Tag: Professional Rabbinics
After The Shloshim: Who Was Dr. Ivan Mauer?
I have always fashioned myself a wordsmith. No longer.
Dr. Ivan Mauer was Naomi Mauer's husband and Mrs. Irene Klass's son-in-law, and both Irene and Dr. Ivan died virtually simultaneously. And I must confess: Ivan was not only my good friend and our family doctor, but also a congregant who respected me and loved me - and consistently squabbled with me.
Yet I could not find a single word in the entire thesaurus that would suit him.