She was born in Frankfurt, Germany to Isaac Breuer, a noted German Rabbi, as Ursula (Sara) Breuer. In 1933, at the age of fourteen, she left Germany with her family for Palestine. She remained there with her father, to whom she was very close, until his death in Jerusalem in 1946, at the age of 63. Shortly thereafter, she emigrated to the United States, where she found a teaching position at a Jewish girls' school in Paterson, New Jersey.
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In 1950 she met and married Hermann Merkin, a German-Jewish businessman, who was twelve years her senior. They had six children and were married for almost fifty years until his death in 1999 at the age of 91. Ursula and Hermann Merkin sponsored the New York venue Merkin Concert Hall and were involved in a variety of Yeshiva University functions as well as with other Jewish philanthropies. They were also deeply devoted to Fifth Avenue Synagogue, of which Hermann Merkin was the founding President.
YBA On the Front, American Friends of Yeshivot Bnei Akiva, September 2006, p. 4
Daphne Merkin, She Contained Multitudes, The Jewish Daily Forward, July 28, 2006
Tim Boxer, RE'UTH - No need for compliments to honor Rabbi Sol Roth, 15 Minutes, Issue 33, February 2002
Masha Leon, The Power of the Pen, The Jewish Daily Forward, January 13, 2006
Paid Notice: Deaths MERKIN, URSULA - New York Times, July 24, 2006
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Paid Notice: Deaths MERKIN, URSULA - New York Times, July 24, 2006
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ursula, merkin, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, september, 2008, learn, when. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations September 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message Ursula Merkin 1919 2006 was a German born American philanthropist Contents 1 Life and career 2 Family and charitable causes 3 Writing career 4 Death 5 References 6 External linksLife and career editShe was born in Frankfurt Germany to Isaac Breuer a noted German Rabbi as Ursula Sara Breuer In 1933 at the age of fourteen she left Germany with her family for Palestine She remained there with her father to whom she was very close until his death in Jerusalem in 1946 at the age of 63 Shortly thereafter she emigrated to the United States where she found a teaching position at a Jewish girls school in Paterson New Jersey Family and charitable causes editIn 1950 she met and married Hermann Merkin a German Jewish businessman who was twelve years her senior They had six children and were married for almost fifty years until his death in 1999 at the age of 91 Ursula and Hermann Merkin sponsored the New York venue Merkin Concert Hall and were involved in a variety of Yeshiva University functions as well as with other Jewish philanthropies They were also deeply devoted to Fifth Avenue Synagogue of which Hermann Merkin was the founding President Ursula Breuer Merkin was a granddaughter of Solomon Breuer a great granddaughter of Samson Raphael Hirsch a great granddaughter of Eliezer Liepman Philip Prins and mother of writer Daphne Merkin and philanthropist J Ezra Merkin Her brothers were Jacob Breuer and Mordechai Breuer She was best known for her involvement with Reuth an Israeli charity for the elderly She maintained a strong tie to and a great love for the Holy Land until her death in 2006 She was known by most as Ullah Writing career editShe also wrote a novel Borrowed Lands which was published by Rubin Mass Ltd in 2000 in a second revised edition Death editShe died in New York City at the age of 86 after a bout with lung cancer References editPaid Notice Deaths MERKIN HERMANN New York Times March 10 1999 YU Today Yeshiva University Orientation 2006 Volume 11 No 1 p 6 YBA On the Front American Friends of Yeshivot Bnei Akiva September 2006 p 4 Daphne Merkin She Contained Multitudes The Jewish Daily Forward July 28 2006 Tim Boxer RE UTH No need for compliments to honor Rabbi Sol Roth 15 Minutes Issue 33 February 2002 Masha Leon The Power of the Pen The Jewish Daily Forward January 13 2006 Paid Notice Deaths MERKIN URSULA New York Times July 24 2006External links editPaid Notice Deaths MERKIN URSULA New York Times July 24 2006 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ursula Merkin amp oldid 1178679638, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
