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34 Detroit Jewish News

wore Rabbi Weinberg's shoes. I
never filled them. I just wore
them. It's not a joke. It hap-
pened. Dark gray suede Hush
Puppies, with
W NW '
the black soles.
Several years
ago, Rebbetzin
Channah Wein-
berg, wife of the
late Rosh Yeshiva
Yaakov S. Wein-
berg, met with
me to do a story
PHIL JACOBS
on Bikur
Contributing Editor Cholim, the
organization she
founded that visits Jewish hospital
patients.
We met in her suburban Baltimore
home at Ner Israel's Yeshiva Lane.
<
Something you need to know. Rebbet-
zin Weinberg has always been one of
my heroes. She was back in the 1980s,
because she was active with a fledgling
group called Caregivers. This group
was to provide respite care for families
with different circumstances. I served
on a board with Mrs. Weinberg, as did
my late father, Morton Jacobs. When
my dad became ill with cancer, the
rebbetzin's advice helped us in many
ways. There are many of us in this
community who can say that about
both Mrs. Weinberg and her late hus-
band. Her work in caring for this
community is legendary. She went on
to also found GHANA, the organiza-
tion that cares for battered spouses
and their families.
-,
There we were in the Weinbergs'
living room. We talked informally and
then began the interview. Shortly into
the discussion, Mrs. Weinberg seemed
to be sizing up my feet, but I wasn't
sure why, or even if it was true.
Then she asked me, "What size
shoe do you wear, Phil?" I've been
asked questions such as "When will
this run in the paper?" or "Can we go
off the record?" Nobody has ever
asked me about my shoes.
I answered the question. "Why are
you asking me this?"
"Phil," was the response, now with
a little intensity attached to it, "What
size shoe do you wear?"
I told her. She disappeared to the
back of her home. When she came
back, she had a shoebox. She pulled
out one shoe from the tissue paper
and said, "Here, try this on."
I answered: "I can't try this on. This
is an interview."
"Try on the shoes, Phil."
This was the rebbetzin speaking.

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