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had made aliyah, and the fami-
ly visited them.
Traveling this time will be
different. The couple will be
in the business section, where
seating offers distances from
other passengers during his
adjustment to a compromised
immune system especially
sensitive to the pandemic.
Energized with a blood trans-
fusion, he anticipates care
contacts at Hadassah Medical
Center as arranged by his
Israeli-born cancer specialist
at the University of Michigan
Medical Center.
“The yads will be the last
artistic work I will ever do,
”
said Kowalsky, who has
required extra lighting and
magnifying glasses as he fin-
ished the final yad. “I can no
longer do this work, which has
included making mezuzahs,

but I am living a blessed life
and looking forward to going
to Israel once more.
“I married the woman I fell
in love with on the day we
met and found fulfillment by
moving from Conservatism
to the Orthodoxy of my wife’s
family. I met many friends
through B’nai B’rith activities,
and I am about to meet twin
great-granddaughters we have
only experienced through
Skype.
“I will bring to my Israeli
grandson and great-grandsons
what I hope will last through-
out their lifetimes. My last step
to making the gifts lasting was
adding a layer of polyurethane
[for durability]. I’m happy and
joyful to reach this new year
with these yads so the boys will
have Judaica to remember me
forever.
”

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LEFT: Cherna Kowalsky with one of her needlepoints.
RIGHT: Eugene Kowalsky holds one of the yads he carved.

“I’M HAPPY AND JOYFUL TO REACH
THIS NEW YEAR WITH THESE YADS
SO THE BOYS WILL HAVE JUDAICA

TO REMEMBER ME FOREVER.”

— EUGENE KOWALSKY

JERRY ZOLYNSKY

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