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ANNIVERSARY MILLER
KAHAN-GOLDSCHEIDER Diane and Murray Miller of Philadelphia
were honored at Reform Congregation
Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park on the
occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary
on Oct. 16.

Photo by Elliot Miller
Ruth z”l and Stephen H. Saks of Lansdale
announce the engagement of their grand-
daughter, Roni Kahan, to Yonah Goldscheider.

The parents are Amy z”l and Dr. Jeremy
Kahan of Jerusalem and Karen and Rabbi Aaron
Goldscheider of Jerusalem.

Roni received a B.A. in psychology from
Stern College of Yeshiva University. She is a bus
director for Girls Israel Volunteer Experience of
the National Council of Synagogue Youth and a
maker of sheitels.

Yonah is pursuing a B.A. in communications
and English literature at Bar-Ilan University.

A wedding in Israel is planned for early 2022.
Photo by Tovah Kahan
COMMUNITYBRIEFS Bucks County Rabbis and Cantors Council
Issues Statement About Recent Antisemitism
THE BUCKS COUNTY RABBIS and Cantors
Council issued a statement Oct. 28 denouncing
antisemitic language, threats of violence and racism
made in recent weeks against county school board
members, particularly the Pennsbury School District.

Pennsbury School Board President Christine
Toy-Dragoni has told the media that said she had
received threatening emails, social media messages
and cellphone messages because of the district’s
imposition of a mask mandate to combat the
pandemic. “If all of this wasn’t disgusting enough, several
e-mails my fellow board members have received
are violently antisemitic,” Toy-Dragoni said. “Many
messages, including the threat of rape against my
family members and me, were anti-immigrant. Other
messages were horrifically transphobic.”
Newsweek reported that Toy-Dragoni released
censored screenshots of messages that included the
phrases “Death to the Jew” and “Good men are
waking up to the Jew sickness.” Another message said
that she was “lucky” that parents did not “kill you and
your whole family.”
In response, the council issued a statement signed
by 11 members that, in part, reads:
“The threats of violence, racist language, and
antisemitic comments have no place in our commu-
nity or in our country. We, the leaders of the
Bucks County Jewish community, stand together to
condemn the threats of physical violence and hateful
language in the strongest terms.

“We call upon all members of our community to
condemn the threats of violence and to refrain from
the use of any language that may be considered racist,
homophobic, transphobic, and antisemitic. We plead
with elected school board members, elected officials,
and the community at large to return to the use of
civil discourse and to show respect for one another as
human beings ...

“Our children are watching and learning from
our words and our actions. We want our children to
debate the issues and respect the democratic process
passionately and respectfully without fear of violence
or bigoted attacks.”
A “Vigil to Unite Against Extremism, Hate &
Violence” was held Nov. 1 at the Garden of Reflection
in Yardley.

Don Waldman
Courtesy of Goldsteins’
Rosenberg’s-Raphael Sacks
died Sept. 22. He was 86.

A native of Philadelphia, he worked with his
father, brother and son in the heating oil business his
grandfather founded. He was a principal of Waldman
Oil, Stott Waldman and Duck Island Terminal,
which were wholesalers and distributors of petroleum
products. Waldman participated in several missions to Israel
and was active in the Abramson Center for Jewish
Life, JCC Central Board and the Jewish Federation
board of trustees. He was a member of Congregation
Jewish Community Contributor
Adath Jeshurun, served on its board of trustees and
endowed its Hebrew Arts Series. He also served as
Don Wolfe Waldman Dies at 86
Don Wolfe Waldman, who was active in multiple the president of the Jewish Community Centers of
Jewish community organizations throughout his life, Philadelphia. l
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