik flashed the best fastballs in the state, but the velocity of both pitchers slipped noticeably—Baranik mainly because of some shoulder issues. His lively mid-90s fastball also ended up at the backstop on a recurring basis because he had no one to catch his superior stuff. Baranik is an LSU recruit, while Nunez is committed to Southern Mississippi.
To test scouts and their willingness to project young pitchers physically, Zachary High lefthander Taylor Guilbeau and Notre Dame High righthander Austin Robichaux are also tall, slender arms who project to improve their raw stuff over the next few years as they get bigger and stronger.
Louisiana in a Nutshell:
College position players, high-school arms.
College pitching, high-school position players.
(1-to-5 scale): 3.
Louisiana State.
Catholic HS, Baton Rouge
Jace Peterson, ss, McNeese State University.
Peterson is a defensive back on the McNeese State football team, and has the type of athleticism that is rare in a college prospect. Some scouts have acknowledged that he may be the best of an admittedly-thin crop of college middle infielders. He should quickly tap into his upside once he gets more baseball repetitions.
Carson Baranik, rhp, Parkway HS, Bossier City.
The LSU signee started off the year touching 95 mph and generated substantial draft interest early, but has been slowed by a tender shoulder and the inability of anyone to catch his superior stuff.
Aaron Nola, rhp/Alex Massey, rhp, Catholic HS, Baton Rouge
. The prep teammates are similar prospects with their tools and physical projection, and could make a case for being the two best pitching prospects in the state—regardless of type. But will they pass up scholarships to LSU and Tulane, respectively?
BEST OUT-OF-STATE PROSPECT, Louisiana Connection:
Taylor Dugas, of, University Alabama (attended high school in Lafayette).
Kevin Gausman, rhp, Louisiana State University.
Garrett Williams, lhp, Calvary Baptist HS, Shreveport.
Draft History:
Danny Goodwin, c, Southern U. (1975, Angels/1
round, 1
pick); Ben McDonald, rhp, Louisiana State U. (1989, Orioles/1
round, 1
2006 Draft:
Ryan Adams, 3b, Jesuit HS, Mandeville (Orioles/2
2007 Draft:
Brian Rike, of, Louisiana Tech (Rockies/2
2008 Draft:
Shooter Hunt, rhp, Tulane U. (Twins/1
round, 31
2009 Draft:
Jared Mitchell, of, Louisiana State U. (White Sox/1
round, 23
2010 Draft:
Anthony Ranaudo, rhp, Louisiana State U. (Red Sox/1
round, 39
Best Hitter:
Mikie Mahtook, of, Louisiana State University.
Best Power:
Mikie Mahtook, of, Louisiana State University.
Best Speed:
Jace Peterson, ss, McNeese State University.
Best Defender:
Austin Nola, ss, Louisiana State University.
Best Velocity:
Aaron Nola, rhp, Catholic HS, Baton Rouge.
Best Breaking Stuff:
Taylor Guilbeau, lhp, Zachary HS.
GROUPS ONE and TWO
(Projected ELITE-Round Draft / Rounds 1-3)
1. MIKIE MAHTOOK, of, Louisiana State University (Jr.)
++ all-around package, hits (.370-13-50), + approach(37 BB:29 K), runs (26 SB), fields (0 errors, + range).
2. JACE PETERSON, ss, McNeese State University (Jr.)
+ athlete, limited baseball reps; ++ speed, L-D hitter (.325-2-33, 64 R, 27 SB), so-so arm, may be a 2B/CF.
(Projected HIGH-Round Draft / Rounds 4-10)
3. AARON NOLA, rhp, Catholic HS, Baton Rouge
Brother of LSU's Austin, slender build/loose arm, 88-92 FB, big-breaking CU, outstanding CH, + projects.
4. AUSTIN NOLA, ss, Louisiana State University (Jr.)
+ Defensive SS, smooth actions, excellent arm; bat has improved (.292-2-37), solid approach, some gap pop.
5. JUSTIN BOUDREAUX, ss, Southeastern Louisiana University (Jr.)
Solid tool set, bat speed/power potential (.338-8-47), average MLB runner, SS now, 3B/corner OF in pro ball.
