Sophie Panzer
By Sophie Panzer
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Fast Forward Sally Hoberman, 89, fluent Yiddish speaker
(Jewish Exponent via JTA) — Sally Hoberman grew up speaking Yiddish with her grandparents, who emigrated from the Pale of Settlement, and remained fluent throughout her life. She was raised by her father and grandparents in West Philadelphia after her mother died when she was young. She graduated from Overbrook High School in 1947 and…
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News Alan Tripp, 103, Co-Created ‘Senior Song Book,’ An Album Of Original Songs At Age 102
(JTA) — (Jewish Exponent via JTA) — One year before his death, 102-year-old Alan Tripp received national media coverage for being the writer, broadcaster and marketer of “Senior Song Book,” an album of original songs, along with his writing partner Marvin Weisbord. The album was covered by CBS, NPR, The Washington Post and even “The Kelly Clarkson…
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News Edward Malinoff, 84, Logistics Manager For The Navy
(JTA) — (Jewish Exponent via JTA) — Edward Malinoff loved his music and his witty puns. He sang frequently and even sent a song he wrote to Billy Joel, who wrote back to say he only sang his own material. Malinoff remembered the lyrics to songs from old movies with great accuracy despite having dementia in his…
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News Mary Heller Cope, One Of The First Exchange Students To Germany After World War II
(JTA) — (Jewish Exponent via JTA) — Mary Heller Cope was passionate about public service and education — she considered them part of her Jewish heritage and identity. Cope, a longtime resident of Cheltenham in suburban Philadelphia, served on executive committees for local chapters of the League of Women Voters, American Cancer Society, American Field Service, Cheltenham…
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News Robert Pollack, 94, Scientist, Professor And Navy Veteran
(JTA) — (Jewish Exponent via JTA) —Robert Pollack was a scientist, author, Navy veteran and former chair of the department of biochemistry at Temple University’s School of Dentistry (now Kornberg School of Dentistry) who grew up speaking Yiddish at home with his immigrant Jewish parents in West Philadelphia. Pollack graduated from West Philadelphia High School and was…
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News Ronald Rosenthal, 88, Beloved Community Dentist
(JTA) — (Jewish Exponent via JTA) — Dr. Ronald Rosenthal was a dentist who practiced for more than 50 years, becoming so beloved by his patients that they often invited him and his wife to their weddings, bar mitzvahs and other simchas. “His friends became patients, and his patients became friends,” his wife, Pat, said. Rosenthal died…
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News Saul Victor, 82, Lead Singer In The Band He Founded
(JTA) — (Jewish Exponent via JTA) — Saul Victor owned Pearlstein’s Furniture in Philadelphia but loved to song, later becoming a professional lead singer in his own band, the Saul Victor Trio. “There wasn’t a bar or bat mitzvah, there was never a wedding or a friend’s simcha, that he wouldn’t get up with the band and…
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News Gilbert Liss, 91, OB-GYN Who Delivered Over 8,000 Babies
(JTA) — (Jewish Exponent via JTA) — Dr. Gilbert Liss was an OB-GYN with a practice in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He delivered more than 8,000 babies in his career. “When I close my eyes and think about my dad, I feel his genuine joy for seeing me, the hand squeeze or arm around me walking side by side,…
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