ESTATE NOTICES
ESTATE NOTICES
Estate of HELEN REED; REED,
HELEN Deceased
Late of Philadelphia, PA.

LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
on the above estate have been
granted to the undersigned, who
request all persons having claims
or demands against the estate of
the decedent to make known the
same, and all persons indebted to
the decedent to make payment
without delay, to: Stephen J. Reed,
3141 Holly Road, Philadelphia, PA
19154, Executor.

Scott D. Bloom, Esq.

1033A Mill Creek Dr.

Feasterville, PA 19053
ESTATE OF ROBERT GERBER
PARKE a/k/a ROBERT G. PARKE,
DECEASED. Late of Philadelphia
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the
above Estate have been granted to
the undersigned, who request all
persons having claims or demands
against the estate of the decedent
to make known the same and all
persons indebted to the decedent
to make payment without delay to
ELIZABETH P. BROWN, EXEC-
UTRIX, 619 Maple St., Westfield,
NJ 07090-2420,
Or to her Attorney:
MARGERY J. SCHNEIDER
P.O. Box 260
Wynnewood, PA 19096
Estate of Jacqueline Carlucci-Sta-
ley; Carlucci-Staley, Jacqueline
Deceased Late of Philadelphia, PA.

LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
on the above estate have been
granted to the undersigned, who
request all persons having claims
or demands against the estate of
the decedent to make known the
same, and all persons indebted to
the decedent to make payment
without delay, to: Deborah A. Dun-
bar, 3246 Gaul St., Philadelphia, PA
19134, Executrix.

Edward J. Campanella, Esq.

477 West Valley Rd.

Wayne, PA 19087
ESTATE OF JAY KAUFFMAN a/k/a
JAY FREDRICK KAUFFMAN, DE-
CEASED. Late of Philadelphia
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the
above Estate have been granted to
the undersigned, who request all
persons having claims or demands
against the estate of the decedent
to make known the same and all
persons indebted to the decedent
to make payment without delay to
ANTHONY EARNEST KAUFFMAN,
EXECUTOR, c/o Roy Yaffe, Esq.,
One Commerce Square, 2005 Mar-
ket St., 16 th Fl., Philadelphia, PA
19103-7042, Or to his Attorney:
ROY YAFFE
GOULD YAFFE AND GOLDEN
One Commerce Square
2005 Market St., 16 th Fl.

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042
Estate of JoAnn R. Atkins; Atkins,
JoAnn R
Deceased Late of Philadelphia, PA.

LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
on the above estate have been
granted to the undersigned, who
request all persons having claims
or demands against the estate of
the decedent to make known the
same, and all persons indebted to
the decedent to make payment
without delay, to: Felicia V. Seab-
ron, c/o Ned Hark, Esq., Goldsmith
Hark & Hornak, PC, 7716 Castor
Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19152, Ad-
ministratrix. Goldsmith Hark & Hornak, PC
7716 Castor Ave.

Philadelphia, PA 19152
ESTATE OF LORETTA CLEM-
ENTINE JACKSON a/k/a LORETTA
C. JACKSON, DECEASED.

Late of Philadelphia
LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION on
the above Estate have been gran-
ted to the undersigned, who re-
quest all persons having claims or
demands against the estate of the
decedent to make known the same
and all persons indebted to the de-
cedent to make payment without
delay to DAVID V. BOGDAN, AD-
MINISTRATOR, 100 S. Broad St.,
Ste. 1520, Philadelphia, PA 19110,
Or to his Attorney:
DAVID V. BOGDAN
100 S. Broad St., Ste. 1520
Philadelphia, PA 19110
ESTATE of SARA C. SZCZEPANEK
Late of Collegeville Borough
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
Notice is hereby given that, in the
estate of the decedent set forth be-
low, the Register of Wills has gran-
ted letters of administration to the
persons named. All persons hav-
ing claims against said estate are
requested to make known the same
to them or their attorneys and all
persons indebted to said decedent
are requested to make payment
without delay to the administrators
named below.

MIRIAM SZCZEPANEK, STANLEY
SZCZEPANEK AND ANDREW
SZCZEPANEK, Co-Administrators
c/o Attorney:
Deborah Miller, Esq.

