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4. May his Memory always be for a blessing.

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Wed May 20, 2026, 10:19 AM

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As I posted some weeks ago, I knew him personally from an organization of which I was a member which worked in concert with him in the 1980’s to free Jewish dentists who wished to emigrate to America or Israel from the Soviet Union. He was sincere and dedicated. We were quite successful considering the atmosphere in those days.

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