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Originally Posted by blueash
Say their names. These are real people. Real victims of real hate. Hate whipped up by claims that Jews are supporting an invasion of this country. Claims that Jews are using their $$$ to buy the election. This is as old as the Protocols of Zion and as new as the Speaker of the House. Hate speech has consequences. Whether it is Kristallnacht or Pittsburgh.
Say their names
Daniel Stein
Joyce Feinberg
Richard Gottfried
Rose Mallinger
Jerry Rabinowitz
Cecil Rosenthal
David Rosenthal
Bernice Simon
Sylvan Simon
Melvin Wax
Irving Younger
May their memory be for a blessing.
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Just a "face" to some of the names...
Cecil and David Rosenthal--54 and 59; developmentally disabled brothers who lived in a Jewish house for the disabled and worked, beloved at both places. Going to services was a highlight of their week. Their sister helped care for them.
Bernice and Sylvan Simon--married couple in late 80s who came in from a suburb for services.
Jerry Rabinowitz--66, my brother-in-law's friend, a physician of the "old school" who truly cared for his patients and gave a lot of care to those with AIDS.
Rose Mallinger--97, alive during the holocaust but not a holocaust survivor as previously reported. Vivacious, energetic, well known in the shopping district.
Joyce Feinberg--75, grew up in Toronto, researcher at Pitt until retiring. She came to the synagogue every day to pray for her husband, who died in 2016.
Richard Gottfried--65, a dentist who came in from a northern suburb. Known for serving non-insured and underinsured patients.
Melvin Wax--88, became hard of hearing, lived simply in an apartment building of elderly Jews, a community within the community, and loved watching the Pirates, win or lose.