Parents Of Jewish
Sandy Hook Victim
Sue Radio Host

The parents of Noah Pozner, a 6-year-
old boy who was among the 26 people
killed in the massacre at the Sandy Hook
Elementary School in 2012, have sued
radio talk show host
Alex Jones for continu-
ing to insist that the
attack never occurred.
The suit against Jones
and his Infowars web-
site was filed last week
in Texas, where Jones
is based, according to
Noah Pozner
reports.
Leonard Pozner and
Veronique De La Rosa are seeking at
least $1 million in damages. Neil Heslin,
the father of another Sandy Hook victim,
6-year-old Jesse Lewis, filed a similar law-
suit.
Noah Pozner was the youngest victim
of the December 2012 massacre by Adam
Lanza, 20, who forced his way into the

His Impact Lives On In Former Students

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abbi Robert Abramson, 77, former
Detroiter of Teaneck, N.J., passed away
on Sunday, April 22, 2018. He was origi-
nally from Boston.
In the Detroit area, he officiated at
Congregation B’nai David before becom-
ing headmaster at Hillel Day School of
Metropolitan Detroit in 1975.
During his distinguished career at Hillel
from 1975-1988, he observed a sabbatical in
Jerusalem in 1985 and was named a Jerusalem
Fellow for 1985-86. In 1988, Abramson left
Abramson
Hillel to become director of the New York
c. 2001
City-based United Synagogue Youth Judaic
Department of Education, where he champi-
oned and oversaw the development of the Matok Bible cur-
riculum used in many day schools.
“His thick Boston accent would regularly express humor,
wit and compassion,” said Hillel alumnus Rabbi David-Seth
Kirshner (class of 1988). “I can still envision him at morn-
ing minyan with his tefillin on and smiling to students. His
passion on Martin Luther King Day, along with his love
for Israel and passion for Soviet Jewry, are just some of the
many lessons that will live in my heart and his memory.
His impact will live in his teachings and ethics for scores of
souls he taught and modeled the best in Jewish values for

and the best we can be in our shared humanity.”
Among many remembrances posted on
Facebook by former Hillel students, Rabbi Jason
Miller, a JN contributing writer, fondly recalls
Abramson. “My parents tell the story that they
had only intended to send me to Hillel Day
School for kindergarten, but the headmaster
made such a strong impression on them that
they decided to have me continue through
middle school. That was the charm of the late
Rabbi Robert Abramson. Looking back now, I’m
glad I often got in trouble at Hillel and was ‘pun-
ished’ by having to sit in Rabbi Abramson’s office.
His words of wisdom through his heavy Boston
accent still echo for me today.”
Rabbi Abramson is survived by his beloved wife, Charlotte;
loving children, Adna Abramson and Stephen Burdman,
Ami Abramson and Yona Shemtov; loving sister and broth-
er-in-law, Esta and Allen Nissenbaum; dear mother-in-law,
Sarah (Mina) Katz; cherished grandchildren, Jonah, Eva,
Zeke, Ezra and Yishai.
The service was held at Guttermann Musicant Funeral
Chapel, 402 Park St., Hackensack, N.J. Interment followed at
the Abramson Cemetery, 766 Baker St., West Roxbury, Mass.
Donations may be made to Help End Alzheimers at alz.org.
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