On March 2, as Shabbat drew near, Rabbi Stephen Cohen, Hillel chaplain at University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), waited for the parents of Ruth and Albert Levy so he could say \”Kaddish\” and pray with them, as he has done for much of the past week.
Barry Anisman abramson died Sept. 30, at the age of 52. He is survived by his son, Adam; brother, Jon ; sister, Mary Lou Yharra; and stepfather, John May. Groman Mortuary.\n
Memorial Day weekend will be especially poignant for Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, a congregation with a tradition of honoring war veterans and members of the Jewish War Veterans (Department of California).
Strains of somber organ music resonated in the large sanctuary as the eight Holocaust survivors told their stories. As each spoke about horrors endured, loved ones lost and, ultimately, faith reclaimed, the congregation punctuated their speeches with murmurs of \”Thank You, Jesus.\”
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