C ommunity / mazel tovs
B I RTHDAY
B I RT H
LORI PAIKIN
ZACHARY NOAH ROIG
Lillian Paikin of Jenkintown
turned 105 years old on July 14.

She enjoys spending time
with her grandchildren and
great-grandchildren, and
even does the books for her
grandson’s car business, Frank
Paikin Auto. Her motto is not
to worry — because worrying
causes wrinkles. Happy
birthday to the remarkable
“Mama Lily.”
Jill (née Weinstein) and Jonathan
Roig and brother Asher announce the
birth of Zachary Noah on March 30 in
Scottsdale, Arizona.

Sharing in their joy are grandparents
Lana and Robert Weinstein of Colmar;
Bobbie Berkman of Walnut Creek,
California; and Randy Roig and Ellen
Sampson of Oakland, California.

Zachary was given the Hebrew name
of Zev Raphael in loving memory of his
great-grandparents, Ronald and Rosalie
Diamond. Courtesy of the Paikin family
Photo by Jacada Photography
COMMUNITYBRIEFS Two Local Men Named to Coaching Staff for
21st Maccabiah Games in 2022
PHILADELPHIANS JESSE KITZEN-ABELSON and
Evan Eigner were named to the coaching staff of the 21st
Maccabiah Games slated for Israel next summer.

Kitzen-Abelson was named head coach for the
men’s gymnastics team (open division), while Eigner
was named to the same post for the women’s gymnas-
tics team (open division). For both coaches, this is
their first time representing Team USA.

Kitzen-Abelson is the head coach for the Temple
University men’s gymnastics team. He is a member of
USA Gymnastics, the College Gymnastics Association
and the Gymnastics Association of College Teams.

“Being Jewish and competing for our country
in the sport we have dedicated our lives to is such
a unique opportunity,” he said. “It defines us as
humans. We are Jewish athletes and professionals
coming together for sport.”
Eigner is the assistant coach of men’s gymnastics
at the U.S. Military Academy. He is a member of the
College Gymnastics Association and USA Gymnastics.

His father, Fred Turoff, was a participant and coach
in the Maccabiah Games and is a member of the
Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

“The Maccabiah Games is one of the greatest and
most meaningful sports in the world,” he said.

The first Maccabiah was held in 1932 in Ramat
Gan; 390 athletes participated. By 2017, the games
grew to include nearly 10,000 Jewish athletes from
more than 75 countries competing in 40 sports. That
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Jesse Kitzen-Abelson
Evan Eigner
Courtesy of Maccabi USA
made it the world’s third-largest international multi-
Conditions at the cemetery at 8400 Lansdowne
sport event, behind only the Olympics and the FIFA Ave. have drawn complaints in recent years. Multiple
World Cup. The Maccabi USA delegation in 2017 people have complained about overgrown vegetation
totaled 1,131 members.

and damaged headstones.

In a Jan. 7 Jewish Exponent article, cemetery
July 17 Cleanup Planned at Har Jehuda
President Larry Moskowitz acknowledged the
in Upper Darby is Postponed
problem and said changing economics make running
A cleanup of Har Jehuda Cemetery in Upper Darby a cemetery increasingly difficult.

that was slated for July 17 was postponed, State Rep.

The 30-acre cemetery, which was founded in 1896,
Mike Zabel (D-163) announced.

holds 20,000 graves. l
A new date wasn’t announced.

— Compiled by Andy Gotlieb l
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