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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
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director of education and rabbi-in-
residence of Be’chol Lashon.

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R O T H
Jack Kogan, September 18, 2021, of
Voorhees, NJ. Husband of the late Beverly
Kogan. Father of Nomi (Jack) Forman, Debbie
Grossman, Philip (Nancy) Kogan and Mitchell
(Eileen) Kogan. Brother of Selma Stern and
the late Mae Stern. Also survived by 10
grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

Contributions may be made to Samaritan
Healthcare & Hospice, www.samaritannj.org
or Lions Gate, www.lionsgateccrc.org
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Annette Nathanson (nee Weinerman), on
September 23, 2021. She had a full and won-
derful life with her beloved Charles. She loved
and was very proud of her family, her chil-
dren: Randy Brandt (Michele), Lance Brandt
(Elyse Stolinsky), and the late Jeffery Brandt
(Dyan), and her loving grandchildren Jacob
Brandt, Scott Stolinsky, and Michael Stolin-
sky. Annette and Charles traveled the world
together. She loved to read and always car-
ried a book. Contributions in her memory
may be made to Children’s Hospital CHOP
Foundation or the Alzheimer's Association.

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Melvin Roth, age 94, died September 13,
2021. Mel was born in Atlantic City, then
lived in Pennsauken. He spent the last six
years living in Port Angeles, WA. Mel was a
former winner of the prestigious Avoda
Award. He was a banker at Continental bank.

Mel is survived by his niece, Shelley (John)
Dorfman-Schostak of Port Angeles, WA. He
is preceded in death by his parents, Alex and
Mary Roth, sister Tillie Roth Dorfman and
nephew Jeffrey Dorfman. Contributions in his
memory may be made to Avoda, P.O. Box
3120, Margate, NJ 08402. Mel is on the road
with the convertible top down!!
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Florence “Butzie” Rosenthal (nee Resnick),
Sept. 19, 2021. She was born during the de-
pression to Russian immigrants Abraham
and Esther. She lost both of her parents by
the time she was an adolescent and started
work at a very young age and didn't stop un-
til she was 86. During her 20's she worked
for 20th Century Fox Films where she loved
to tell stories about the movie stars she
would meet who came to Philadelphia to pro-
mote their movies. Later in life she worked
for Albert Einstein Medical Center where she
worked for over 30 years. She started out as
a part-time secretary in the hospital library,
and eventually would work her way to Assist-
ant Medical Librarian. She was one of the
first people to learn how to do medical
searches for doctors using computer techno-
logy and would eventually be credited with
setting up a computer lab enabling medical
staff to do their own research. The hospital
awarded her with the esteemed Maimonides
Award, which recognized her contributions
over the years. There is also a plaque in the
library recognizing her dedication and loyalty
to the hospital. She was a loving wife to her
now deceased husband Jack J. Rosenthal.

Her legacy will continue through her beloved
children Eileen Anita (the late Jaime Mijlin),
and Robert Mitchell (Debra). She is also
survived by three beloved grandchildren Al-
exa, Mara and Reiss. She was predeceased
by her brother Morris and sister Frances.

Contributions in her memory may be made to
the American Cancer Society, 1818 Market
St., Suite 2820, Phila., PA 19103, www.can-
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JEWISHEXPONENT.COM Adeline Schwartz Jasper, 97, of Jamesville,
NY passed peacefully September 20, 2021 at
The Nottingham. Adeline or Addie as she was
known, was born in the Olney section of Phil-
adelphia, PA and was married to Martin N.

Jasper for 52 years until his death in 1977.

Adeline grew up and raised her family in Phil-
adelphia and Bucks County, PA. Adeline kept
the family involved in Jewish life and cere-
mony and was an active member of Temple
Beth Or and Shir Ami in Philadelphia, and
later, Temple Concord in Syracuse, spending
time working at the Temple Concord Food
Pantry as her health allowed. She worked
most of her life in clerical and purchasing po-
sitions, until retirement as a Contract Negoti-
ator, Civil Servant for the US Navy. Adeline
will always be remembered for her love and
devotion to her family and the example she
set for them through her strong work ethic
and genuine concern for making sure the
family was always close and together. In ad-
dition to her husband, Adeline was pre-de-
ceased by her daughter Sandra Lee Jasper
Weissman, and 3 sisters: Mildred, Beatrice
and Florence. She is survived by her son Neil
(Charlotte) Jasper, 6 grandchildren: Adam
(Kelly) Weissman, Zeth Weissman, David
Jasper, Steven Jasper, Benjamin (Theresa)
Ireland, and Braydon (Jacklyn) Ireland; and 5
great granddaughters: Sophia Adele Weiss-
man, Maeve Olivia Ireland, Molly Marie Ire-
land, Sephina Jasper, and Carlin Rae Ireland.

Contributions may be made in Adeline’s
memory to the American Cancer Society, or
the American Heart Association.

