Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children

Abstract Fannie Eller was born in Geishen, Russia, in 1881. She and her family immigrated to America when Fannie was a teenager and moved to the West Colfax area of Denver in 1896. She married Jacob Lorber and became interested in the plight of "tb orphans." In 1907, Fannie Lorber, Bessie Willems, and some other eastern European women founded the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children to care for children of Jewish tb patients at the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives and at the Jewish...

Abstract

Narrated color orientation film with optical audio depicting the role of the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children (JNHAC) in the care for asthmatic youth. The closing credits name the cast members of the film as Jimmy Bath, Miriam Porter, Irving Atkins, C.B. Ford, and children of the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children. A production of the University of Denver Communications Center.