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Palliative Care Takes
on Added
Importance During
Pandemic JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF
DR. MARI SIEGEL FEELS fortunate to
be in palliative care, the fi eld of medicine
and health care dedicated to the mitiga-
tion of suff ering for patients with serious
illnesses. It makes her feel like she’s invited
into a holy space — a space that’s usually
only shared with a rabbi.

“People trust me with their secrets, with
their feelings, with their loved one’s care,”
said Siegel, a palliative care physician at
Temple University Hospital, and a member
of Adath Israel of the Main Line. “It really
does give me balance and fi ll my soul.”
In the last few months, Siegel’s work
has taken on a new element. Because the
COVID-19 pandemic has put dangerously
ill patients in isolation for months at a
time, their families unable to enter the
hospital, doctors like Siegel are fi nding
See Palliative, Page 14
Joe Biden supporters celebrate outside of City Hall on Nov. 7.

Photo by Gordon Cohen
Biden Supporters Detail
Roles in Election Triumph
JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF
AFTER ELECTION DAY, Jewish
Philadelphians who worked on behalf of Joe
Biden’s campaign marched and danced, but
most of all the they waited. And waited.

On the morning of Nov. 7, their
patience was rewarded: Biden became the
president-elect and gave a victory speech
that night in Wilmington, Delaware.

Pennsylvania has more than 430,000
Jewish residents, and many people played a
role in getting that vote out. Five residents
— and one non-resident, whose work this
election cycle focused heavily on the state’s
Jewish voters — spoke about what they
See Election, Page 15