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Simchas & Tributes
SIMCHAS
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IN MEMORY OF
JEROLD B. KATZ “Sad to see that Jerry passed. I haven’t talked to him the past few years because of his lillness. He and his family lived downstairs from my grandparents, the Kleiners. So, growing up I knew Jerry, Martin and Shirley. Sadly all are gone.” - Ken Fendelman -
SELENE HAMMERMAN “Our condolences to the Hammerman family. I have fond memories of Al’s mother and father.” - Steve and Randee- “In memory of an old friend, and a lovely lady.” - Arthur Litz -
SUZANNE WEINTRAUB “May her memory be a blessing.” Sending love, - Ellen Futterman & Jeff Burkett -
GROSZ-GROSWALD WEDDING
Heather Brooke Grosz and Maxwell Joseph Groswald were married April 15, 2022 in Clayton. Rabbi Howard Kaplansky of United Hebrew Congregation officiated.
Heather is the daughter of Judy and Keith Grosz of Chesterfield and the granddaughter of Shirlene and the late Irl Baris of St. Louis, and the late June and Leonard Grosz of Chesterfield.
Max is the son of Vicki Gelber of Clayton and Allan Groswald of St. Louis. He is the grandson of the late Marvin and Martha Gelber of St Louis and the late M. Bernard and Blanche Groswald of New York, N.Y.
Heather is a graduate of Parkway Central High School and University of Arizona, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing. She is a luxury travel agent with Two Nights In.
After graduating from Clayton High School, Max earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Ithaca College, followed by a Juris Doctor degree from St. Louis University Law School. He is a bankruptcy attorney at his firm, Groswald Law LLC.
Heather and Max met on the dating app Hinge. Their first date was a six-mile walk around Forest Park. They were engaged nine months later and married one week later so they could celebrate with all of their immediate family who were in town for Passover. A wedding celebration is planned for October 2022. NANCY BORNSTEIN - Evelyn Koshner -
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Amy Fenster Brown: It really is a small Jewish world after all
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worried lungs.
At Maccabi’s opening ceremonies, Jeff and I stood up to shoot video of the St. Louis delegation’s entrance. When we sat down, the people next to us told us they were from St. Louis and had moved to San Diego many years ago. As we schmoozed, we learned that they are the aunt and uncle of a friend of ours. Small Jewish world.
Jeff and I also learned lessons about the power of the T-shirt. On one of our walks on the beach, we saw a few kids in their Maccabi delegation city T-shirts, so we stopped to chat. Jeff was wearing a shirt featuring a Star of David with a Superman symbol, which always gets a few comments. In this case, the commenters were Cleveland Jews and French-Canadian Jews, all of whom were there for Maccabi. Small Jewish world.
Later that night we went to dinner and sat next to a couple in their 70s who immediately commented on Jeff’s Super Jew shirt. While they ate and we ate, we kibitzed across the tables. They asked us three questions most Jewish people want to know about other Jewish people:
Are you Reform or Conservative? (They knew we weren’t Orthodox when we ordered the sausage pizza.)
Have you been to Israel?
Are you a doctor? (I’m 100% serious, that’s what they asked.)
Once we established that Jeff did good for himself even though he didn’t go to medical school, we learned that the lovely couple came to California from Iran many, many years ago, raised three children and have six grandchildren. And their son the cardiologist works for the same hospital that our friend in San Diego works for. Small Jewish world.
Being around so many Jewish people felt comfortable in a way that is hard to explain. Like everyone looked familiar even though I had never met them before. All the kids looked like the kids my kids go to school with. Every time I said the names Jonah, Max or Eli, no fewer than five boys would turn their heads.
It’s just like that adorable song says: “So when you’re not home and you’re somewhere kind of newish, the odds are, don’t look far, cause they’re Jewish, too.”
Small Jewish world.
