Jewish Tuberculosis Sanatorium of New England (Rutland, Mass.) Records

The Jewish Tuberculosis Sanatorium of New England was founded and chartered in 1927 by Bella Doxer, Dora Lukatch, Eva Blender, and Fannie Bocholtz. A facility in Rutland was dedicated in 1936. It had a number of specialists and physicians, along with a dental clinic, x-ray machines, and breathing machines. Dr. Moses J. Stone, who worked with the sanatorium for 16 years until his death in 1952, served as its first chief of staff. The facility promoted a Jewish environment and served kosher food, but was non-sectarian and open to all. Funding was mainly provided by members and donations, with minimal charges to patients.

The sanatorium looked into opening a facility in Boston and changed its name to the New England Sinai Hospital in 1952. That year, it purchased land at 215 Forest Hills Street in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood and began a campaign to raise $500,000 to renovate the building into a new hospital. The new facility opened in 1955. In 1976, the New England Sinai Hospital moved to Stoughton, Massachusetts, where it operated as a post-acute care facility for those recovering from serious illness. In 2012 the hospital was purchased by the Steward Health Care System and added to the Steward network of hospitals.

1927

The Jewish Tuberculosis Sanatorium of New England is founded.

1936

The organization opens its facility in Rutland.

1952

The organization buys land at 215 Forest Hills Street in Boston.

The organization changes its name to the New England Sinai Hospital.

1954

The organization moves to its building in Boston.

1976

The organization moves to Stoughton.