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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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