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on doing all it can to protect its
citizens from those who would
destroy them, and the state. Its
leaders prefer the enmity of critics to
tears of sympathy from allies.

But America has wavered in its
commitment to carry on a war that
doesn’t end. After 20 years, our
society grew weary of the conflict in
Afghanistan, not sure why we were
still there. Late in the game we came
to recognize the hubris in trying
to impose our values — noble as
democracy is — on a factional land
with its own very different culture.

Still, when the U.S. pulled out
Wolfson Continued from Page 15
documentary, but the guests he
brought with him.

Dominic Dupont, Williams’
nephew and documentary partner,
had been released recently following
two decades behind bars for murder.

He said he “treated prison like a
university,” attained counseling
qualifications and became an inspi-
ration to other prisoners in helping
turn around their lives.

Derrick Hamilton, who spent 27
years in jail for a crime he did not
commit, taught himself law while
inside and overturned his conviction
— and those of many of his wrong-
fully convicted fellow inmates.

Dana Rachlin, a young Jewish
woman and a frequent collaborator
with Williams, came along with a
dozen Black teenagers whom she
referred to as “her kids.” Rachlin
had founded a charity that worked
with kids at the schools in Brooklyn
with the highest school-to-prison
graduation rate. Her work sought to
break this pipeline and had achieved
remarkable success.

Awe and humility are my abiding
memories. A packed room of Jewish
students were thinking deeply about
what incarceration and freedom could
look like, and about how justice could
be structured around atonement for
crimes and self-improvement rather
than around punishment. Without
exception, the students who spoke
so hastily and ineffectively, we were
sickened to think of those left behind
— including thousands who risked
their lives to help our troops. The
fate that awaits nearly 40 million
Afghans at the hands of a brutal
regime is too painful to imagine.

Still, when a suicide bomber at
the Kabul airport gates killed 170
Afghans, including 13 courageous
young American soldiers, the
response in Washington was “we will
not forgive, we will not forget, we will
hunt you down.”
Those words seem to echo those of
President Bush 20 years ago.

In a moving Washington Post
opinion piece, Theodore Olsen, the
former U.S. solicitor general whose
wife was killed on 9/11, notes that
in pledging to pursue the terrorist
perpetrators in Kabul, “we have
come full circle.”
Are we truly prepared to honor the
thousands of Americans murdered
on 9/11 by stepping up our efforts
against the Taliban, ISIS and their
fellow haters of Big Satan and Little
Satan around the world?
It does not seem likely, when
Washington is considering diplo-
matic alternatives. Only when we
do, though, will those victims rest
in peace. l
to me afterward — none of whom
came from an activist background —
expressed how much they would be
bringing from the evening to their
seder tables.

Williams, Dupont, Hamilton and
Rachlin stayed on for dinner after
the event sharing stories, taking
pictures, answering questions.

Schmoozing. In addition to telling
their critically important stories,
they had also come to meet the
audience, hear their stories and
find common ground. A friend of
mine — a rabbi of an Orthodox
synagogue in the U.K. — saw my
Facebook posts about the event and
brought Hamilton and Rachlin to
speak to his community.

After the event, Williams said to
me that “if the Black and Jewish
communities could work together,
nothing would be able to stop us.”
Williams wished to tell the
story of his own community, but
simultaneously expressed a genuine
curiosity about the Jewish commu-
nity. We spoke about doing a series
of conversations with one another on
the book of Exodus — the original
story of slavery and liberation — and
its relevance to our times. One day
he was in the building at the same
time as Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the
chief rabbi of the United Kingdom,
and expressed an interest in meeting
the man I had described to him
as “the premier Jewish thinker, a
man obsessed with justice.” The
students’ meeting with Rabbi Sacks
ran overtime, otherwise the King
would have met the Lord.

Williams was open about his strug-
gles with addiction and passed away
from a suspected drug overdose. His
passing was in my mind throughout
the week of preparation for Yom
Kippur. It felt appropriate to reflect
on what we can all learn from those
who face similar battles.

