Shalom from TBD Religious School
Shabbat newsletter compiled by
Gal Kessler Rohs, Education Director
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The latest from our global administration and health crisis has brought senior citizens much to our hearts.
Though we are limited with our abilities to offer a supporting hand given the recent medical directives, we see worldly silver lining efforts.
Germany’s senior citizen COVID-19 related fatality rates is relatively low, as is the high availabilities of hospital beds and medical staff. Israel was proclaimed to be amongst the safest countries, given the strict lockdown procedures, and the Italian Alfred Landecker Foundation has pledged a million Euros to support Holocaust survivors during the coronavirus pandemic, so that they do not fear isolation, and their lives, as in their Shoah past.
Rimini citizen 101 year old “
Mr. P
.” (pictured) brings glimpses of hope. He was tested positive for corona, and beat the deadly virus. He is no stranger to facing hardships, as he also beat the Spanish flu in the early 1900s and survived The Holocaust.
In just a few hours, we will gather together to celebrate the life of
Ron Robertson z”l
, our “temple grandfather”, survived by
Jan
, TBD’s “grandmother”. Jan and Ron met at TBD, took adult education classes together, married at TBD with
Rabbi Lachtman
officiating, and have informally adopted many of our school students. They took parts in the B’not Mitzvah milestones of
Erica Bradley, Hadassah Sommer, Rachel Dubin
and
Hannah Stein
, have arranged challah clubs together, adult Hebrew ed. classes, and more. Up until Ron’s last day this week, they did things together as a couple, and systematically. While Ron brought the supplies, Jan made sure the supplies were used.
Our tribute to seniors and in particular the Robertsons, will continue on Sunday during virtual religious school. Traditionally, our school model seder has been supported by Jan and Ron, ensuring our students taste Passover in a child centered way. In a much similar way whereby we care for seniors in this time, so did the Robertsons care for TBD’s children, up until Ron’s last day. Ron’s life will be celebrated at 10am today with the leadership of our clergy,
Rabbi Lachtman
, and
Cantor Orly
.
May we forever be grateful to Ron Z"l, Jan, and all planting seed seniors.
Shabbat Shalom,
Gal Kessler Rohs
, Education Director
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This morning's funeral information for Ronald G Robertson
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Ronald G Robertson, 82, died of cancer at home in Temple City, CA on March 31, 2020.
Ron was born in Los Ángeles on August 28, 1937 to Lydia Wells Von Hoven and George Robertson, the sixth, and only boy, of Lydia's seven children. Two of his elder siblings died in a Scarlet Fever epidemic, and later their father, of pneumonia, before Ron was born.
Ron attended Beaumont High School, where he played football, and served in the US Air Force as a communications tech at Hokkaido, Japan. He then had a variety of jobs, from long haul truck driver to machinist, and eventually to Retail Manager of Crown City Hardware, where he was married to the owner’s daughter, The late Terrie Fields Robertson, and became stepfather to Terrie’s son, Richard Perris.
He married Janice (Kay) Robertson in 2008, and became stepfather to Jan's daughter, Billie Gaura. Ron and Jan were active in three Kiwanis Clubs, and Temple Beth David of the San Gabriel Valley. They enjoyed traveling the world with Kiwanis and Jewish Federation, and visiting with their Washington family at their cabins on Deer Lake.
Ron is survived by his wife, Jan, by Richard (Kelly) Perris and their sons Ethan and Aaron, and by Billie (Kevin) Gaura and their daughters Genevieve and Kendall. He was loved by many, many family members and friends, as well as by his temple family, where he was called "The Temple Grandpa." Ron and Jan's "temple granddaughter," Hadassah Sommer, remains with Jan at the family home.
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Useful Resources, links and resources
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- Click here for joining Ron's funeral on Zoom
- Click here for joining our virtual Shabbat service tonight at 7.30pm
- From the Jewish Federation San Gabriel of Pomona Valleys related to COVID-19 here
- TBD's last Friday's virtual shabbat
- The good news: the world is on its way to recovery, with just over 66% still to go. Better news, China is over 91% recovered. Live updates here.
- Click here for the latest JLife magazine, and my authored article on Jewish camps advocacy
- The hierarchy of mental health needs
- Scientists in Israel likely to announce they developed corona virus vaccine
- A message from our temple president, Michael Adelman, about the Corona Virus
- How to use Zoom
- Free educational resources for distant learning
- About Jan Robertson and her contribution to TBD
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Thank you Ron and Jan Robertson for your contributions to our model seders!
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