H eadlines
Loneliness and
Social Isolation’s
Impact on Aging
Wunderkind Isaac
Wall, who was known in
Yiddish as Isacle Voll
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“For a quarter century, he
was there every day — at 98,
99, until 100,” Ever said. “We
should all learn from him.”
In September 2017, Rodef
Shalom honored Wall’s 100th
birthday with a tribute dinner.

A Jewish Community Voice
article about the event quoted
synagogue leaders as saying
Wall was the first one at Rodef
Sholom each morning for
davening. His appearances grew infre-
quent his last couple years,
although congregants still
brought children to his apart-
ment to receive blessings and
prepare for religious life events,
Ever said.

“He welcomed his home to
several of my grandchildren,”
said Frank Gelb, a former Rodef
Shalom president, who knew of
Wall from his time growing
up in Har Zion’s original
Wynnefield neighborhood.

Congregant Raye Felder of
Ventnor said Wall had a great
sense of humor and enjoyed
puns, recalling a time when she
brought him a shankbone for
Passover from her hometown of
Pittsburgh, and he responded,
“Shank you very much.”
Joshua Wall said that when
his father got together with his
siblings, they’d speak to each
other with a pronounced Irish
brogue. Scheindlin said her
father was a great mimic and
did a spot-on Charlie Chaplin.

Wall had a large community
following and was often seen
walking the Atlantic City
boardwalk between his home
and the shul.

“When people saw him on
the boardwalk, they’d always
stop him,” she said.

Aside from his religious
singing, Wall was a fan of
many kinds of secular music,
including opera, big band,
Broadway musicals and even
the Beatles, Scheindlin said.

Unfortunately, he became
increasingly deaf in his final
years and could no longer
listen to music, although it
didn’t impact his singing.

In addition to his canto-
rial service, he was a founder
and past president of the
Cantors Assembly and a
fellow and founder of the
Cantors Institute at the Jewish
Theological Seminary. He also
taught music, liturgy and the
reading of the Torah for 20
years at Solomon Schechter
Day School (now Perelman
Jewish Day School), which he
helped found.

Wall’s wife, Sheva, died
in 2004. He is survived by
daughter Ahavia Scheindlin
(Lon Levin); sons Shalom
Wall (Kathy Conti) and Joshua
Wall (Kathleen Dougherty); a
sister, Florence Wall Gallop;
13 grandchildren; and 19
great-grandchildren. l
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