A daughter of Eastern European immigrants, living in Chicago, Harriette grew up at a time when it was uncommon to receive a traditional Jewish education. 

Nevertheless, when she married a Holocaust survivor, Shlomo Gershon Rubinstein, she immediately showed that she had the innate qualities of a true eishes chayil and began to build a traditional Jewish home.

Her home was always one which stood out for its love of family, Jewish tradition, and a sense of warmth from the “old country.” 

As a collective group of family members embraced an increasingly Jewish life of authentic Torah observance, Harriette reaped tremendous Yiddishe nachas. With a “Baruch Hashem” always on her lips, she connected to Yiddishkeit in every way she could, giving continuous genuine encouragement to everyone. Her signature “trademark” became her unwavering, absolute unconditional love of everyone. In a sense, she became everyone’s Bubbie. 

And one of her greatest joys was a Chasunah. 

It did not matter whose wedding; every simcha was her personal simcha and she relished every announcement of an engagement with pure joy. She delighted in attending every Chasunah as if the Kallah was her own granddaughter.

This love that Harriette had for every Kallah is her legacy. She started her married life with almost nothing. This organization is a fitting memorial to Harriette’s legacy and enables Kallahs in our community to have additional means to build a bayis ne’eman b’yisroel. 

She was always so thankful to Hashem for the beautiful Jewish family she was blessed with and she would be very happy to know her legacy is devoted towards helping these Kallahs start their own Jewish families with the proper amount of simcha. 

May the efforts and contributions on behalf of this organization be an aliyah for the neshama of Chana bas Yitzchak.