Maimonides lists the threefold
requirement of teshuvah, or repen-
tance, as confession (vidui), regret
(charata) and determination for the
future (kabala l’atid). I have seen no
greater lived example of the struggle
to live those three elements than
those who struggle to overcome
addiction. Those people I have been privi-
leged to know, for whom every day
is a challenge, show us the truth that
we would all do well to remember,
that teshuvah is not something that
is “achieved,” a destination arrived
at. Rather teshuvah, like the recovery
from addiction, is an ongoing process
and struggle that is never over but
requires constant work and regular
re-examination. As Williams went through many
struggles, he simultaneously used his
story, fame and innate brilliance to
help others. And he did this with
humility and a smile.

No matter how great Omar
Little is, Michael K. Williams was
infinitely greater. May his memory
be a blessing. l
JEWISH EXPONENT
Gary Rosenblatt was the editor and
publisher of The Jewish Week from 1993
to 2019.

Joe Wolfson is the rabbi of the Orthodox
community at New York University.

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COMMUNITYCALENDAR FRIDAY, SEPT. 24
Parsha for Life
Join Rabbi Alexander Coleman,
Jewish educator and psychotherapist
at the Institute for Jewish Ethics, at
9 a.m. for a weekly journey through
the Torah portion of the week with
eternal lessons on personal growth
and spirituality. Go to ijethics.org/
weekly-torah-portion.html to receive
the Zoom link and password.

Geography of Summer
What is the history of the summer
vacation? How does it apply to
the Jewish community? Why and
where and how do we travel? What
is a Jewish “staycation”? Reform
Congregation Keneseth Israel’s
Temple Judea Museum 2021 fall
exhibition “The Geography of Summer”
is now open. Visit the gallery in person
at 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park or
follow the exhibition on the Temple
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YouTube. Career Workshop
JEVS will host a Zoom workshop at
noon as part of its Career Strategies
program. Ask a career adviser expert
any questions you may have about
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Register at jevshumanservices.org/
career-workshops. SATURDAY, SEPT. 25
Dance Showcase
Koresh Dance will hold its Artist
Showcase at David Cooper Black Box
Theater from 6-7 p.m. and 8-9 p.m. and
on Sept. 26 from 6-7 p.m. The showcase
is an initiative to give local, emerging
talent a platform to present their work
and give the community a chance to
discover new artists and dance. Buy
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Square. N E W S MAKE R S
Families from Shir Ami in Newtown gathered at Styer’s Orchard on Sept. 9 to pick nearly 200
pounds of apples that were donated to the Warminster Food Bank. On Sept. 12, nearly 40 congre-
gants sorted and labeled food donations as part of the synagogue’s annual High Holiday food
drive. In addition, the synagogue’s Rosh Hashanah shofar service took place in Tyler State Park in
Newtown on Sept. 7 with Rabbi Charles Briskin leading 12 congregant shofar blowers.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 26
Writing Course
Briya Project will host a weekly
course of eight two-hour class
sessions from 6-8 p.m. until Oct. 31.

We will gather on Zoom for moments
of ritual and writing, to harness our
creative spirits, seek our artistic
voices and let them speak out.

Register at tickettailor.com/events/
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Shir Ami congregants pick apples
Photo by Rabbi Charles Briskin
Congregants sort food as part of the annual High
Holiday Food Drive
Photo by Marc Luber
Mahjong Game
Melrose B’nai Israel Emanu-El
Sisterhood invites the community to
join our weekly mahjong game at 7
p.m. Cost is $36 per year or free with
MBIEE Sisterhood membership. For
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or email office@mbiee.org. 8339 Old
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Rabbi Charles Briskin leads the
shofar blowers.

Photo by Rebecca Weiss
THURSDAY, SEPT. 30
Film Screening
The Gershman Philadelphia Jewish
Film Festival kicks off the Jewish
New Year at the Gratz College
Mandell Education Campus with
“Portrayal”, a documentary about
a 20-something Russian-American
who travels to Europe to confront the
artist who stole his family’s artistic
legacy. 7 p.m. Film will stream for
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On Sept. 12 at Congregation Beth El-Ner Tamid in Broomall, Matthew Rosin and a team of volun-
teers collected sewing machines and adult and children’s bicycles to send to people in need living
in Thailand, Albania, Tanzania and Guatemala.

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