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Barbara Auslander (nee Zibelman), on
September 21, 2021. Beloved wife of the late
Marvin Auslander. Devoted mother of Rick
Auslander (Beverly), Lisa Diefenderfer
(Craig), and the late Norman Auslander and
the late Ronald Auslander. Dear sister of
Susan Winocur (Victor), Steven Zibelman
(Sharon), Alan Zibelman (Debra), Ellen Weis-
berg (Max), Gordon Zibelman (the late Maur-
een). Loving grandmother of Nolan Lee Sing-
er, Mason Alec Singer, Eric Auslander (Katie)
and the late Matthew and Alex Auslander.

Loving great grandmother of Reese and
Nora. Survived by many loving nieces and
nephews. Contributions in her memory may
be made to the American Cancer Society or a
charity of the donor’s choice.

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Stanley Herbert Bluestein, September 18,
2021 of Trevose, PA; loving father of Ellen
(Arnie) Glassman and Michael (Ellen)
Bluestein; devoted grandfather of Paige
Glassman, Jenna (Bryan) Glassman-John-
ston, Max Bluestein, Kyle Glassman and
Molly Bluestein. Contributions in Stanley’s
memory may be made to Congregation Beth
El-Ner Tamid’s Mitzvah Fund in Broomall, PA
or Jewish Children and Family Services
(JFCS) in Bala Cynwyd, (family asks that
donations be specifically earmarked for food
delivery program).

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Joseph A. Kamen on September 21, 2021,
husband of Elinor (nee Weinberger), father of
Dr. Bruce (Randi) Kamen, Craig (Claudia) Ka-
men and the late Dr. Jonathan Kamen; broth-
er of Betty Zubatch and Philip Kamen; grand-
father of Amanda (Billy) Swisher, Ariel, Ross,
Abby and Brett Kamen. Contributions in his
memory may be made to the American Can-
cer Society or Beth Sholom Cong., 8231 Old
York Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027 or the
American Heart Association.

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Hedy G. Cohen (nee. Goffman), age 74, on
September 19, 2021. Adoring wife of Mi-
chael R. Cohen; loving mother of Rachel (Neil
Brown) Cohen and Jennifer (Mitchell) Gold,
grandmother of Brett, Sydney, Ethan and
Alec. Sister of David (Eileen) Goffman. She
spent more than 18 years in nursing, includ-
ing in critical care and nursing management,
pursued doctoral work in health policy,
served as an adjunct assistant professor at
Temple University School of Pharmacy,
taught at Jefferson College of Pharmacy, and
was a Faculty Fellow for the executive patient
safety fellowship offered by the Virginia Com-
monwealth University. Throughout her ca-
reer, Hedy was passionate about the need to
train and mentor the next generation of med-
ication safety leaders. During her tenure at
ISMP, Hedy was a frequent speaker on cur-
rent issues in medication safety, authored
numerous articles on improving the medica-
tion use process, co-authored a handbook on
high-alert drugs, and helped edit ISMP’s
monthly Nurse Advise-ERR newsletter. She
also served on national advisory boards for
Nursing Advance and Davis’s Drug Guide for
Nurses. Services were private. Contributions
in her memory may be made to the Institute
for Safe Medication Practices,
https://www.ismp.org/support/donate or to a
charity of the donor’s choice.

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we must act urgently to meet
them. Measures like mandating
net-zero emissions in energy
generation, a critical move
that passed only the Senate
this session, are crucial first
steps. We need to rebuild our
food systems and expand
public transit and clean energy
production. Neighborhoods are
building community gardens
while offering training for
formerly incarcerated people,
rethinking financial systems
and experimenting with basic
income. Communities and
legislatures are mobilizing
around these issues, but we
need more action, faster, and at
every level.

The choices we make now
Gertrude R. Azeff (nee Feinstein) on Septem-
ber 17, 2021. Beloved wife of Joel. Also sur-
vived by loving children and adoring grand-
children and great-grandchildren. Services
and interment were private. Contributions in
her memory may be made to Congregation
Or Ami, 708 Ridge Pike, Lafayette Hill, PA
19444. .

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will determine the survival of
millions within the next few
decades. We must seek out
every strategy available to us as
we take on the challenges that
threaten the inhabitants of our
country, other countries and our
planet. That includes strategies
anchored in ancient wisdom,
like the shmita year. We need
to act collectively, for everyone’s
health. Because a society that
takes care of itself and its most
vulnerable is one that is, quite
simply, the only moral option. l
Sen. Meghan Kallman represents
District 15 in the Rhode Island State
Senate. Rabbi Lex Rofeberg is the
senior Jewish educator for Judaism
Unbound. It is inclusive. And in many ways
it is real.

We must also hold that
this vision was intention-
ally created with limits. The
founders enshrined this vision
of equality within a system that
sustained white supremacy
over people cast as non-white.

Unlike the Constitution,
this principle was not origi-
nally written on paper but
enacted by white people on
the bodies of generations of
enslaved Africans, displaced
and murdered indigenous
peoples and their descendants.

Many people have suffered and
died because of this system of
white supremacy. Beginning
before the nation’s founding
and continuing to this day,
countless laws and policies
perpetuated this vision of
domination and inequality. We
see the impact in our schools,
our prisons, our elections and
our social interactions.

That both these foundational
narratives could and do exist
side by side is hard to reconcile,
both in theory and in practice.

The contradictions in these
narratives haunt us daily in the
United States. The fundamental
mismatch between them is
a source of ongoing friction.

There are those who would
like to ignore the discomfort
of the narrative of oppression,
or focus solely on the ravages of
our original sin.

But that is not the Jewish
way. As Jews, we know how
to hold on to these types of
complexity. We need to
advocate for teaching both
American stories in our
schools. We will not be able
to find our way forward as
Americans until we recognize
the tensions and imbalances
that emerge from these two
very different creation stories.

Fortunately for us — and for
America — the Torah cycle
and the school year offer an
annual opportunity to inhabit
the complexity that results. l
Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder is
director of education and rabbi-in-
residence of Be’chol Lashon.

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