Getting to Know Professor Morton M. Esterson
Spending a few hours with 92-year-old Baltimorean Morty Esterson in his home office, I gazed at the many plaques, trophies, proclamations, commendations, and citations adorning the walls of his office. Here is a man who has had a huge impact on the Jewish community as well as on the greater Baltimore community during his long and illustrious career. A master educator in Baltimore City Schools as well as Hebrew schools, he was also a pioneer of special education services, and has held many positions of leadership in Jewish education and community institutions and initiatives. Morty Esterson is simply a exceptional person to all who know and have worked with him. It is people like him who laid the foundation for frumkeit and chesed in Baltimore. Morty Esterson is totally genuine, a sincere and “ehrlich” mensch with an unassuming and delightfully upbeat personality.