Presented by The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Judy Gilbert-Gould OF BLESSED MEMORY
I was born in 1934 prior to World War II and the founding of the State of Israel. The world was in turmoil and the fledgling Miami Jewish community was not organized and there was no central body to galvanize the community into action. One of my earliest memories is sitting on my father’s shoulders at the Coast Guard Station on the MacArthur Causeway, looking out at the lights of the ship, the St. Louis, as it was being turned away from our shores. Although I didn’t understand the significance at the time, I knew what was happening was important and that it greatly troubled my father. I remember him saying, “There are Jews on that ship.”
Judy’s mother, Martha Myers, installing her as President of the Greater Miami Section of the National Council of Jewish Women
I was born into a family where it was understood that each member had an obligation to make the world a better place in
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