The Forward, in collaboration with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Jewish media outlets around the world, is sharing obituaries of people in the Jewish community who have died from the coronavirus or ensuing complications. Do you know someone who has…
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News Nola Schwartz, 85, Fine Jewelry Buyer Who Enjoyed Treating Her Loved Ones
(JTA) — (Jewish Exponent via JTA) — Nola Schwartz, a businesswoman, enjoyed treating her loved ones to Broadway shows and fancy meals in New York. “We always had these amazing days or weekends, and they were always at the most ridiculous restaurants that cost at least $100 per person,” niece Susan Byck said. “Everything was…
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News Richard Aronson, 94, Founded A Nonexclusive Country Club For Middle-Class Families
(JTA) — (Jewish Exponent via JTA) — Richard Aronson was a World War II veteran who helped build the old Liberty Bell Pavilion, which stood from 1976 to 2003, while working at the Jack Casper bricklaying company. The “Today” show aired a tribute to Aronson on June 7, the 76th anniversary of D-Day. He was…
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News Avraham MacConnell, 72, Philadelphia Police Officer Who Went Undercover To Stop Child Abuse
(JTA) — (Jewish Exponent via JTA) — Avraham MacConnell served in the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1969 and became a Philadelphia police officer when he returned from military service. He worked as a detective in the sex crimes unit of the Juvenile Aid Division and received a commendation for going undercover to expose a…
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News Popular Ukrainian Mayor Gennady Kernes Survived A Sniper Attack But Succumbed To COVID
(JTA) — Gennady Kernes, a beloved Ukrainian-Jewish mayor who once narrowly survived a gunman’s attempt on his life, has died of the COVID-19 virus in Germany. He was 61. Kernes, who had served as the mayor of the city of Kharkiv since 2010, died Wednesday in Germany, where he had been comatose in a hospital…
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News Suzanne Tauber, 79, Avid Reader And Beloved Grandmother
(JTA) — Suzanne Tauber smoked her last cigarette on the day her daughter told her she was pregnant. After hearing the news that she was going to be a grandmother, she decided to give up her long-time habit permanently. Her daughter, Stacy Meisel, remembers the moment like it was yesterday. It was 1993 and her…
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News On TikTok, on the pulpit and in legal rulings, rabbis tell congregants: get vaccinated
The TikTok video of Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld receiving a shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine isn’t racking up Cardi B numbers, but it has reached an impressive 400,000 views. “I saw an advertisement that they were looking for people for their clinical trial,” Rabbi Herzfeld, 46, said. “I am not a doctor or a nurse,…
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Community This Hanukkah, we have to embrace both darkness and light
It has been one of most traumatic weeks in the history of our country. Celebrating and singing Hanukkah songs seems somewhat of a farce when ICUs are nearly full; mental health clinics overrun from those suffering with anxiety and suicidal ideation. This is the first time in which embracing the light has been difficult and…
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News Theodore Mann, 92, Former Chairman Of Presidents Conference And Early Critic Of Israeli Occupation
(JTA) — Theodore Mann, a Philadelphia lawyer who led several major Jewish organizations and was an early critic of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, died of the coronavirus. Mann died Dec. 12 in Philadelphia, the The Washington Post reported. A daughter told the paper that the cause was COVID-19. Mann was 92. Mann was…
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