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Remembering Brother Don 20 Years Later

Don excelled at healing others as a highly recognized Kaiser cardiac physician, yet he didn’t have the good fortune his patients had. Still Missing my brother 20 years later and always will as I remember him this birthday and everyday and cherish those memories of our time together, especially in later years when we became […]

World Day of Music- June 21- Bringing People Together (& Remembering My Music-Loving Sister on Her Burtday)

https://youtu.be/e65u8l52hR8?si=AZmnx4TqHkw7Ojbd *My sister Joan and I would ‘cruise’ for hours listening to our fave music, which seemed to dovetail…Gene Pitney, Roy Orbison, Jerry Butler, Elvis, Buddy Holly, Aretha Franklin, etc.  Here’s one of our favorites, Gene Pitney with ‘Every Breath I Take’ (a Phil Spector production).  Joan would want to hear this one over and […]

Good Timing x 2

Two Good News Stories in One : Good Timing 1 ) Ragan Henry (1934-2008)- Black radio pioneer and art promoter helped blacks and others in radio and art but might never have happened if Henry were born a year earlier. 1952 was the first year Harvard took in Black -then Known as Negros- students. Ragan […]

AUNT AUDREY Celebrates 100!

I was very impressed to learn that  AUNT Audrey Kaufman, Minnesota, turned 100 , just like her late husband, Uncle Al Kaufman a few years back. I told her she is the youngest 100 year old! She’s amazing- still active and thriving with family events like her great granddaughter’s upcoming Bat Mitzvah. Congrats to Aunt […]

Remembering Uncle Al 10/29/1920 – 06/18/2022

View Alvin’s memorial website here Age 101 ½ , passed away peacefully Shabbat morning, June 18, 2022. Alvin is survived by his beloved wife of 78 years, Audrey. Survived by children, Ronald and Pamela Kaufman, Barbara Fieldman and Stephen and Madeleine Kaufman; grandchildren Justin (Jenny), Craig (Leigh) Kimberly (Jake), Arielle (Ohad), David (Melissa), Ethan (Ashleigh), […]

Professor Helped Fill Void After Loss of Dad, Family

https://archive.org/includes/donate.php?as_page=1&platform=wb&referer=https%3A//web.archive.org/web/20180314164316/http%3A//kaufman.cc/ 40 captures 17 Dec 2014 – 17 Jan 2024     About this capture The KAUFMANS of California Greetings from Pauline, Joan, Don, Jerry Burt and Furry Family Skip to content Professor Helped Fill Void After Loss of Dad, Family Posted on September 8, 2017 by admin We had just begun ‘Wednesdays with the Professor ‘ when we […]

THE PAST WEEKEND MARKED THE 17th Anniversary Passing of my dear sister Joan. As  before, I/we like to especially remember Joan and family members on on these days.

THE PAST WEEKEND MARKED THE 17th Anniversary Passing of my dear sister Joan. As  before, I/we like to especially remember Joan and family members on on these days. From Joan’s (and my) good friend, HELEN:Some memories about things Joan and I shared:   I was active in going to workshops etc at JFK then in […]