The Shultz Family: Alpert- Beller-Epstein-Shultz
The Shultz Brothers -- Nat, Abe, Izzy, Morris, and Bernie -- used to own and run Standard Paper Corp., across the street from where Harold worked for NYC for 32 years. Here's Izzy at work at the factory, where Pace University is now.
My own name isn’t my name. Shultz – not my name! My father was 12 years old when he came over here. He worked on the deck of a ship that came from the Ukraine. And somebody at Ellis Island tells him “Shultz, now that’s a good American name.” Shultz. . .So Shultz, that’s also my name. Names are fluid things. And people are fluid things. And nations too. And years too.” - from Roosevelt Island by Rajiv Joseph, as performed by Alvin Epstein, filmed by Hal Hartley in My America
Beller cousins at the 1941 bar mitzvah of Carl Freedland, captioned by family historian Emil Schafer
The Alpert-Epstein-Shultz family is related through Harold's paternal grandfather, and The Bellers through his paternal grandmother. He has computerized and updated the genealogical research conducted by Belle Sewelson and Eddie Tanenbaum. We followed up on the much more completist research of Emil Schafer, and were able to integrate with his archive, courtesy of his daughters Fay and Susie, and the assistance of our nephew Boaz Levy.
We encourage family members to keep connected on our FaceBook Family Group. Cousins: to get a copy of the ship manifest that includes Harold's grandmother Zelda Beller Shultz coming to the U.S. in 1901 with her mother Bella Beller and her young sons Nehemia (Nat) (Nat Shultz’s namesake) and Abraham (Avi Shultz’s namesake) or to contribute information or to get a copy of the tree, contact him at harold.shultz@gmail.com.
Here's some Shultz cousins' activities and connections to their websites – please let us know of more links and news:
Frank Rich (a Beller) now writes a column for New York Magazine and is a producer of the Emmy-winning series Veep and Succession.
Nathaniel Rich (a Beller) is a book and magazine writer, including The New York Times Magazine.
Simon Rich (a Beller) is a book and TV writer, including creating the comedy series Man Seeking Woman, and Miracle Workers.
Emil Schafer had a letter to the editor in the August 28th, 2003 Los Angeles Times:
Re "Attack on U.N. Will Fuel the Suffering of Middle East," Commentary, Aug. 24: Bouthaina Shaaban suggests that, with the killing of the United Nations chief envoy to Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, in Baghdad, the region has lost a champion of peace and caused the suffering of the Middle East to increase, yet she forgets that her country, Syria, has been in a state of war with its neighbor Israel since 1948. Israel was created by the decision of the members of the U.N. to partition the British mandate of Palestine into two areas, due to the conflicting claims of Muslims and Jews. Syria, together with other Arab countries, immediately attacked the decision of the U.N. and attempted to destroy the nascent state of Israel. Shaaban says that the "inferno in the Middle East could easily spread because of the injustices to which [Arabs or Muslims] are subjected and because of using power instead of understanding and resolve to deal with murky issues." Which injustices?
Syria and other Arab countries have used power and war to try to achieve their goal: the destruction of a state created by a vote of the U.N. They have attacked this U.N.-created country constantly since its creation. Where is the "understanding" to which she refers? Where is the Arab desire for peace? Regardless of cease-fires, barely observed treaties, etc., peace will come between Jews and Muslims only when the Muslims decide to live in peace with Israel.
Dave Sewelson (an Alpert) is a noted musician. A founding member of the Microscopic Quarter in the early 1980’s, they are still releasing albums and performing sets. Here's what The New York Times said about one of his jazz bands The Daves on December 23, 2005: At "FREEDOMLAND (Thursday) Boisterous, unscripted improvisation is the lingua franca of this collective, with the percussionist Dee Pop, the multi-reedist Daniel Carter, the saxophonist Dave Sewelson and the bassists William Parker and David Hofstra…" (Chinen)
Avi, Ben and Harold Shultz are updated at Mandel/Shultz Maven's Nest.
Drs. Mitchell Shultz is an opthamologist, taking over the practice of his father David.
Carl Weinberg (a Beller through his mother) is an internationally quoted economist from his High Frequency Economics newsletter.
Updated 6/19/2024
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