6. AUSTIN ROBICHAUX, rhp, Notre Dame HS, Crowley
6-5/180 RHP, son of UL-L coach Tony; loose arm, multiple release points, + FB life, tops at 93, good CU.
7. TAYLOR NUNEZ, rhp, Salmen HS, Slidell
6-4/175, raw mechanics, loose ¾ arm, 88-91 FB/touches 93-94, power CU at 78 with depth; high-ceiling arm.
8. TAYLOR GUILBEAU, lhp, Zachary HS
Projectable 6-3/175 lefty, upper 80s FB now with extended ¾ release; 78 mph SL is best pitch, big/deep CH.
9. LEE ORR, of, McNeese State University (Jr.)
yr-junior, + tools, easy power (.323-8-53, 20 2B),+ speed, CF skills, questionable contact (62 K's) is issue.
10. JEREMY SCHAFFER, c, Tulane University (Jr.)
Strong, offensive-minded C (.365-6-37/23 2B, 33 BB), + approach, + strong, 32 career HRs, fringy defender.
11. ALEX MASSEY, rhp, Catholic HS, Baton Rouge
Slender 6-2 build, but loose arm, 88-91 FB, potential +CU in mid-70s, minimum-effort delivery, throws K's.
12. CONNOR CASTELLANO, 3b, Evangel Christian HS, Shreveport
Strong build, LH hitter with impressive bat speed, LD stroke, gap power, 6.9 runner, quick feet, may play 2B.
13. HOMMY ROSADO, 1b, LSU-Eunice JC (Fr.)
Rockies' 11
-round in 2010; big bat speed/lift in swing (26 HRs as HS SR), .349-7-42 in 2011, limited on D.
14. MATT THRELKELD, 3b, Louisiana Tech (Jr.)
Tough to see with team's West-Coast schedule; big raw
power is best tool (.318-7-36), profiles as corner OF.
15. TERRENCE MAGEE, of, Franklinton HS
4-star football RB, headed to LSU (54 TDs in 2010); has ++ baseball tools/skills, quick bat, + arm strength.
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In 1752, August Gottlieb Spangenberg surveyed miles of central North Carolina land, eventually naming it "die Wachau," or Wachovia, after the estate of German nobleman Nicholas Ludwig von Zizendorf. Spangenberg purchased 100,000 acres of this land for him and fellow members of the Moravian Church, the first Europeans to settle what would be Winston-Salem. Before even a handful of Jews arrived in North Carolina, these pioneer Christians established Bethabara, Hebrew for "house of passage," and shortly after, the primary settlement Salem, from shalom meaning "peace." The first Jewish symbols in Winston-Salem involved no Jews at all. In fact, there would be no noticeable Jewish presence until the last two decades of the 19th century.
The town of Winston developed alongside Salem and was incorporated in 1849. Shortly after, Winston became the county seat of Forsyth County and with the court house placed just north of Salem, the two towns gradually were grouped as one. With its origins as a closed religious society, Salem was said to be the city's "conscience," while Winston its "purse." Unlike most of the antebellum South, Winston-Salem became an early industrial center, with tobacco, furniture and textile production. By the time of the Civil War, Winston may have been more economically advanced than other parts of the South, but had not yet come to prominence. In 1889, the mail offices of Winston and Salem were combined and in 1913, the two towns were officially incorporated as one. By this time, however, the city had become "the greatest industrial town south of Richmond and east of the Mississippi."
During the industrialization of the South following the Civil War, Winston-Salem boomed. In the mid 1870s, Richard Joshua Reynolds purchased space from the Moravian Church to build a tobacco production plant. The steam-powered factory was soon processing millions of pounds of tobacco a year and the R.J. Reynolds Company became a major employer in Winston-Salem. Over the subsequent decades, several large factories sprouted over the burgeoning city, including J.A. & C.E. Bennett Marble and Granite Works, J. Wesley Hanes's Shamrock Hosiery Mill, and the Bennett Bottling Co. In 1879, the Wachovia National Bank was incorporated, the predecessor to Wachovia Bank and Trust. Winston-Salem was very much an emblem of the New South.
