Person:Ghity Amiel (1)

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Ghity Amiel
  1. Ghity Amiel1906 - 2002
m. 1928
  • HMax Stern1898 - 1982
  • WGhity Amiel1906 - 2002
m. 1950
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Name Ghity Amiel
Gender Female
Birth? 1906 Swinzian - Lithuania
Marriage 1928 to Nathan Lindenbaum
Immigration? 1940 Antwerp, Belguim
Marriage 1950 New York City, NY, USAto Max Stern
Death? 13 Jul 2002 Manhattan, New York, New York, USAat home

Mrs. Stern had been honorary chairman of the board of directors of Yeshiva University's Stern College for Women. Mrs. Stern was one of the founders of the Manhattan Day School. She was also a supporter of Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. She fled Hitler's forces and traveled to New York City with Mr. Lindenbaum and four children in 1940 from Antwerp, where her father, Moshe Avigdor Amiel, was chief rabbi before he became chief rabbi of Tel Aviv. She lived in New York City the rest of her life. Before being married to Max Stern she married to Nathan Lindenbaum in 1928. Mr. Lindenbaum died in 1946.