THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Mashgiakh Keeps Working at 102
By ROCHELLE WOLK
ALBANY (JTA) — "Sit-
ting in the house without
exercise is no good, so I don't
ever want to retire," Rev.
Morris Rosenblum said as
he marked his 102nd birth-
day.
Rosenblum, who still
works five days a week as a
mashgialch, or inspector, for
the Vaad HaKashrut of Al-
bany, believes that his posi-
tive attitude and active life
have contributed to his
longevity.
With humor and alacrity
that belie his 102 years,
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Rosenblum said that he
"looks for life" in all situa-
tions. "Instead of getting
scared when I'm ill or some-
thing unpleasant happens, I
think about living," he said.
In addition to serving as an
inspector of kosher meat,
Rosenblum also goes to
daily morning minyan. Ex-
tremely independent, he
lives alone, takes care of
himself and does all of his
own cooking.
Before he started hav-
ing difficulty with his
eyes several years ago,
Rosenblum was also a
scribe, an art that he
learned in Europe. Al-
though not an ordained
rabbi, he has written
Jewish legal documents,
performed marriages,
repaired holy scrolls, and
earned the title "re-
verend." Beginning at
age 13, he read Torah for
78 years, and was also a
shohet, or ritual
slaughterer, for many
years.
Rosenblum's long life
Hodding Carter III:
"The State Department
wants to make it clear that
we view the PLO as an
organization, elements and
members of which advocate
and carry out acts of ter-
rorism.
"We condemn such acts
and the organizations and
individuals who perpetrate
them."
began in a Russian village
near Minsk. After serving
in the Russian army for four
years, he knew that he was
about to be conscripted from
the reserves again. This
prompted his decision to flee
to America, with his
brother, in 1904.
Rosenblum settled in
New York City and became
a presser and cutter on the
Lower East Side. He later
acquired a candy store, a
wife and a child, and then
decided that life in the
teeming city was not for
him.
He learned that the
Jewish Agricultural Society
was settling families on
farmland in Nassau, New
York, southeast of Albany,
and the-Rosenblum family
decided to become farmers.
On the Nassau dairy farm,
three more children were
born.
From this farm, the
family moved to a nearby
poultry farm in East
Schodack in the 1920s. At
that time, Rosenblum's
Jewish training and his
interest in furthering
Judaism came to fruition
and he organized efforts
to build a small
synagogue for the com-
munity of 10 Jewish
families. He also served
as a scribe for the Albany
area, and learned and
practiced the ski11 of
ritual slauehterine.
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Approximately 15 years
ago, Rosenblum moved to
Albany. He likes to tell
anecdotes about the friends
he has made in his travels
throughout the city. "I go
out every day, so people
know me and I know
people," he said. Being with
people and staying occupied
have kept Rosenblum
young for 102 years.
As he readied himself to
go shopping for a new jacket
to wear to his birthday
party, he told this reporter
"I'd like to see you in 10
years — it could happen."
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