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Ernest Einzig, 97, Purple Heart winner who left behind over 100 descendants

Born in 1923 in Budapest, Einzig came to the United States as a teenager and was wounded fighting in Europe in World War II.

Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu, right, Heber holding the son of a kidney donor during his Brith Milah in Jerusalem, Israel on Oct. 14, 2018. (Courtesy of Matnat Chaim)

Avraham Yeshayahu Heber, 55, helped hundreds of Israelis find kidney donors

Heber’s organization, Matnat Chaim, is thought to be responsible for at least 800 transplants since 2009.

Ted Ruskin, 76, avid student of Denver Jewish history

Ruskin helped found a Denver memorial to the murdered Jews at Babi Yar and started an annual clean-up of a long neglected section of a Jewish cemetery.

Bonds of Life

Alex Klein, 70, kosher caterer whose prayers stormed the heavens

Bonds of Life

Benjamin Levin, 93, last surviving member of the legendary Avengers partisan group

Bonds of Life

Michael Sorkin, 71, urban planner who proposed design for a Palestinian capital in Jerusalem

Bonds of Life

Fred Pressner, 73, led Venezuelan Jews during the Chavez era

Bonds of Life

Mark Steiner, 77, celebrated philosopher of mathematics

Bonds of Life

Evelyne Cohen, 93, fled Tunisia to become matriarch of a large family

Bonds of Life

Salomon Podgursky, 84, lived a life of resilience after the Holocaust

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