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It is with great sadness that I inform the congregation of the passing of Regina (Bistritz) Resnick, beloved mother of Joyce Resnick.
A graveside service will take place on Sunday, April 7th at 11 AM at United Hebrew Cemetery in Staten Island, New York. Shiva will be observed at Joyce’s home (1 Broad Street, Stamford) on Sunday following the burial, and Monday through Thursday, 6 PM – 9 PM, with a service each evening at 7:30 pm. The full obituary is below.
May the mourners be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman
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Regina (Bistritz) Resnick died on April 4, 2024, at the age of 98 after a short illness. Regina (known to family and friends as “Jean”) was born to an orthodox Jewish family in western Romania on August 12, 1925, the middle child of five siblings. Her idyllic youth was shattered in the Spring of 1944, when she and her family were transported to a concentration camp. With their resiliency and mutual support, Jean and her two sisters and one brother survived this ordeal.
Jean emigrated to the United States in 1948, speaking no English and knowing no one. She met her future husband, Victor Resnick, at a Hadassah dance and they were ultimately married on June 11, 1950. They shared a wonderful life together until Victor’s passing in 1995. Jean and Victor lived and raised their children in Bayonne, New Jersey. Jean was active in ORT and Hadassah and shared her experiences during the Holocaust with many different audiences. Jean's legacy is evident in her family, of whom she was very proud. Her strength, compassion, and tenacity live on through her children, Joyce (Robert), Jeffrey (Michele), and Caren (Alan); her grandchildren, Mitchell (Carol), Keith (Lara), Andrew, and Daniel; and her great grandchildren, Diego, Rafael, Adelaide, and Dani. She is also survived by a brother, Joseph Bistritz, and many nieces and nephews.
Jean was preceded in death by her husband Victor, and her sisters Lotte and Rose. A graveside service will take place on Sunday, April 7th at 11 AM at United Hebrew Cemetery in Staten Island, New York. Shiva will be observed at her daughter Joyce’s home (1 Broad Street, Stamford) on Sunday following the burial, and Monday through Thursday, 6 PM – 9 PM, with a service each evening at 7:30 pm.
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