The New Jewish Home history

The organization was officially incorporated on March 13, 1866.

On May 24, 1870, it opened a home for elderly women in a ten-room house it had rented at 215 West 17th Street in Manhattan.

In 1872, the organization was re-incorporated as the Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews.

In 1879, administrators began coordinating with the B'nai B'rith service organization about the prospect of finding a plot of land to build a new facility.

The two organizations agreed to a partnership to build a new home in January 1880.

The new wing and a general expansion of the facility were completed in 1896, increasing the capacity to 300 residents.

The first Jewish Home was established in 1906 as part of our commitment to meet the needs of Milwaukee Jewry from birth through death.

Since its founding in 1917, the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York (now, the UJA-Federation of New York), has continually supported the work of the home.

A few years later in 1920, the home celebrated its 50th anniversary.

In 1921 Doctor Frederic D. Zeman, a Mount Sinai physician, developed the first patient-centered model of care at Jewish Home, where he also served as Medical Director for 45 years.

To address the shortage of institutional care for the aged, in 1948 Jewish Home became the country's first organization to provide home care for older adults helping them remain in their own homes for as long as possible.

The new addition was formally dedicated on September 27, 1950.

One of the most noteworthy events was the purchase of an apartment complex to house 30 residents, made possible by a generous donation from Regina Kaufer in 1951.

Around 1964, the home changed its name to the Jewish Home and Hospital for Aged.

A new facility—called the Friedman Building after former trustees Sol and Amelia G. Friedman—was completed on West 106th Street in November 1967.

The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970.

In 1978 Nita Corré, who began her service years before as a volunteer serving tea to residents, became Executive Director.

In 1983, under the direction of Leslie S. Libow (professor of geriatrics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the medical director at the Jewish Home), the country's first geriatric fellowship program was established.

In 1987, the Kingsbridge facility in the Bronx developed a program for aiding blind and vision-impaired individuals.

The Rubenstein Family Kosher Oasis opened in 1989 at the Jewish Home and Care Center as the only kosher restaurant in Milwaukee.

In 1991, the Sarah R. Neuman Nursing Home in Mamaroneck, New York was purchased by the Jewish Home and Hospital for Aged.

In 1992, our memory care unit opened as a state-of-the-art treatment center for residents afflicted with Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias.

In 1997, the Jewish Home's Bronx campus at Kingsbridge Road and University Avenue underwent a major expansion with support from the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York and a donation from the Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation of Baltimore.

In 2005, the Kenneth Gladstone Building, the second low-income senior housing facility constructed by the organization after the Riverdale House, was completed on University Avenue in the Bronx.

In 2006, to address the growing shortage of health care workers, Jewish Home established its Geriatrics Career Development (GCD) program.

An amended plan that called for a similar 20-story building on West 97th Street was approved by the New York Public Health and Health Planning Council's Committee on Establishment and Project Review in 2012.

A 72-unit assisted living residence (dubbed the "University Avenue Assisted Living Program") was opened in the Bronx in 2013.

In the fall of 2016, Jewish Home sold its skilled nursing facility at its University Heights campus in the Bronx to SentosaCare.

In June 2017, the organization signed a 20-year lease for modern office space at 1200 Waters Place in the Bronx adjacent to the Montefiore Hutchinson campus.