” get the times of israel 's daily edition by email and never miss our top stories free sign up “ julius rosenwald had a great impact on my life , and i did n’t even know it , ” said bethea , now a vice principal screenshot from the rosenwald documentary julius rosenwald stands with black american students who attended one of over 5,000 schools he built for african - american students in the 20th century .
it was a rosenwald school .
but it was n’t until this week , 50 years later , that bethea learned that his school was named for julius rosenwald , the jewish philanthropist who is the subject of a new documentary by aviva kempner .
so much so that rosenwald teamed up with washington , and
— w. e. b. dubois on julius rosenwald in this richly revealing biography of a major , but little - known , american businessman and philanthropist , peter ascoli brings to life a portrait of julius rosenwald , the man and his work .
a rosenwald school — named after julius rosenwald , a 20th - century jewish philanthropist who made his fortune by co - founding the department store we refer to today as sears .
the film tells the little - known story of rosenwald ’s contribution to african - american culture and education .
and philadelphia ( jta ) — alex bethea was one of some 70 people who attended a school called rosenwald .
he was also one of the early 20th century ’s notable philanthropists ....