Old-timers in Ostrolenka, Poland, found confirmation in their old belief that America is the “golden land,” when one of the boys who left the town forty years ago, returned to become the community’s benefactor.
Louis Goldstein, a prosperous hardware merchant, when called to the Torah in the synagogue of his native town, in making the customary contribution, exceeded al expectations of the congregants when he announced his gift of $11,000 toward the communal needs.
Five thousand dollars of the amount he designated as a fund for the Free Loan Society to be lent to small merchants without interest. One thousand was given for the repair of the cemetery wall and the rest for repairing the synagogue and the distribution of funds for Passover.
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