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Remembering ‘Aunt Bertie,’ the longest-serving Jewish staffer in White House history

Bertha Reynolds was born Bertha Hurwitz in Poland. (Courtesy of Shirley Thaler)Bertha Reynolds was born Bertha Hurwitz in Poland. (Courtesy of Shirley Thaler)

(JTA) — When Eleanor Roosevelt or Bess Truman sent a formal invitation to one particular White House staff member, they often addressed it in the customary form of days gone by: “To Mrs. William Reynolds,” the envelope would read. Mrs. Reynolds, a dark-haired beauty who handled presidential correspondence, lived… Read more »

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