Our Wedding

We were married on September 12, 1948, a hot, muggy day , at the Beth Jacob synagogue at Park Heights and Manhattan Avenue. At that time Beth Jacob consisted of a non air conditioned building which later became the gymnasium. It was so hot that the Chupah was moved out of doors to the lawn where the Beth Jacob sign now stands. The two fathers arranged the wedding; we were 21 and 23 years of age; what did we know? After we were pronounced man and wife, the rabbi, Uri Miller, said to us, “P’roo, oorvoo, oomeloo ess ha’aretz, be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” Well, we sure as hell tried, didn’t we?

My Father sang a song ‘Did You Ever go Fishin’ on a Hot Summer’s Day” to his grandchildren (my children) and I sang it to my grandchildren and great-grandchildren. I sang it to Jacob when we were in Baltimore for Rosh Hashanah last September. Perhaps Jacob will sing it to his grandchildren and great- grandchildren.