I’ve had the pleasure of researching and beginning interviews for the first 11 inductees of the Jewish Community Center’s Hall of Fame.
All that I can say is thank God for these people. They include Jacob Blaustein, Shoshana Cardin, Jacob Epstein, Dr. Louis Kaplan, Zanvyl Krieger, Joseph Meyerhoff, I, Dr. Daniel Nathans, Dr. Solomon H. Snyder, Walter Sondheim, Jr., Dr. Bert Vogelstein and Abel Wolman.
There is no way to misunderstand why through the generations Baltimore is considered one of the greatest Jewish communities in the world.
A mere internet search of the people on this list will show that this community has provided the world with outstanding industrialists, philanthropists, educators and really when one gets down to it, leaders.
The JCC Hall of Fame, which will induct these 11 in June, is more than a recognition of achievement, it’s a real explanation of leadership. Some of us read book after book on leadership. I recommend strongly that you find out what you can from these 11, and you’ll know learn why we are who we are as a people here in Baltimore.
I honestly could not put down the information I read on many of these people. Their lives, their careers and contributions were “page turners.”