Thanks for your reply. I wrote the article about the Home for the HNOH web page. Looking for more information. Arlene ----- Original Message ----- From: <Soyamaven@aol.com> To: <NYQUEENS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 8:11 PM Subject: [QUEENS] Convalescent Home > > On 4/20/05 (5:47:18 PM MDT), Arlene Dunkum (adunkum@adelphia.net) asked, > > "My father was in the Convalescent Home for Hebrew Children in 1928. I > thought the home was gone but have recently found that it is now the St. > John's > Home for Delinquent Boys in Rockaway Park. It is on Beach 111th Street. > > Does anyone have knowledge of this home, either in the past or present? > Does > anyone live near it that could take a picture for me? I would love to > have > more information about this place." > > > If you haven't already done so, you might want to check out the Hebrew > National Orphan Home, it's an excellent site for all Jewish orphanages int > he U.S.: > > eMail: HNOHalumni@aol.com > > http://www.hnoh.com/ > > > Good luck. > > Wishing all a ziessen Pesach (sweet Passover)*, > > Walter Greenspan > > * The 8-day Biblical Festival of Passover begins on the 15th day of the > month > of Nissan (that's the Babylonian 'Nissan', not the Japanese 'Nissan'), > which > this year occurs at sunset on Saturday, April 23 on the civil calendar. > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >