Yehuda Aryeh Glick and Chasida nee Weingrod

Mordechai Glick and Eta Lipkind: The roots of the Glick Family in Eretz Israel are planted in the 1870's with the immigration of Chaim Zvi and Malka nee Chaimson in 1870 and the birth of Mordechai Glick in 1878 in the Old City in Jerusalem. Malka ran a bread bakery in the Old City. (Note: The family name Glick is Malka's maiden name. Chaim Zvi, the grandfather and his brother adopted the name of their mother, Chaimson, so as to avoid being drafted into the Turkish army). Mordechai the boy, who grew up in the Old City of Jerusalem next to his uncle, Rabbi Gershon Glick (Malka's brother, and the owner of Teppeberg's winery) was greatly influenced by him. After his father Chaim Zvi passed away when he was still young, Gershon Glick 'adopted' him and taught him all about wine making. After Gershon left Israel to go the America, Mordechai was put in charge of his uncle's winery. Mordechai married Eta Lipkind who was born in 1878 in Minsk, Lithuania. At the age of 3 she came to Eretz Israel with her mother and two sisters. (Her father died in Lithuania). They joined their grandfather, Eliezer Lipkind, one of the founders of the Mishkenot Yisrael neighborhood (1880) outside the walls of the Old City. In 1897 Mordechai and Eta moved to Mazkeret Moshe and from there Mordechai went to run the winery. Before the outbreak of WWI Mordechai Glick decided to expand his business and export wine abroad. He took out some loans and sent the first shipment. The war broke out and the payment for the wine never arrived. The war worsened the financial condition of the business, cutting profits. Eta and Mordecahi decided to divide the store into two parts. In half the store Mordechai continued with the winemaking. In the other half, Eta took a loan and set up a bread bakery. The Glick family had to live sparingly in order to repay the loan. Later on the Glick family moved away from Mazkeret Moshe to the Mishkenot neighborhood. They lived in a house belonging to Eta's family. Despite the poverty in which they lived Eta placed a loaf of bread on the doorsteps of the poor families, every morning, saving them from hunger during the war. Mordechai and Eta had 5 children: Esther (Hershler) (1898); Yitzchak-Yaakov Glick (1901); Rachel (Karshinsky) (1904); Zviya (Chayut) (1909) and Yehuda Aryeh Glicj (1912). In the house they spoke Yiddish. Mordechai knew Hebrew. Eta knew Yiddish, Ladino and a little Arabic that she learned in the neighborhood. She did not know Hebrew. The eldest son, Itzchak-Yaakov worked in the Shirion paper factory in Jerusalem in his youth to help support the family. In 1928 Yitzchak Yaacov opened his own store on Hachavatzelet Street in Jerusalem. (The road used to be called Hasolel Street). Mordechai, his father, closed his wine store and went to work in his son's store. The younger brother, Yehuda, also worked in the store after completing his studies in the Mizrachi Teacher's Seminary. In 1933 Yehuda Aryeh was offered a part time job in Magdiel and he went to live there for three years. Yehuda Aryeh Glick & Chasidah nee Weingrod Yehudah Aryeh married Chassidah Weingrod (1936) and they moved to a rented apartment on Netzach Yisrael Street in Tel Aviv. The rest of the Glick family remained in Jerusalem. Rachel Tzelniker nee Weingrod also continued living in Jerusalem. Her twin sister, Chana Chabas moved to Tel Aviv and her brother, Yeshayahu Weibgrod also moved there. Yehuda Aryeh Glick taught in the religious girls school "Bilu". In 1957 he became principal of the Meiron school in the city. He worked there until his retirement. Yehudah Aryeh passed away in 2006 at the age of 94. Chassidah Weingrod Glick Chassidah was born in 1912 in the Knesset neighborhood in Jerusalem. Her parents were Rosa and Aharon Weingrod. Aharon married Rosa after the death of his first wife who was from the Brodky family. They had one son, Yeshayahu. Aharon and Rosa had 4 children: Twin girls- Chana and Rachel; Chassidah and a son, Shalom, who died when he was 5 years old. During WWII Aharon went to the United States to avoid being drafted into the Turkish army. Rosa stayed in Jerusalem with the children. Aharon got sick and died. Rosa sewed clothes to support her family. Chassidah studied at the religious girls school 'Evalena de Rothchild'. She was awarded a certificate of excellence for excelling in her studies. Later she worked as a secretary in a law office. After she married Yehuda Glick in 1936, she stopped working. Her mother, Rosa, moved in with them. In 1939 Yehuda Aryeh and Chassidah moved to their new house on Tzvi Bruk Street (the continuation of Bialik Street). In September 1940 the house was destroyed in the bombing of Tel Aviv by Italian planes. Rosa was in Jerusalem at her daughter Rachel's house at the time of the bombing. Two boarders were killed and Chassidah was injured. Chassidah and Aryeh had 3 children: Aharon (1938); Ruth (1941) and Arza (1951). Chassidah nee Weingrod passed away in 1964. She was 52 years old at the time of her death. This collection includes pictures of the Glick and Weingrod families starting in 1800 until the latter half of the 1900's. The pictures were taken in Sha'arei Chesed, Mishkenot and Bayit VeGan neighborhoods. There are also photographs of various sites around Israel from trips they took. The collection was given to the archives at Yad Ben-Zvi by Arza Verhaftig Glick, the daughter of Yehuda Aryeh and Chassidah. Read more