Beth Israel Hospital
Title
Beth Israel Hospital
Description
Beth Israel was started by the Daughters of Israel Hospital Association in 1900, and two years later Beth Israel Hospital was chartered. They began in a residence on West Kinney St. and High St. (now Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.). In 1928, they moved into their new hospital on Lyons Ave, a 12-story building which is still used today.
Date
1928
State
extant
Condition History
There have been many additions to the hospital over the years, including a three-level outpatient building which opened in 1994.
Bibliography
Cummings, Charles F. “From Humble Start, Jews Built Strong Institutions.” Knowing Newark: Selected Star-Ledger Columns. Newark Public Library, 2016, p. 55.
Cummings, Charles F. “’The Beth’ Wrote Medical History as it Grew from Obscurity to Fam.” Knowing Newark, 21 November 1996, http://knowingnewark.npl.org/the-beth-wrote-medical-history-as-it-grew-from-obscurity-to-fame/. Accessed 15 December 2016.
Helmreich, William B. The Enduring Community: The Jews of Newark and Metrowest. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1999, p. 92-93.
Collection
Citation
“Beth Israel Hospital,” DANA, accessed November 18, 2024, https://dana.njit.edu/items/show/139.
Item Relations
| This Item | Is Referenced By | Item: City with a venerable Jewish heritage |
Geolocation
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