OUR COMMUNITY

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Florine Mark, notable 
entrepreneur, prom-
inent local business 
and community lead-
er, and well-known 
nationally for her 
leadership of Weight 
Watchers, died at 90. 

Samantha Woll, 
prominent Democratic 
Party activist, pres-
ident of Isaac Agree 
Downtown Synagogue 
and one of the JN’s 
“36 under 36” in 2017, 
died at 40. 

Ellen Labes, self-pro-
claimed “professional 
volunteer,” but in 
truth a prominent 
community leader, 
died at 90.

Rabbi Dannel I. 
Schwartz, founding 
rabbi of Temple Shir 
Shalom and visionary 
Metro Detroit Jewish 
leader, died at 77. 

Sydney Harris, dec-
orated World War II 
veteran and active 
member of Michigan’s 
Lt. Raymond Zussman 
Post 135, Jewish War 
Veterans, died at 100.

Frank S. Goldberg, 
member of the 
Michigan Jewish 
Sports Hall of Fame 
and coach for the 
Special Olympics, 
died at 80. 

Dr. Leslie “Les” 
Bricker, distinguished 
oncologist and pioneer 
in palliative care, died 
at 71. 

An estimated 1,200 Israelis 

and visitors to Israel died 

in a Hamas terrorist attack 

on towns near the Gaza Strip 

on Oct. 7. Many more IDF 

soldiers have fallen in the 

subsequent war. 

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