Rosel, along with her husband, son, and father-in-law, fled Nazi Germany in May 1939.
They settled in a Manhattan apartment on the fourth floor of a walk-up building on 179th Street, within steps of the George Washington Bridge, and lived there many years before moving to 188th Street. Rosel later lived on Bennett Avenue, a short distance from Congregation Khal Adath Jeshurun, where she was a longtime member. (At the time of her death, she was the shul's oldest member.)
Rosel was known for her warmth, her hospitality, and her good humor -- and her apple fritters! She patiently taught her pet parakeet, Chippy, to speak in several languages, and she took child-like delight in the motions of her wind-up stuffed cow. And she was undaunted by adversity -- including an early bout with cancer which created lifelong limitations.
They settled in a Manhattan apartment on the fourth floor of a walk-up building on 179th Street, within steps of the George Washington Bridge, and lived there many years before moving to 188th Street. Rosel later lived on Bennett Avenue, a short distance from Congregation Khal Adath Jeshurun, where she was a longtime member. (At the time of her death, she was the shul's oldest member.)
Rosel was known for her warmth, her hospitality, and her good humor -- and her apple fritters! She patiently taught her pet parakeet, Chippy, to speak in several languages, and she took child-like delight in the motions of her wind-up stuffed cow. And she was undaunted by adversity -- including an early bout with cancer which created lifelong limitations.
Rosel, along with her husband, son, and father-in-law, fled Nazi Germany in May 1939.
They settled in a Manhattan apartment on the fourth floor of a walk-up building on 179th Street, within steps of the George Washington Bridge, and lived there many years before moving to 188th Street. Rosel later lived on Bennett Avenue, a short distance from Congregation Khal Adath Jeshurun, where she was a longtime member. (At the time of her death, she was the shul's oldest member.)
Rosel was known for her warmth, her hospitality, and her good humor -- and her apple fritters! She patiently taught her pet parakeet, Chippy, to speak in several languages, and she took child-like delight in the motions of her wind-up stuffed cow. And she was undaunted by adversity -- including an early bout with cancer which created lifelong limitations.
They settled in a Manhattan apartment on the fourth floor of a walk-up building on 179th Street, within steps of the George Washington Bridge, and lived there many years before moving to 188th Street. Rosel later lived on Bennett Avenue, a short distance from Congregation Khal Adath Jeshurun, where she was a longtime member. (At the time of her death, she was the shul's oldest member.)
Rosel was known for her warmth, her hospitality, and her good humor -- and her apple fritters! She patiently taught her pet parakeet, Chippy, to speak in several languages, and she took child-like delight in the motions of her wind-up stuffed cow. And she was undaunted by adversity -- including an early bout with cancer which created lifelong limitations.
