George Aaron died Sept. 16 at 63. Survived by wife Susan; son Samuel; daughter Alexandra Rembac; brother Ronald (Mozelle); sister Roslyn (Louis) La-Liberte. Mount Sinai
\”I want to thank him for teaching me how to ride a bike. And for watching Charlotte\’s Web with me over and over again.\” The granddaughter of the gentle man lying on a bier, shrouded in his tallit, began to weep.
Jewish leaders met with Pope Francis in Rome on the 50th anniversary of the Nostra Aetate, the declaration promulgated by Pope Paul VI that led to improved relations between Jews and Catholics.
Los Angeles real estate leader and philanthropist Fred Sands died on Oct. 23. He was serving as chairman of Vintage Real Estate, a company that purchased shopping malls in distress, at the time of his death, at 77. He sold his namesake company, Fred Sands Realtors, to Coldwell Banker, in 2000.
Some 5,000 Reform Jews will gather Nov. 4-8 in Orlando, Florida, for the biennial conference of the Union for Reform Judaism.
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