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Writings about Elias Jacobson

-2005-

June 2005-Gravesite,  Home of Peace Cemetery,  Imperial Avenue west of I-805, San Diego, Calif.

2005-12-12 Louis Rose Society Newsletter #13-American Jewish Committee salutes its presidents on LRS website

-2006-
January 2006—Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal, "From the Rabbi's Desk," The Shofar (monthly newsletter of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, San Diego, California), pages 3-4: A Mystery Solved: Our Earliest Living Member—After our congregation's Centennial Rededication Service in December, we discovered that our beloved friend, Anne Ratner, has been a member of Tifereth Israel Synagogue longer than anyone else!  Anne's family moved to San Diego in the 1920's, and was deeply involved in the early years of our congregation and its subsequent history. Anne and her beloved husband, Abraham of blessed memory, are long time supporters and champions of Tifereth Israel. Two small examples: our Torah School is named after Abraham Ratner and Anne founded our Sisterhood in her living room. Anne's kindness and generosity continue today. In addition to her generous support of Tifereth Israel and the Jewish community, she is also the sponsor of our "Abraham and Anne Ratner Scholar-in Residence Weekend." She also recently sponsored TICO's Centennial Concert, and just made an extremely generation to help us replace our Cohen Social Hall air conditioner. All of that...and our longest membership as well.  You will be able to read further details of Anne and her family's history, as well as those of our other founding families, in the Tifereth Israel Centennial Book that is being assembled by Laurie Gore and will be published in March.  We have found a "sixth generation" member of our congregation, Leah Fish, is the great-great-great granddaughter of Elias Jacobson, one of our founders. Also present at our rededication service, but not properly acknowledged, were other members of the Jacobson family. Elias's granddaughter, Audrey Kapelus and her husband Marvin, his great-granddaughter, Kathi Fish and her husband, Larry; his great-great-grandson, Cory fish, and his wife, Pamela.  Cory and Pamela are currently members of Tifereth Israel and their daughter Leah attends our Silverman Preschool!