October 28, 2018
By Ben Schmitt
Two years ago, (click here) my father fell ill during a business trip in India, victimized by a gastrointestinal bug that strikes many travelers.
Alarmed and 8,000 miles from his Pittsburgh home, he called his doctor, Jerry Rabinowitz.
Dr. Rabinowitz, who practiced family medicine in a small, cozy office in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood, quickly returned the call.
My dad’s trip was far from over. He had to endure.
Dr. Rabinowitz called him on his cellphone daily for the remainder of my dad’s trip.
“He was genuinely concerned,” my father, Jerry Schmitt, told me. “He wanted to know what my symptoms were. He worked to calm me down. He called me — every day.”
I saw the name — Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz — Saturday night in a text message, while working at the Tribune-Review coordinating coverage of the mass shooting that morning inside a Squirrel Hill synagogue. He was there when a gunman stormed in and opened fire. He was dead.
The name hadn’t yet been officially confirmed. But I knew it was him....
These people were dearly loved by the community where they lived and worshipped. They were valued for their insight and wisdom. They contributed to the aesthetics of the life around them. The community was not truncated from the past for a vision of the future. These aren't just names, they were vastly loved and valued. Their loss is profound.
28 October 2018
The chief medical examiner (click here) for Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County on Sunday released the names of the 11 people killed by a gunman at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday in the deadliest attack against Jews in US history.
Dr. Karl Williams said the victims included a husband and wife, and two brothers. The youngest victim was 54 and the oldest, 97.
Williams named the victims as
Joyce Feinberg, 75
Richard Gottfried, 65
Rose Mallinger, 97
Jerry Rabinowitz, 66
Cecil Rosenthal, 59
David Rosenthal, 54
Bernice Simon, 84
Sylvan Simon, 86
Daniel Stein, 71
Melvin Wax, 88
Irving Younger, 69.
David and Cecil Rosenthal were brothers, and Bernice and Sylvan Simon were husband and wife....
These people were dearly loved by the community where they lived and worshipped. They were valued for their insight and wisdom. They contributed to the aesthetics of the life around them. The community was not truncated from the past for a vision of the future. These aren't just names, they were vastly loved and valued. Their loss is profound.
28 October 2018
The chief medical examiner (click here) for Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County on Sunday released the names of the 11 people killed by a gunman at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday in the deadliest attack against Jews in US history.
Dr. Karl Williams said the victims included a husband and wife, and two brothers. The youngest victim was 54 and the oldest, 97.
Williams named the victims as
Joyce Feinberg, 75
Richard Gottfried, 65
Rose Mallinger, 97
Jerry Rabinowitz, 66
Cecil Rosenthal, 59
David Rosenthal, 54
Bernice Simon, 84
Sylvan Simon, 86
Daniel Stein, 71
Melvin Wax, 88
Irving Younger, 69.
David and Cecil Rosenthal were brothers, and Bernice and Sylvan Simon were husband and wife....
