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     Barry Scot Schmetter February 8, 1959 – August 20, 2023 While we mourn the loss of Barry, we celebrate his spirit and the gifts he bestowed. Barry was a passionate scientist, celebrated photographer and artist and used his penchant for the abstract to tie together the loose ends in life. He is a beloved son, brother, father, friend and colleague who has touched us each in a very special and unique way. He left his mark wherever he tread. This cannot be erased,...

Sylvia Fried lived a long and interesting life, leaving us several weeks shy of what would have been her 91st birthday. She was born on September 9, 1932, in Bucharest, Romania, While she lived there during happy times with her mother and uncles as a young girl before World War II, living there during the war was not easy. Although subjected to legal discrimination and administrative oppression, the Jews of Bucharest were not deported to concentration camps like those living elsewhere in...

The Washington DC Jewish Community lost a great leader and mentor on Monday, June 6, 2022; the second day of the holiday of Shavuot, when the beloved Rabbi Joseph Shalom Friedman passed away in his home in Rockville, Maryland surrounded by the love of his adoring family.  He was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, on September 9, 1947, to Rabbi Samuel and Zehava Friedman, joining his older brothers Aaron and Emanuel (Manny).    After graduating Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim...

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Chapel service to be held on Monday, March 2, 2020, 12 p.m. at Beth El Synagogue, 1004 Watts Street, Durham, NC with interment to follow at Durham Hebrew Cemetery, Durham, NC.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice.