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earned a degree in accounting
from Temple University. After
college, he entered the Navy
and served as a lieutenant for
two years during the Korean
War. In 1953, he married
Hermine Betty Eisenberg.

He initially planned to
join his father in the family
business, Louis Bakery, but
decided to go to medical school
instead. He earned his M.D.

from Temple University School
of Medicine (now the Lewis
Katz School of Medicine at
Temple University), interned at
Philadelphia General Hospital
and served a residency at
Temple University Hospital. He
opened his OB-GYN practice
in Phoenixville and deliv-
ered more than 8,000 babies
throughout his career.

In addition to being on the
board and being a fundraising
chair for his synagogue,
Congregation B’nai Jacob, he
channeled his experience from
years in the family bakery to
bake challahs and haman-
taschen for fellow congregants.

Son Jon Liss said he was
inspired by his father’s work
ethic. As a child, people would
approach him to say how much
they appreciated his father’s care.

“When I close my eyes and
think about my dad, I feel his
genuine joy for seeing me, the
hand squeeze or arm around
me walking side by side, the
elation of watching him revel
in his grandchildren and the
beauty of the true love affair he
had with my mom,” daughter
Abbe Zuckerberg said in a
statement. Gilbert Liss
Courtesy of Jon Liss
speaking Yiddish at home with
his immigrant Jewish parents
in West Philadelphia.

He graduated from West
Philadelphia High School and was
drafted into the Navy Hospital
Corps during World War II. After
the war, he earned three degrees
in chemistry and bacteriology at
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
and Sciences (now University of
the Sciences). He married Lydia
Aureli in 1952.

Pollack earned a Ph.D. in
biochemistry and nutrition from
the University of Tennessee and
moved to Andorra with his
wife and daughters. He worked
for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture before becoming a
teacher and researcher at Temple
University, a job he loved and
kept for 25 years.

“He just always stayed so
involved,” daughter Janine
Shahinian said. “When he was
a professor he was on all these
committees, he was writing
grant proposals and doing
research.” He cared greatly
about his students and was
always happy to encounter
former pupils on the street.

Linda Pollack-Johnson said
her father stayed connected to
his family, including far-flung
relatives, until the end of his
life, when he was in isolation.

During the lockdown, he partic-
Robert Pollack
Dr. Robert Pollack died of ipated in a worldwide family
COVID-19 on Dec. 1 at Cathedral reunion on Zoom orchestrated
Village in Philadelphia. He was by his daughters. l
94. The scientist, author, Navy Ronald Rosenthal
veteran and former chair of the
Dr. Ronald Rosenthal
department of biochemistry died of pneumonia caused
at Temple University’s School by COVID-19 on Dec 31.

of Dentistry (now Kornberg He was 88 and lived in Artis
School of Dentistry) grew up Senior Living of Huntingdon
JEWISHEXPONENT.COM Ronald Rosenthal
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Valley due to his struggle with
dementia. A dentist who practiced for
more than 50 years, he gradu-
ated from Central High School,
Temple University and Temple
University School of Dentistry
(now Kornberg School of
Dentistry). He was beloved by
his community of patients, who
often invited him and his wife
Pat Rosenthal to their weddings,
bar mitzvahs and other simchas.

“His friends
became patients, and his patients
became friends,” she said.

He was a member of Golden
Slipper Club & Charities and
enjoyed hosting family around
his table for the Jewish holidays
at his home in Blue Bell. He
was particularly fond of Jewish
comfort foods like corned beef
sandwiches and matzah ball soup.

Pat Rosenthal said that
although he had a busy
practice, family was every-
thing to him, and the couple
traveled widely with their three
children in the United States,
Europe and the Caribbean. He
also was beloved by the kids in
their neighborhood.

“He was the fun guy on the
street. The kids would try the
doorbell and want to know if
Uncle Ronnie could come out
and play,” she said. “He was a
good father and loved being
a grandfather. That was really
special for him.”
Saul Victor
Courtesy of Beverly Victor
wedding or a friend’s simcha,
that he wouldn’t get up with the
band and sing Neil Diamond’s
‘Sweet Caroline.’ That was his
signature song, along with
Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way,’” wife
Beverly Victor said.

She said he was the ultimate
family man, and the family
was not just his children and
grandchildren. Nieces and
nephews considered him a
beloved second father figure.

People have reached out
to say they remember her
husband’s ability to listen.

“If you would meet Saul
today and have a conversation,
you would walk away knowing
that he heard everything you
said,” she said. “And then if you
met him a month or six months
from now, he would remind you
of that conversation, and what
he had learned from you.” l
City before his family eventually
settled in Philadelphia. After high
school, he helped his father in the
family paperhanging business
before starting his own, serving
in the Army and marrying his
high school sweetheart, Sybil
Schwartz (they later separated).

He was the owner of
Pearlstein’s Furniture and later
became a professional lead
singer in his own band, the
Saul Victor Trio.

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Saul Victor
Saul Victor died of compli-
cations of COVID-19 on Dec.

29. He was 82.

Victor was born in
Wilmington and spent his
younger years living in Atlantic
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