Harvey Blumenthal is a retired physician and emeritus professor of neurology at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa. During the Vietnam War he served two active duty years as a Navy doctor at U.S. Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, IL
Harvey Blumenthal
By Harvey Blumenthal
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Community The Life Affirming Gift Of Unapologetic Love
Roxanne was happily married to Benjamin Hart, a successful stock broker and a golfing buddy in my group of friends. Ben’s parents had escaped the Holocaust, and they had shortened their name from Hartstein when they arrived in America. Roxanne Hart had worked as a hair dresser before she married Ben, and although he made…
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Community A Holocaust Survivor’s Second Battle and a Dog Named Hexe
Sigmund Zlodak felt fine when he settled into his First Class seat on the 7 PM flight to St. Louis. Sig was the chief accountant for an investment firm in St. Louis; he had attended a two-day tax seminar in Denver, and he felt mentally fatigued after his close attention to the lectures on new…
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Community The Secrets of a Jewish Santa
In 1949 my father first began to play Santa Claus for the kindergarten class at Mason School in St. Louis. My dad, Paul Blumenthal, owned a nearby neighborhood pharmacy, Paul’s Drug Store, and he soon became well-known in South St. Louis for his animated Santa portrayals. Perhaps part of the allure was the fact that…
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