An Orphan In New York City [Hardcover]

Seymour Siegel (Author), Laura, Ph.D. Edwards (Author), Laura Edwards (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 9, 2000

An Orphan in New York City is about survival. When immigrant parents died or could no longer financially or emotionally support their children, benevolent Jews came to the rescue. This is the story of life at the Hebrew Orphan Asylum with a thousand brothers and sisters during the Great Depression.

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About the Author

Dr. Seymour Siegel is a licensed Clinical Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist. He has received diplomate status in clinical social work, professional psychotherapy, and clinical hypnotherapy. His forty-year career includes twenty years as Executive Director of Jewish and Family Services in Southern New Jersey, co-founding a transitional residency service for individuals with mental illness, and serving on the NJ Board of Marriage Counselor Examiners. He has taught at Rutgers and made presentations to varied groups at varied times. He has appeared on radio and television talk shows and initiated and facilitated a men's group on "The Wounding and Healing of Men." For his own healing, Dr. Siegel has written a book about his decade during the depression years in the Hebrew Orphan Asylum in New York City.

Dr. Siegel is father of five children, a racquetball competitor, and enjoys theater, classical music, and all forms of exercise.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 520 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corp; 1st edition (June 9, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738814741
• ISBN-13: 978-0738814742
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,058,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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