The sum of $81,000 is bequeathed in the will of the late Mrs. Carrie Guggenheim, who died recently in California, for equal distribution among nine charitable institutions in New York and California.
In addition, Mrs. Guggenheim left the sum of $25,000 to institutions for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
The nine institutions which benefit are: Hebrew Orphan Asylum; Babies Hospital; Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled; New York Association for the Blind; Montefiore Home and Hospital for Chronic Diseases, of New York; Anti-Vivisection Society, Crippled Children’s Guid; Salvation Army; Industrial Department, of Los Angeles and the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Hollywood.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
