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AUGUST 23, 2024
PLAQUE PARTY! WERE YOU A MT. SINAI DONOR? We may have plaques recognizing your generosity that we would like to return to you. If you or your family members dedicated facilities at The Mt. Sinai Medical Center when it was owned and operated by the Jewish community (1903-1996), we may have plaques recognizing your generosity that we would like to return to you. The Mt. Sinai Health Foundation, successor to Mt. Sinai Medical Center, will be holding a PLAQUE PARTY on Sunday Afternoon, October 6, 2024, 1:00 to 4:00 pm, at the Jewish Federation Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Building, 25701 Science Park Drive, Beachwood. If you see your name or names of loved ones listed on the following pages, and wish to attend the event and receive your family’s plaque, please RSVP to Events@mtsinaifoundation.org. Please include the names of your family’s plaques and your relationship (donor, descendant, etc.), as well as any questions you may have and Mt. Sinai staff will get back to you. Scott M. Simon and Jeanne Tobin
Ira C. Kaplan
Mt. Sinai Foundation Directors Co-Chairs, Mt. Sinai Plaque Party 2024
Board Chair
Mitchell Balk President
Special Presentation: Book Talk Winds Over Jerusalem: The Story of Rae Landy, Pioneer Nurse of Hadassah By Debbi Perkul As part of the Mt. Sinai Plaque Party, Cleveland author Debbi Perkul will discuss her book about the life of Lt. Col. Rae Landy, member of the first graduating class of the Mt. Sinai School of Nursing in 1904. Recruited by Hadassah founder Henrietta Szold, Landy traveled to Palestine in January 1913 to start a district nursing program for the people of Jerusalem, many of whom suffered from malaria, typhoid, and dysentery. From two rented rooms at the edge of the Old City of Jerusalem, Landy launched a clinic and a nurses’ settlement house where young girls received training in nursing, first aid, and hygiene.
In 1918, Landy entered the United States Army Nursing Corps and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. She was on duty at the White House when President Calvin Coolidge’s son, Calvin Jr., died there on July 7, 1924. She is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Ms. Perkul’s talk will commence at 1:30 pm. Free and open to the community but reservations required (Events@mtsinaifoundation.org). Books will be given to the first 20 people who register. Additional books signed by the author will be available for purchase.