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Jack Wolfe, August 21, 2021 of Havertown,
PA. Beloved husband of Frances (nee
Sockel); loving father of Lisa (Rand) Michell
and Dr. Susan (Steve) Shulman; adoring
grandfather of Rachel (Abe), Lauren
(Robbie), Jayde, and Josh; treasured great-
grandfather of Spencer and Oliver. Jack was
a WW II Veteran, a graduate of Penn State
and made his living as a Hearing Aid Special-
ist. Graveside services were held Wednesday,
August 25. Contributions in Jack’s memory
may be made to the American Cancer Soci-
ety (www.cancer.org).

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A RESOLUTION OF
ABRAMSON SENIOR CARE
The Board of Trustees of Abramson Senior Care record
with sorrow the passing of their esteemed colleague
and friend
Don Waldman, z’l
S I T K O F F
Dr. Malcolm Sitkoff, aged 90, passed away
on September 18, 2021, at his home in War-
rington, PA, surrounded by his family. He
was the beloved husband of Claire (nee Onin-
berg) Sitkoff, and is survived by his children,
Sheryl (Philip) Marx, Doree (Greg Kidorf)
Sitkoff, and Nathan (Bridget) Sitkoff. His
cherished daughter Lilly (Jay) Dubin passed
away in 2000 after a battle with cancer. He
was grandfather to Melissa Marx, Deborah
(Derek) Namerow, Danny Marx, Joshua Du-
bin, Andrew Dubin, Aaron Dubin, Sarah
(Sam) Kelly, Aimee Dubin, Eliana Kidorf,
Joshua Kidorf, Noah Sitkoff, Jeremiah Sitkoff,
and Leona Sitkoff; and great-grandfather to
Ethan Dubin. Malcolm was born on April 9th,
1931, to Nathan and Lillian (nee Ansill)
Sitkoff. His mother died when he was three.

He had a twin brother Jerome (Ruth) Sitkoff
(deceased), and elder sister Elaine (Joseph)
Meyerson (deceased). Malcom grew up in
West Oak Lane, Philadelphia, near his many
aunts, uncles, and cousins, whom he loved.

He spent summers in Atlantic City with his
family and friends, with whom he had many
adventures, including meeting his wife on the
Boardwalk when they were both teenagers.

After graduating from Central High School,
Mal col m atte nded the Uni vers ity of
Pennsylvania, where he played for the light-
weight football team, and went on to gradu-
ate from Jefferson Medical College. He was
chief resident at the Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia, and then served as an Army
Captain at Fort Carson, CO, where he cared
for the children of servicemen on the base.

Following completion of his military service,
he returned to Northeast Philadelphia, where
he lived and practiced medicine (pediatrics)
from his home, and was on staff at Holy Re-
deemer and Nazareth Hospitals. Later in his
career, Malcolm also worked for the city of
Philadelphia, caring for children at the city
clinic at Cottman and Bustleton Avenues. He
loved cars, driving, and collecting antique
clocks. He was generous to a fault with his
family, friends, and patients (and sometimes
strangers). Malcolm loved telling stories
about his life, especially stories of his child-
hood antics. He liked to tease and was not
above playing the occasional practical joke.

Malcolm made connections with people eas-
ily, and was remembered by everyone he ever
met. He was an outstanding doctor, as well
as an extraordinary husband, father, grand-
father, relative and friend who will be missed
dearly by all those whose lives he touched.

Donations in his memory may be made to the
Jewish Federation of Philadelphia, the Boys
and Girls Club of Philadelphia, the American
Heart Association, or Autism Speaks.

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whose commitment to Jewish causes and philanthropy
benefited the seniors served by Abramson Senior
Care, and who served as an example to the entire
community. Don joined the board of trustees in 1987 and has been a
steadfast supporter of Abramson Senior Care’s mission
of providing high-quality care to seniors throughout the
Philadelphia region. He tirelessly gave of his time and
expertise, serving on the Development and Building for
Life Committees. As Trustee, Don’s leadership helped
lay the foundation to grow our endowment to meet the
needs of our most vulnerable seniors. His vast knowledge
and commitment to our organization were limitless and
we are deeply appreciative for his many contributions to
help make Abramson Senior Care a first-class provider of
healthcare for seniors.

Don and Ros have always been treasured members
of the Abramson Senior Care community. Through
their abiding altruism as Heritage Society members,
and their generous support of our Annual Fund,
Rainbow Ball, COVID Crisis Fund and multiple Capital
Campaigns, they have helped ensure that Abramson
Senior Care will be able to provide vital care for
seniors for generations to come.

Abramson Senior Care and our entire Jewish community
were truly grateful to have been the beneficiary of
Don’s time, leadership, and enduring tzedakah. Don’s
philanthropy throughout the Jewish community has
made the world a better place for all of us.

To Don’s beloved wife, Ros, his children: Jody (Peter),
Vicki (Kevin), Howard (Lisa) and Gary (Sloane), his sister
Ruth Waldman Schultz and brother Gene (Etta) and
many loving grandchildren and great grandchildren;
and all who mourn his passing, the Board of Trustees
of Abramson Senior Care offer this expression of
profound sympathy. May they find solace in the
knowledge that Don’s dedication, benevolence, and
good works will serve as an enduring tribute to him
and will benefit future generations.

Lorraine Drobny
Board Chair
Carol A. Irvine
President and CEO
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
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