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Harriet and Bert Soltoff of Warminster announce the birth of
their fourth great-grandchild, Alana Sari Abrams, who is named
for Bert’s mother, Anne Soltoff .

Th e parents are Erica and Jason Abrams, and Erica is the
daughter of Rich and Mindy Soltoff .

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COMMUNITYBRIEFS Temple Professor Trudy Moskowitz Dies at 93
LONGTIME TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Professor
of Foreign Language Teaching Gertrude “Trudy”
Moskowitz (née Rothenstein) of Bala Cynwyd died
Oct. 10. She was 93.

A native of Toledo,
Ohio, Moskowitz attended
Th e Ohio State University,
earning a bachelor’s
degree in 1949 and begin-
ning her career as a foreign
language teacher.

She moved
to Philadelphia to continue
her career and begin her
family. She earned her
master’s and doctorate
degrees in education
at Temple, becoming
one of the fi rst female
Trudy Moskowitz
Courtesy of the Moskowitz family
tenured full professors
of the era.

During her 35-year career at Temple, Moskowitz
published four books, including “Th e Foreign
Language Teacher Interacts” and “Caring and Sharing
in the Foreign Language Classroom: A Sourcebook
on Humanistic Techniques.” She also published 60
scholarly articles; delivered more than 200 presen-
tations and workshops in the U.S., Canada, Israel,
Mexico and Japan; and received the Educator of the
Year Award from the Pennsylvania State Modern
Language Association.

Her fi lmstrip “Don’t Smile Till Christmas: A Story
of Classroom Interaction” promoted relationships
and positive learning experiences.

Many family members have followed in her
footsteps as educators.

Moskowitz is survived by daughters Lynne (Steven)
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dren; and two great-grandchildren.

Einstein, Jeff erson Complete Merger
Jeff erson Health and Einstein Healthcare Network
announced on Oct. 4 the completion of the merger of
the two health systems.

By bringing together Jeff erson and Einstein —
which was founded in 1866 as Th e Jewish Hospital
— it “creates an integrated 18-hospital health system
focused on providing greater access to high-quality
patient care in our communities and delivering
outstanding health sciences education to tomor-
row’s health care professionals,” according to a news
release. With the addition of Einstein, Jeff erson Health
will host the largest number of residents and fellows
in the Greater Philadelphia region.

In addition, it will feature seven specialties that
are nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report;
two Level One and one Level Two trauma centers;
the largest midwifery and transplant programs in the
region; and 10 hospitals that have achieved Magnet
status for nursing excellence.

Th e merger also brings together MossRehab and
Magee Rehab, with nationally recognized brain
trauma and spinal cord injury programs.

Ken Levitan will remain as president and CEO of
Einstein while adding the role of executive vice presi-
dent at Jeff erson Health.

Einstein and Jeff erson next begin an integration
process for all services. Th e release said patient access
to care at Einstein and Jeff erson will remain uninter-
rupted throughout the process.

Joyce Sherman
Courtesy of the
Sherman family
Sherman graduated from Lower Merion High
School in 1939, went on to nursing school at the old
Jewish Hospital in Philadelphia and graduated from
there in 1942. She worked there until June of 1943
when she was recruited into the Army.

Aft er basic training at Aberdeen Proving Grounds,
Sherman was shipped overseas, where she was
stationed in West Africa, serving in Accra, Ghana,
and Dakkar, Senegal. She later served in a station
hospital in Cairo, Egypt. While in the service, she was
introduced to her late husband, Herbert.

Sherman was a longtime member of Fegelson
Young Feinberg Jewish War Veterans Post 697 in
Levittown. Sherman was interviewed by the Jewish Exponent
in 2020 for a story about disrepair at Har Nebo
Cemetery. She went to pay her respects to her parents
and found the gates closed and the grass high.

“From what we saw, the place is deplorable. Th e
WWII Army Nurse Joyce Sherman Dies at 100 grass is high, and it doesn’t seem to be taken care of,”
World War II Army nurse Joyce Sherman of Bensalem Sherman said. ●
died Oct. 5. She was 100.

— Compiled by Andy Gotlieb
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