temple bat yahm

Isidore Myers and his three siblings had a less-than-carefree childhood. Their parents, penniless immigrants, eked out a living early in the last century in Akron, Ohio, where their barely literate father painted houses. Although the family managed food and shelter, they scrambled for odd jobs like peddling papers so they too could to contribute something to the household.

From such hardscrabble beginnings, Myers nonetheless recently made a gift of more than $3 million to Newport Beach\’s Temple Bat Yahm, the largest single contribution in the synagogue\’s 31-year history. To honor the philanthropist and his late wife, the 7-acre site recently was renamed The Isidore C. Myers and Penny W. Myers Temple Bat Yahm Campus.