Max Blumberg Explained

Max Blumberg
Birth Date:	April 16, 1880
Birth Place:	Lithuania
Occupation:	Businessman
Spouse:	Lena Gurian
Children:	6 including George Blumberg

Max Blumberg (April 16, 1880 – November 9, 1938) was a Lithuania-born American businessman and philanthropist.

Biography

Blumberg was born to a Jewish family in Lithuania and immigrated to the United States when he was 14 settling in New York City.^[1] He worked as a millworker and later started his own business as a lumber wholesaler. Blumberg served as President of the Bensonhurst Sash and Door Company, the Globe Exchange Bank, the Globe Financial Corporation, and the Farmers Title Guarantee and Mortgage Company; he was Vice President of the Philippine Button Company.

Blumberg was a prominent Jewish philanthropist. He founded the Jewish orphanage, Pride of Judea Children’s Home, in Williamsburg^[2] and the Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital in Brooklyn.^{[3] [4]}

Personal life

He was married to Lina Gurian (c. 1882–1966);^[5] they had six children including George Blumberg (d. 1960), who served in the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate;^{[6] [7]} Jack Blumberg (1910–1970) who took over the family's philanthropic activities;^[8] Elsie Blumberg Wolosoff who married homebuilder Leon Wolosoff;^[9] and William Blumberg who founded KF Lumber and Supply in Queens, New York.^[10] His granddaughter was Joan Wolosoff Wachtler, wife of Sol Wachtler, the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

Blumberg died in 1938.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Max Blumberg, 58, Donor to Charities; Retired Lumber and Millwork Dealer Is Stricken While Appealing for Funds; Founded Children's Home; Immigrant at 14, He Became a Leading Philanthropist in Brooklyn . The New York Times. November 10, 1938 .
2. Web site: Guide to the Pride of Judea Children's Home Records, undated, 1932-2013 (bulk 1933-1949) . American Jewish Historical Society. July 6, 2015 .
3. Book: Levitan. Tina. Islands of Compassion: a History of the Jewish Hospitals of New York. April 1988. Olympic Marketing Corp. 9997355784.
4. Book: Abelow, Samuel Philip . History of Brooklyn Jewry. 1937 . Scheba publishing Company. ....some Wealthy Jews, among whom was the great philanthropist, Max Blumberg.....
5. News: Mrs. Lena Gurian Blumberg, vice president of the Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital in Brooklyn, died Saturday night in Mount Sinai Hospital after a short illness. She was 84 years old. The New York Times. October 10, 1966 .
6. https://www.nytimes.com/1960/01/19/archives/george-blumberg-of-oil-firm-dies-head-of-coastline-fuel-in-flushing.html Goeorge Blumberg of Oil Firm Dies; Head of Coastline Fuel in Flushing Was Former G.O.P. State Senator
7. https://books.google.com/books?ei=NafeUpvoDpLRkQfmt4HIDA&hl=pt-BR&id=j2_XAAAAMAAJ&dq=george+blumberg Who's Who in American Jewry
8. News: Jack M. Blumberg, founder and president of Fine Arts Lamps, Ltd., lamp manufacturers at 230 Fifth Avenue, died of a heart attack Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital. . The New York Times. May 2, 1970 .
9. Book: Wolfe, Linda. Double Life: The Shattering Affair between Chief Judge Sol Wachtler and Socialite Joy Silverman. Open Road Media. August 26, 2014. 9781497648869.
10. News: Ron. Marzlock . KF Lumber and Supply — a true family business . Queens Chronicle. May 5, 2016.