Downtown Jewish Chicago” SUNDAY, AUGUST 26 1:00 PM — 3:30 PM Meet in the Chicago Cultural Center Lobby • 78 East Washington Street Guide: Herbert Eiseman
Look to the rock from which you were hewn Vol. 36, No. 1, Spring 2012 Errors throughout the print edition corrected chicago jewish historical societ y here, August 29, 2012 chicago jewish history Rae Silverman: West Side Basketball Star ast year , in March, the Society Lreceived a donation of memor- abilia from the collection of the late Rae Silverman Levine Margolis. The collection was mailed to us from Omaha, Nebraska, by Rae’s daughter-in-law, Rayna Levine, the wife of Rae’s son, Daniel. Among the items were cut-out and wood-mounted photographs of Marshall High School basketball stars of the early 1940s—“Whitey” Siegel, Izzy Acker, Morry Kaplan, and Seymour “Chickie” Zomlefer. Rae’s first husband, Nathan “Boscoe” Levine, was a longtime JPI and ABC coach and gym teacher, as well as a gym teacher, coach, and JPI Girls’ Basketball Team (undated, 1920s). athletic director at Marshall. The Standing: far left, Rose Rodkin, manager; far right, Emil Gollubier, coach. photos might have been decorations, Kneeling: far left, Rose Olbur Winston. Seated: second from left, Gertrude Goldfein perhaps from a party in Boscoe’s Edelcup; third, Anna Goldstein; far right, Rae Silverman Levine Margolis. honor. (Boscoe, Lou Weintraub, Spertus Special Collections. Gift of Daniel U. and Rayna F. Levine. Continued on page 20 Mollie Alpiner Netcher Newbury: The Jewish Merchant Princess of State Street Conclusion of the report on “Jewish Merchant Princes of State Street,” the program presented by Herb Eiseman at our open meeting on April 2, 2011. ollie Alpiner was the knit underwear buyer at the Boston Store in 1891 M when she married her boss, Charles Netcher, owner of the store.
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