Amidst all this commercial and industrial growth arrived the city's first Jews. They came primarily from the Jewish enclaves of Northeastern cities, namely Baltimore. Unfortunately, tragedy befell several of the newcomers as they adjusted to life in the South. Joe Jacobs arrived in Winston-Salem from Baltimore in the early 1880s. He operated a men's clothing store with his wife, daughter and son. Jacobs's daughter, Essie, passed away due to the repercussions of a wounded finger. Later, his son Harry took his own life. It is believed that Joe Jacobs likely took his own life as well. Also from Baltimore were three Kobre brothers who arrived around the same time. One brother manufactured whiskey while the other two operated a clothing store. In 1913, it is reported that one Kobre brother murdered another. Despite these macabre events, Winston-Salem attracted an increasing number of Jewish families and began to establish a community by the turn of the century.
A host of new Jewish families arrived around this time, the overwhelming majority of whom were peddlers who would become storeowners. In the last quarter of the 19th century, the number of Jewish families almost doubled. Abe Shapiro, an immigrant from Russia, worked in New York's Yiddish theatre before coming to Winston Salem. He began as a peddler before opening a retail business on Main Street. The Levy family owned a store just next to Shapiro's. Other store-owning families included the Rosenbacher family and the brother of Mrs. Rosenbacher, Sam Rose. A later resident of Winston-Salem said "that the early Jewish men who came here did not come because they were hired to work for a company… they came looking for opportunity and the only economic gain they might hope to get would have to be working for themselves."
While economic gain may have attracted these Jews to Winston-Salem, they worked to maintain their religious traditions in their new environment. Being predominantly Orthodox, the first Jews of Winston-Salem set about maintaining their traditions. The first religious services were held in 1880. In 1888, the nine Jewish families in the area hired Rev. M. Shapiro to lead services, slaughter kosher meat, and teach the children. Under Shapiro's prompting, the group established the Beth Jacob congregation and managed to purchase a Torah and prayer books. This congregation was short-lived and never had a permanent house of worship. In 1912, Winston-Salem Jews established the Winston-Salem Hebrew Congregation, which initially met in an old storeroom on Cherry Street. They later converted a two-story frame house into a synagogue for the congregation. But as the Jewish presence in Winston-Salem increased, the demand for a proper synagogue hastened the purchase of a new space for worship. In 1916, a former church on 4th Street was converted into a synagogue, with the help of a $1000 donation from Frank Raiff. By 1919, the congregation had thirty members and its weekly Orthodox services were led by Rabbi P. Berlin. This period also saw the growth of Jewish civic organizations, such as the Jewish Ladies Aid Society. This group helped with congregation activities as well as securing the purchase of the Mt. Sinai Cemetery. A B'nai B'rith lodge was also organized, headed by Monte S. Cohen.
The beginning of the 20th century was a period of growth and maturation for Winston-Salem as well as its Jewish community. In 1913, Winston and Salem became officially one municipality, becoming the hyphenated Winston-Salem. The Reynolds Company continued to grow, importing so much cigarette paper and tobacco that the city was designated an official port despite being 200 miles in-land. In 1916, it was the eighth largest port in the US and a year later the Reynolds Company constructed "Reynoldstown," a mill village for the company's factory workers. Hanes also continued to grow and increase its textile production. This decade also saw the merger of two financial firms into Wachovia Bank and Trust, a major bank in the Southern Atlantic region. Simultaneously, Jewish business boomed on the city's main streets. A survey of the business listings of the city reveals widespread Jewish ownership. Along Liberty Street were located fifteen Jewish establishments while on Main Street there were eight. A history of Jews in Winston-Salem states that there was "indeed a Jewish Ghetto" during this period, on Cherry Street between 8th and 9th and 8th Street and Buxton Street. While an enclave developed, Jewish relations with the greater Winston-Salem community must have been cordial, a 1932 newspaper article states, "due to the good standing of its members as individuals, the [Jewish] community enjoys a very desirable reputation as an integral part of city life."
