By Rabbi Sam Yolen, Congregation Beth Israel, Lebanon
Surviving this past year without technology would not have been possible. From the moment I get up in the morning, to the moment I lay my head down to rest, my thoughts are occupied with the concerns of our sacred community. If not f…
Naomi L. (Strumer) Samkoff, 95, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania passed away at the Jewish Home on January 10, 2021.
Naomi was born in New York, New York on December 21, 1925 to Samuel and Mildred (Reiter) Strumer. Throughout her life she held many titles from analytical technician to substitute…
Beloved Wife and Mother, Arline Ruth Rochkind (nee Kirsch), age 82, of Masonic Village Elizabethtown, and formerly of Harrisburg, passed peacefully on Saturday, January 9, 2021, following a brief illness.
Arline was born on June 12, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Ceil and Isidore (P…
Marilyn Ann Cheskis Lear (nee Goldsmith) age 83, of Bensalem, PA., died peacefully on January 13, 2021. She was born on August 19, 1937 in Philadelphia, daughter of the late Norman and Rebecca Goldsmith, and sister to the late Arnette Sulman and the late Sidney Goldsmith.
Marilyn gradu…
Lois K. Forner, 96, of Harrisburg, passed away on January 3, 2021 at the UPMC Harrisburg Hospital. She was born on December 7, 1924 to the late Blanche and Charles Krauss, owner of Krauss's Jewelry.
Lois graduated from William Penn High School in 1942 and went on to become a stenographer an…
