THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010 6 SHEVAT, 5770 SHABBAT: FRI 5:29 – SAT 6:29 CINCINNATI, OHIO
Joyce Heiman remembered by Avi Milgrom Assistant Editor
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On this past Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010 in Cincinnati, Joyce Elaine Heiman passed away in the company of her family. Mrs. Heiman was 80 years old. A life filled with service to others will surely become a part of Mrs. Heiman’s legacy. According to her son Dr. Harry Heiman, his mother viewed helping others as an expression of the human need to reach out and connect with others. An only child growing up in Cincinnati, Mrs. Heiman worked often in the grocery store owned by her parents, Harry and Annette Nogen. They bought the store during the Depression, after her
Joyce Heiman passed away Jan. 17, 2010 at the age of 80.
father’s failed search for work in his chosen profession of law. Mrs. Heiman met her husband, Paul, while in her mid teens, and they married in 1948. Fluent in Yiddish, Spanish and German, she capped her educational pursuits with an “M.R.S.” degree. A talented singer and actress, Mrs. Heiman appeared in many musicals in the Cincinnati Jewish community. At one point she sang songs from “Fiddler on the Roof” in both English and Yiddish. While in her 50s, Mrs. Heiman and her husband bought a farm in Mason, where they bred and raised Arabian horses. There Mrs. Heiman’s nurturing found its mark in the care of horses, including foaling and nursing the sick
and injured. Community service that captured Mrs. Heiman’s interest began with New Hope Synagogue, continued with Hadassah and, for the past 13 years, was focused on Cedar Village. There she recruited residents for the assisted living apartments and later became an advocate for, and friend of, the residents. Along with her husband of over 60 years, Mrs. Heiman leaves three sons and their wives, Gary and Kim Heiman, Mark and Richie Heiman and Harry Heiman and Abby Friedman, as well as grandchildren Isaac, Danielle, Alex, Eli, Thea, Aaron and Tim.
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On Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010, students from the Regional Institute of Torah and Secular Studies will present Miriam Feldman’s dramatic presentation of “Paint” at Cincinnati Country Day School. From the Sinai Desert, to the frozen climate of Siberia, to a “regular” modern-day family preparing to paint their house, this story shows how each person can wield her own paintbrush to color her future. The production offers song and dance as well as drama. The play is directed by Marlene Foreman Shmalo, adjunct instructor of communications at UC, and formerly head of the theatre program at Walnut Hills High School. For reservations and ticketing information, call the school.
On the left (L to R): Adina Chriqui (partially blocked), Chavi Toron, Tehila Elias, Almog Sulam, Bracha Kahn (blocked), Shoshana Klafter, Yehudis Spetner; On the right (R to L): Miriam Elias, Tamar Kernerman, Esther Preis, Michelle Chriqui
Miep Gies, helped Anne Frank, dies at 100 by Ami Eden Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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NEW YORK (JTA) — Miep Gies, the woman who helped hide Anne Frank and recovered her diary, has died at 100. Gies, who died last Monday in the Netherlands, was the last surviving member of the small group that hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis. After the arrest of the Frank
family by the Gestapo in 1944, Gies returned to the attic where they had been hiding and found the diary. “Miep Gies was a beacon of light during the dark days of the Holocaust,” said Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. “Without her, the world would never have known about Anne Frank and hundreds of millions of people would never have been inspired by her story.”
Bart Bartholomew / Simon Wiesenthal Center
Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank and her family, receiving the the Wiesenthal Center’s Righteous Among the Nations Award.