The Pride Of Judea children’s home offered an annual summer outing to the institution’s shore home in Long Beach, New York. (June 1953)
Between 1915 and 1958 Pride of Judea Children’s Home was home for over 10,000 children.
Chronology |
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| April 16, 1923 | Pride of Judea Orphan Home opens. |
| 1925 | P.S. 202 built and becomes elementary school to hundreds of Pride children. |
| 1930s | Name changed to Pride of Judea Children’s Home to acknowledge that many of the residents were not “orphans.” |
| 1937 | Third floor is added to accommodate the female residents. |
| 1943 | Bernard Scharp donates two homes in Long Beach, NY which provide the Home’s children with summer vacations. |
| 1959 | Pride of Judea Children’s Home closes. |
| 1960-1972 | Pride of Judea Mental Health Clinic (Center) opens and offers outpatient services. |
| 1972 | Center relocates to Douglaston, Queens and building closes. |
| Mid-1970s | Building is torn down. |
| 1985 | An alumni chapter of former PJCH residents is established and named in honor of the late Rose Nadler Schefer who lived in the Home for 16 years. |
| 1999 | Pride of Judea Mental Health Center becomes part of a division of the Jewish Board for Family Services. |
| 2000 | Center changes its name to Pride of Judea Community Services and offers outpatient services and programs for the population of Northeast Queens. |
I Don't Get It 
Those kids looked awfully happy to leave Brooklyn.
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Children’s home, as in orphanage?
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Yes, for Jewish children.
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I wonder when it closed?
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In June 1958 the remaining residents were placed elsewhere and the home closed.
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That’s some history. You find the most interesting things, Kerbey friend with the gorgeous new (?) avatar.
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Aw, thanks! Yep, that was Mother’s Day.
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Those striped shirts certainly must have been in vogue …..
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LOL
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