David L. Reich, MD, President of The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Queens, left, and Kenneth L. Davis, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mount Sinai Health System, and board members of Satmar Bikur Cholim, with the new plaque honoring the late Rebbetzin Alta Feige Teitelbaum.
Leaders from the Mount Sinai Health System and volunteers from the Satmar Bikur Cholim kosher food distribution network recently gathered in the Guggenheim Pavilion to donate a plaque in honor of the late Rebbetzin Alta Feige Teitelbaum, the woman who started the program more than 60 years ago. Each day, Mrs. Teitelbaum, the wife of Grand Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, the deceased founder of the Satmar Hassidic movement, would travel by subway to bring homemade kosher meals to patients at The Mount Sinai Hospital. Today, the organization provides meals to patients in hospitals throughout the New York Metropolitan area. The plaque honoring Mrs. Teitelbaum was unveiled at a special event organized by Satmar Bikur Cholim board member Susan Goldstein. It will hang in the kitchen on GP2W that serves as the organization’s central distribution point at The Mount Sinai Hospital and also provides hot kosher cereal and snacks for patients and visitors around the clock.