A History of Jewish Connecticut: Mensches, Migrants and Mitzvahs by Betty N. Hoffman

Author:Betty N. Hoffman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: A History of Jewish Connecticut: Mensches, Migrants and Mitzvahs
ISBN: 9781614232445
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2011-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

DANBURY’S LAKE WAUBEEKA

Cindy Mindell

The Town That Jewish Firefighters Built

On September 1, 2002, members of the Lake Waubeeka community dedicated a garden to the “heroic efforts of the pioneer fire-fighters and their wives.” The memorial plaque reads: “In tribute to those members of Ner Tormid, the Jewish firemen of the City of New York who were the founders of Lake Waubeeka. They have left an indelible mark on the lives of this community. 1950.”

The founders were members of the Naer Tormid society, the Brotherhood of Jewish Firefighters, founded in 1925 in New York City. The name was the mistransliteration of the Hebrew ner tamid, “eternal flame,” by the original Fire Department of New York (FDNY) Jewish chaplain, Rabbi Edward Lissman, says society historian Steve Klein. In 1996, when Klein became the organization’s president, he corrected the spelling by filing an assumed name with the State of New York.

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