Michael J. Weinstein, at The Blogs

Mar 25, 2022, 5:38 PM

As a financial advisor in New York for over 25 years, I always enjoyed learning history and especially tracing my family origins from Galicia under the Austrio-Hungarian Empire, Russia under the Pale of Settlement, and Ukraine. Like a lot...

Apr 30, 2020, 3:34 PM

Just How Prepared Was New York State?

On May 5th, I discovered this mind boggling statistic: Israel has a population of 8.6 million with 238 coronavirus deaths. New York City has a population of 8.4 million with over 13,724 coronavirus deaths. New Yorkers must question Dr. Howard...

Apr 28, 2020, 1:15 AM

My Journey to Holocaust Survivors and 180 NYC Synagogues

Congregation Shearith Israel in New York. (Courtesy)

It was the day after Yom Kippur in 2014. A financial advisor for over 20 years, just about fully recovered from the financial crises of a few years prior, I was looking to “give back” somehow, to make a...

Apr 22, 2020, 9:57 PM

Remembering Herman Graulich, Holocaust Survivor

Baruch Dayan Emet, we mourn the loss of Herman Graulich, Holocaust Survivor, of Brooklyn, NY. Herman was niftar on July 12th, 2019. As a Volunteer for Connect2, Friendly Visiting for Holocaust Survivors, I met over 20 Holocaust Survivors but...

Apr 17, 2020, 12:37 AM

Remembering Simon Goldsmith, Holocaust Survivor

Baruch Dayan Emet, we mourn the passing of Simon Goldsmith, Holocaust Survivor, of Brooklyn, NY. Simon was Niftar on April 2, 2020 (8 Nissan 5780). He was born in 1918 and the youngest of four sons of Moishe and Regina Goldsmith...

Apr 12, 2020, 8:18 PM

Remembering Rebecca Fried, Holocaust Survivor

Baruch Dayan Emet, we mourn the passing of Rifka "Rebecca" Weiss Fried, of Borough Park, Brooklyn. Mrs. Fried was niftar on April 1, 2020 (7 Nissan 5780). Mrs. Fried, a Holocaust Survivor, was born in 1928 in Brod, Czechoslovakia,...

About Me

Michael J. Weinstein, is a Director - Investments with Oppenheimer & Co. He has over 25 years of experience in financial services and for the past 5 years, serves as a Volunteer with Connect2 Friendly Visits for Holocaust Survivors, a project of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY.

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