But the new Jewish families presented challenges to the still Orthodox congregation. Newer families, such as the Shapiros, the Cohens, Levins, Wainers and Cohns sought "a more liberal type of Judaism," rather than the very traditional services offered by Winston-Salem's congregation. This desire to practice a more modern form of Judaism may have resulted from the greater commercial and social integration of the Jewish community into Winston-Salem. The dissatisfied congregants at first looked for a Conservative Rabbi to lead a breakaway congregation, but found this branch too similar to Orthodoxy. They eventually settled on a reform Rabbi graduating from Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Mr. Meyer H. Simon. Beginning in 1932, the new reform segment, what would become Temple Emanuel, began meeting at the temple on 4th Street, sharing a building with the Orthodox contingent. Friday night services commenced at 8pm following the Orthodox service. But in 1934, the schism within the Jewish community led to the departure of the reform congregation from the temple to a nearby store. This was the beginning of Temple Emanuel, which quickly became affiliated with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. The small Orthodox congregation continued on, before closing in the 1980s.
Temple Emanuel Photo courtesy of Julian Preisler Like Moses of old, the reform congregation wondered the barren desert of Winston-Salem for almost two decades, searching for their walls of Jericho, a temple they could claim as their own. After moving out of the 4th Street store, the congregation held services in various locations, including a bank, an Old Masonic Lodge, and later the Goody's Headache Powders factory where the loud cranking of machines frequently interrupted services. The ability to purchase their own space was shelved with the coming of World War II, but events following the war brought new opportunities. In 1946, the congregation was officially incorporated. The following year saw a major increase in Jewish numbers in Winston-Salem as Temple Emanuel blossomed to 100 families with 52 children in its religious school. The mission of securing their own building was now at full throttle. Crucial to this campaign was the work of the Jewish Women's Council who helped secure funds and would serve as the temple's sisterhood in the future. In the fall of 1949, it was announced that land on the corner of Oakwood and Cloverdale had been bought for $6000, much of this raised by the Jewish Women's Council. The following year, the construction of the temple was agreed to at a cost of $107,214 with the architectural firm of Sigmund Braverman and M.P. Halperin. On May 9th 1952, Temple Emanuel had at long last been completed.
The inauguration of Temple Emanuel coincided with what is often believed to be the golden age of American Jewry. The post-war experience of Winston-Salem's Jews is an illustration of this era. Between 1948 and 1960, the city's Jewish population rose from 300 to nearly 450. This can be attributed to the economic growth of Winston-Salem during the 1950s, including the arrival of Western Electric, which brought many Jews down from the Northeast. New social practices were also welcomed by the congregation, such as the granting of complete equality between male and female lay members in the early 1950s.
This modernization of Jewish life is exemplified by the Brenner family. Frank, his wife Jennie Cohen Brenner and their two sons, Morris and Abe arrived in Winston-Salem in 1921. That same year, the couple had their third child, Herbert. Frank Brenner started out in Winston-Salem with his Reliable Junk Company. Business was difficult, especially during the Great Depression. Morris and Abe dropped out of high school to assist their father. Herb was too young to work and as a result was able to attend high school and eventually go to college where he graduated with a degree in civil engineering. Following college, Herb joined back up with his brothers in the scrap business; soon after, the Brenners moved into the steel industry. They founded the Amarr Company in 1951, which became a major operation with plants in five cities and distribution centers in seventeen locations across the country. Amarr is a major producer and distributor of garage doors and the Brenner brothers have invested in numerous other industries. In addition to the business world, the family has been a major source of philanthropy, including the Brenner Foundation and the Brenner Children's Hospital. Their story exemplifies the coming of age of Jews in Winston-Salem in the middle decades of the 20th century. As of 2006, Herb Brenner remained the CEO of Amarr Garage Doors, still headquartered in Winston-Salem.
The continued growth of the city and the Jewish community spurred new developments within the congregation. Minutes from Temple Emanuel meetings reveal new purchases and projects, from building additional educational facilities to ridding the synagogue of termites. In August of 1960, Herb Brenner was put in charge of a committee to survey the costs of renovating the temple. Temple Emanuel had a surplus and money was spent on beautifying the building with stained glass windows and other amenities. But as temple membership expanded through the 1960s, the greatest need was for more space. Finally, in May of 1971, the congregation voted in favor of contracting for an addition to the rear of Temple Emanuel. One year later, an educational wing was constructed for the growing number of Jewish students in Winston-Salem.
