Penny Schwartz
By Penny Schwartz
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News Eva Konrad Hawkins, 90, Holocaust Survivor Who Designed Underwater Museum Exhibits
(JTA) – Against daunting odds, both historical and political, Eva Konrad Hawkins fulfilled her dream of becoming a scientist. At age 26, Konrad Hawkins fled her native Hungary with only the pack on her back, leaving her parents and brother behind to pursue her studies beyond what was available to her under the constraints of…
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News Sylvia Glenn, 98, Painter Who Befriended Margaret Mead
BOSTON (JTA) – As a young girl, Sylvia Glenn enjoyed making chalk drawings on the sidewalk outside her family’s Brooklyn apartment. As an adult, that creative impulse led to a degree in art, professional work at national magazines (including Life) and a lifelong passion for the arts that she pursued well into her 90s. Glenn…
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News Carolyn Becker, 83, Was Looking Forward To Life’s Next Chapter
BOSTON (JTA) – In February, Carolyn Becker was getting ready to embrace a new chapter in her life. Just three months earlier, the 83-year-old’s husband of 59 years had died, but Becker was determined to follow through on their plans to move to the Washington, D.C. area to be closer to her son. She visited…
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News Jeffrey Sanderson, 62, Took Pleasure In The Small Things
BOSTON (JTA) – For Jeffrey Sanderson, it was the small things in life that brought the most joy. He couldn’t get enough of old episodes of “I Love Lucy,” and “Leave it to Beaver,” which tickled his sense of humor. An outing to the park, with a stop for french fries at McDonald’s, were adventures…
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News Lee Kozol, 87, Boston Attorney Who Represented The Patriots
BOSTON (JTA) – When Lee Kozol entered Harvard Law School in the 1950s, he was following along a well-worn path of familial achievement. Kozol was born into a multigenerational family of prominent Boston-area Jewish lawyers. His brother, Joel, was also a Harvard alum, and both brothers served as editors of the prestigious Harvard Law Review….
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News Hyman Siegal, 90, Taught Young Leonard Nimoy To Develop Film
BOSTON (JTA) – As a teenager growing up in the West End of Boston in the early 1940s, Hyman Siegal was a regular at the West End House, a philanthropic club that offered programming for the sons of immigrants and a place to gather away from the crowded tenement homes. It was there that he…
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News Meryl Cohen, 84, Hosted Epic Family Thanksgiving Celebrations
BOSTON (JTA) – Ask those knew Meryl Cohen best and it won’t take long before they start talking about Thanksgiving. The large, weekend-long gatherings became her calling, showcasing Cohen’s culinary talents and reflecting her passion for bringing together an ever-widening circle of extended family, friends and new acquaintances fortunate enough to snag an invite. Cohen…
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News Bud Rose, 77, ‘The Steve Jobs Of Medicine’
BOSTON (JTA) – Nearly three decades ago, Burton Rose, a highly regarded kidney specialist and professor at Harvard Medical School, turned a rejection by the publisher of his medical textbook into a new venture that ultimately transformed the way medical practitioners work. In 1992, Rose launched UptoDate after the publisher of his seminal book, “Clinical…
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