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PHOEBE ROSE AND MILLIE RUTH KLINGHOFFER
Wendy and Neil Klinghoffer of Huntingdon
Valley announce the birth of their identical
twin granddaughters, Phoebe Rose and Millie
Ruth Klinghoffer, on Dec. 1, 2020.

Sharing in their joy are parents Alexandra
Neophytou and Scott Klinghoffer, sisters Zoe
and Nora, Aunt Abbie and Uncle Kenny, and
cousin Charlie.

Photo by Alexandra Neophytou
J E W I S H E X P O N E N T . C O M /
S U B M I T - M A Z E L - T O V
COMMUNITYBRIEFS Abramson Senior Care Appoints First
Female Board Chair
ABRAMSON SENIOR CARE named Lorraine
Drobny as the first female in its 155-year history to
serve as chair of its board of trustees.

After serving as board vice chair (2012-2019) and
first vice chair (2019-2020), Drobny stepped into the
role of chair in October.

Drobny succeeds Howard Davis as board of
trustees chair.

“This type of confident leadership doesn’t come just
from stellar professional experience, which Lorraine
certainly has,” said Carol Irvine, president and CEO of
Abramson Senior Care. “It comes from deep, unparal-
leled passion born of her personal experience finding
someone to entrust with the care of her own father and
finding herself being cared for in the process.”
Aside from her roles at Abramson Senior Care,
Drobny is a member of the board of trustees and
women’s philanthropy for the Jewish Federation of
Greater Philadelphia and past president of Hakol
Group for Hadassah. Outside of her volunteerism, she
is a principal at Stumar Investigations.

OROT Annual Event Slated for Feb. 20
OROT, which works to ensure that special needs
children enrolled in Jewish day school can remain in
their schools, with their peers and engaged in their
communities, will host its annual gala virtually at 7
p.m. on Feb. 20.

This year’s honoree is Perri Specter, a 2007 OROT
alumna, who started with OROT in the third grade,
graduated from Perelman Jewish Day School and
the Delaware Valley Friends School, then studied
illustration at the Ringling College of Art and Design
in Sarasota, Florida. She now works full time as a
graphic designer for the law firm Pond Lehocky
Giordano. Five program alumni graduating high school
this year — Michael Andelman, Olivia Collis,
Lily Rabinowitz, Brenen Grossman and Raphael
Shmulevich — also will be recognized during the
event. Teachers, current students and board Chair Chavi
Schwarzbaum are slated to speak.

OROT was founded in 1999 and today has about
50 students in area schools.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021
NMAJH to Host North African Jewish Music
Presentation The National Museum of American Jewish History
will host a free presentation of North African Jewish
music on Feb. 17.

Throughout the first half of the 20th century,
Jewish vocalists and instrumentalists played
an outsized role in the production of music in
Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia — a region known
as The Maghreb.

Historian Christopher Silver will provide a musical
tour of the North African Jewish past through sounds
both traditional and popular by drawing on rare
shellac records from his personal archive.

The presentation will be followed by an audience
question-and-answer session.

The public may tune in online for free, with a $10
suggested donation.

Visit nmajh.org/virtual-museum for details. l
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DEATH NOTICES
DIAMOND GOLDBERG
Dr. Herbert Diamond, 98, passed away in
Bryn Mawr on January 31, 2021 after a fall
and rapid decline. He was predeceased by his
loving wife, Charlotte (2007) and his later-in-
life love, Shirley Luber (2020). Dr. Diamond
is survived by his immediate family, Lenore
and Dr. Stephen Robins, Meg Diamond, Dr.

Steven Diamond, Dr. Diane Lichtenstein and
his granddaughters, Dr. Rachel Diamond and
her fiancé Josh Sandler, Paula Diamond and
Cara Robins. Dr. Diamond was a graduate of
both The University of Pennsylvania and its
School of Medicine and spent his life living
and working in the greater Philadelphia area.

He began his career at a time when anti-
psychotic medication first became available
and there was optimism that patients in state
mental hospitals could be transitioned into
community based psychiatric clinics. The
promise of independence for those with ma-
jor mental illness was on the horizon. Dr.

Diamond believed in this potential and spent
his career as Medical Director of the West
Philadelphia Community Mental Health Con-
sortium. He spent his retirement contribut-
ing to the community he lived in, Beaumont
at Bryn Mawr, through multiple volunteer po-
sitions as well as tending a garden to be as-
sured of a supply of summer fresh tomatoes.

He also travelled widely throughout his life,
enjoying many family adventures and nature
tours. A private burial is planned.

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Joan Els, a resident of Langhorne PA and
formerly of Rydal PA died peacefully on
January 27th at Chandler Hall Nursing home
in Newtown, PA. Born on October 25, 1932 in
Muncy PA, Joan was the daughter of Dr.

Sterling C. King and Cecelia C. King. A gradu-
ate of Jefferson Nursing School, Joan prac-
ticed as an RN at Jefferson and later as the
head of rehab at Rolling Hill Hospital in Elkins
Park, PA. Joan was a loving Wife, Mother,
Grandmother and Great-grandmother. She
was adored by friends and family as a warm
loving person with a big heart, a great sense
of humor and impeccable style. Joan is sur-
vived by her son Todd A. Gross of New York
City; Step Daughter Liz Lieberman of Park
City, Utah; Grandsons: Zachary and Dallas
Krum of Bensalem and great grandchildren,
Carter and Saylor Krum. In addition to her
parents, Joan was preceded in death by her
daughter Karen Krum and husband Wilbert
Els and siblings, Dorothy, Barbara and Ster-
ling. Donations may be made in lieu of
flowers to St. Jude Children's research hos-
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William Goldberg passed away peacefully on
January 26, 2021 after a 25 year battle with
Parkinson’s Disease. He was 82. Beloved
husband of Evelyn (nee Kallen) for 57 years.

Devoted father of David (Anne Marie) Gold-
berg and Becky (David) Shmukler. Devoted
zaydah of David Jr, Ilana, Ava, Jenna, Ben,
and Rachael. Loving great-zaydah of David,
Trey, and Kelly. Loving brother of Evelyn
Mendelsohn. Born in Paris, France to Erwin
Goldberg and Taube Gerstenhaber as they
were fleeing from Austria in 1938. He gradu-
ated from Central High School, class of 206
and Temple University for his Bachelors and
Masters Degrees plus 60. He taught English
at Frankford High School for 32 years and at
Northeast High School teaching English for
foreign born adults. He was active in the
formation of the Philadelphia Teacher’s Uni-
on. He was well read and enjoyed sharing his
many hundreds of books. His book discus-
sions highlighted his rich wit and charm. He
was a member of Mensa, Philadelphia Ethic-
al Society, B’nai Brith, Esperanto League of
North Philadelphia and a Chavurah. He en-
joyed flea markets, reading, playing his violin,
chess, and classical music. He was the violin
maestro of the orchestra at Central High
School. Graveside services will be private.

Contributions in his memory may be made to
Parkinson’s Foundation, Free Library of Phil-
adelphia, or the Ethical Society of Phil-
adelphia. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG'S
RAPHAEL-SACKS www.goldsteinsfuneral.com
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