Today is the Yahrzeit of Nathan Straus, for whom the city of Netanya, founded in 1927 and the Jerusalem street, Rehov Straus (Chancellor Avenue during the British Mandate) were named after.Nathan Straus (Jan. 31, 1848 – Jan. 11, 1931) was an American merchant and philanthropist who owned two of New York City's biggest department stores, R.H. Macy & Company and Abraham & Straus before giving away most of his fortune to the Zionist cause. In 1912 a trip to then Palestine was to shape the rest of his life. He ended up staying in Israel while his brother Isidor and Isidor's wife headed back to New York aboard the Titanic and perished when it sank.
Feeling he had been spared by divine intervention he then devoted two-thirds of his fortune on Palestine.
Nathan Straus died on Jan. 11, 1931 in New York City.
Kosher Corner
Kosher products are available more easily than many people think, in fact most cereals are certified kosher by leading American Kosher agencies such as OK and OU. For example, the famous Arrowhead Mills Cereals are certified Kosher by the OK. There are many other kosher health food products available on the market. Now it's much easier to eat healthy than ever before thanks to the popular demand for kosher food, and of course, thanks to the kosher certification agencies.
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