Temple Emanuel and Winston-Salem's Jewish community continued to flourish in the 1980s. The history of Temple Emanuel describes this period as "a time when multi-generational families came together" and exemplified Jewish life and Judaism to a region still overwhelmingly Protestant. Civic engagement was routine, the congregation had a continual full-time rabbi, and the children of former Hebrew school students in Winston-Salem were enrolling in the same classes as the generation before. According to congregant Sue Clein, "There was a strong sense of intergenerational connectedness through mutual participation in social, educational and fundraising events with an accompanying sense of individual responsibility for the viability of the temple."
Temple Emanuel's new home. Photo courtesy of Julian PreislerThe peak number of Jews in Winston Salem was in 1975 at 636. However, population data reveals a gradual diminution of the Jewish population throughout the 1980s. In reality, this wane reveals more of a transformation than a decline. The Winston-Salem economy began shifting from traditional manufacturing and retail base to professional and high tech operations. Many of the long-established Jewish storeowners terminated their businesses as their children often left for larger cities seeking greater opportunities. Meanwhile, the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center expanded, brining in new groups of young Jewish professionals and their families to replenish the Jewish population of the city. This transition created an equilibrium that eventually drifted towards a greater Jewish presence in the city. In 1998, Temple Emanuel launched a new campaign of fundraising for additions and expansions. But just a few years later, an auspicious, and anonymous, purchase of neighboring space near the temple led to the conclusion that an entirely new synagogue had to be completed. While construction of the new edifice was in the works, the congregation gained a new rabbi, Mark Strauss-Cohn, and held services in the High Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. On January 18th, 2002, across the street from the old Oakwood synagogue, the new home of Temple Emanuel hosted its first services. The old building has been converted into more offices, classrooms and an improved library.
The Jewish community in Winston-Salem today carries on its over-a-century old traditions. In 2007, Temple Emanuel celebrated its 75th anniversary with 250 member families and 160 students in its religious school. Temple Emanuel provides the city's continued demand for Jewish spiritual guidance. But the history of the Jewish community in Winston-Salem is more defined by individual and collective efforts of the men and women who have made a home in the city. The sustainability of this community is a testament to the dedication of prior generations of Jewish-Americans who helped make Winston-Salem the city it is today.


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Ahead of the opening of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit at the UN in New York City, General Assembly delegates gathered today for a dialogue with bilateral donors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), First Ladies, youth leaders and the private sector on how to secure the resources and political will needed to achieve the MDGs—with specific focus on delivering solutions for women, girls and babies.
The event, Accelerating Action on the MDGs: Delivering for Girls, Women and Babies, was organized by the global advocacy organization Women Deliver, and co-sponsored by UNFPA, WHO, World Bank and UNAIDS. Speakers included Ms Graça Machel, renowned international advocate for women's and children's rights, Mr Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a managing director with the World Bank.
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The speakers presented compelling cases for the possibility of achieving the MDGs, if the world's leaders make the necessary resources available. With 110 million children not having access primary education—of which two thirds are girls—and women being disproportionally represented among the 1.4 billion people living below the poverty line, many of the MDGs seem far from attainable.
"This agenda will never succeed, if it remains only in the hands of us here in New York. It must be owned at the country level, by every head of state, every woman and every girl," said Ms Machel.
Yet, the AIDS movement has effectively demonstrated that achieving the MDGs is possible: countries such as Botswana and Namibia are close to reaching the goal of virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV; and, twenty-two of the most affected countries in sub-Saharan Africa have reduced new HIV infections by more than 25%. Key steps have been taken to stop and reverse the spread of HIV by 2015, as MDG 6 reads.
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According to Mr. Sidibé, it is clear that investing in one MDG will help achieve the others. "Where HIV is prevented, maternal mortality decreases. When a mother's life is saved; a newborn's life is usually saved. When girls are educated, poverty decreases." Mr Sidibé added that the AIDS response should be a bridge for joining health and development movements, such as maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health, and women's rights. "For me, it is clear: no progress on the MDGs without integration," he said.
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Gender: Male
Years in Practice: 37 Years
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Graduation Date: 1977
Hospital Affiliations: Mercy General Hospital, Sutter Medical Center Snta Rsa
Specialties: Otolaryngology
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