Source: www.ghanaweb.com « Prev Next » Comments (0) Listen to Article Emmanuel Osei Asibey This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Shira Stoll | sstoll@siadvance.comShira Stoll, a Multimedia Specialist for the Advance/SILive.com, is the filmmaker behind the “Where Life Leads You” documentary and the Staten Island Holocaust Survivor series. – Arnold Aronowitz was six years old when his father was beaten to death by the German army in 1943 In 1941, the Germans passed through Romania to fight the Soviet Union. They took over synagogues where they hosted soldiers and officials Arnold recalls how nice and friendly the soldiers were to him and his family He has distinct memories of the officers dancing with him and carrying him on their shoulders His mother once asked the soldiers why they were nice to them if they were killing Jews in other parts of Europe because “that’s what a soldier does,” Arnold remembers someone told the officers that John had been organizing this resistance This was something Arnold would never forget I first spoke to Arnold at the Sukkot celebration at the JCC in Seaview in October 2017 I was taken by surprise when he told me that he was an 81-year-old Holocaust survivor When Arnold and I connected about scheduling an interview where he goes to escape the Staten Island winters I flew there to hear how he and his family moved around and hid for three years to avoid being taken away and how he and his mother would eventually find their way to New York I invite you to watch the above video and hear Arnold’s story Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices Notices are posted by 10 am Monday through Saturday Adjust Text Size: A+ A- BETTY LEINBURD (née CALMANOVICI) Betty passed away peacefully in her sleep at home She was an example of the axiom that what doesn't kill you makes you tougher to make it through the first 40 years of her life 1922 in a traditional Jewish family in a small town in what had been the border lands of the Austro-Hungarian Empire She was the youngest of three children born to Calman and Gitel (née Herman) Her father owned a grain mill in the town and she had two older brothers She had the pleasure of living through crazed right-wing messianic fascists running Romania in the 1930s Nazi-allied fascists running Romania during the Second World War the despotic communist government running Romania after the Second World War There were maybe 10,000 people in Falticeni at the start of the Second World War of whom 7,000 were Jewish she was exposed to a sophisticated cultural life towards the end of the war and they were married on January 25 our parents were given permission to emigrate with a month's notice settling for a few months in Kiryat-Gat and then in Hadera Life in Israel at that time was very spartan Betty and Jacob had many close friends living there but their parents and some other relatives had already made their way to Canada and they followed eight months after arriving in Israel with nothing except two children full of attitude Betty and Jacob got jobs in the garment factories Betty wasn't cut out for working in factories and she did whatever she could to earn a living then working evening shifts as a nurse's aide at the Winnipeg General Hospital they opened up their wholesale and retail textile business in the Market Square area of Winnipeg seven or eight years after arriving in Canada Betty and Jacob bought a bungalow on Forrest Avenue and moved from North-End Lansdowne Avenue to suburban West Kildonan and Betty became a homemaker Her cooking was a blend of the rustic culinary flavours of her home country melding the foods and influences of Romania with the Balkans and Turkey But her baking was heavily influenced by the hangovers of Vienna and the Austro-Hungarian empire which ruled the area before the First World War It was Jewish Ashkenazi soul food at its most flavourful Weekday dinners were never less than a three-course meal And Friday night dinners were typically open to visiting family or friends marked by a feast consisting of salad at least one or two vegetable dishes often including ghiveci (a Romanian version of ratatouille) It brought total joy to Betty's heart to see our friends gorging on her baking and more than a match for handling two sons who threw everything they had at her After what she and her husband had been through or could have been...they were very much rooted in the here and now with a zest for living and always game for a party for a night of rummikub or kuluki with friends Rummikub was the vehicle for getting together with friends and enjoying the evening of good company and fine food (did we say she liked dessert) Hawaii was a big favourite of hers; later after her husband passed away Betty walked every day for at least an hour from the time she was around 50 she needed a brisk daily walk to keep her in a good mood She would put her head down and march off with determination and speed and was not interested in slowing her pace for the times someone accompanied her You had to keep up or she would leave you behind She refused to use a walking stick afterward Betty went for her daily walk outside on a September day her inability to have that vigorous daily walk but her appetite and her gusto never diminished to her final days we received many phone calls and emails from family and friends around the world and each noting to us how inspirational our mom had been to them in different ways over the years Paul (Ceci Kaufman) and Sorèl (Judy) It was a long journey from the other side of the world to Winnipeg and Betty made the most of almost every day She is and will be greatly missed by many other family members and friends in Canada As published in Winnipeg Free Press on May 05 Share your memories and/or express your condolences below Unfortunately with the need to moderate tributes for inappropriate content your comments may take up to 48 hours to appear The LinkedIn Post of the Day is a category where we will be featuring the best daily LinkedIn update or otherwise constructive view in the context of the current crisis March 27-29 weekend: Nicu Tone, General Manager SIF Hoteluri Romania. His post reads: We use cookies for keeping our website reliable and secure providing social media features and to analyse how our website is used Romanian cyclist Vlad Dascălu has won the gold medal at the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in the Under 23 category This is the first gold title for Romania in U23 XCO category After the win at Mont-Saint-Anne, Canada, this past weekend, Dascălu qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. It will be Romania’s second attendance in a mountain bike race, after cyclist Ovidiu Tudor Oprea finished 37th at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004, Prosport.ro reported Twenty-two-year old Dascălu was a favorite among the 70 starters in the UCI Men Under 23 XCO World Championships race having won four of the six World Cup rounds so far in 2019 it is an incredible feeling,” the Romanian athlete said “I have dreamt about this but the race is unpredictable I am very happy; I cannot describe the feeling I have now.” Business Insider SRL is a carrier of data with personal character registered in the “Registrul de Evidenta a Prelucrarilor de Date cu Caracter Personal” with the no Romania-Insider.com is a trademark registered with the help of NOMENIUS and all exclusivity rights are reserved to the owner of Business Insider SRL Any unauthorized use will be sanctioned according to the provisions of trademarks law 84/1998 A EUR 1 million investment in the expansion of its factory in Falticeni has doubled the total value of supplement and tea producer Alevia’s complex The expansion included the office building and production lines both in the production and sales department has an area of ​​2,000 square meters and an annual production capacity of 4,000,000 units which includes dietary supplements and teas “It all started from the passion for health, and today we are happy to deliver to Romans a wide range of products they need at affordable prices, with over 4 million customers annually. Expanding the production center was a necessary step in Alevia’s brand development. (…) For the future, we want to export products to countries in the Balkans and beyond,” said Dr. Florin Mitocaru, Alevia general manager. Alevia produces 120 types of supplements and 50 varieties of teas available in over 4,000 pharmacies and stores in Romania The Romanian company sells monthly 180,000 boxes of food supplements and 150,000 boxes of teas Dulcinella is a brand created in 2005 in the Republic of Moldova and since 2021 it has also entered the Romanian market The company has a network of 18 confectioners and pastry shops (one of which is franchised) in Bucharest Over 40% sales growth with a network reduced by 30% “The year 2024 was a year of transformation ending with a turnover of €7.1 million for the Dulcinella Romania group we ended with a significant increase compared to 2023 even though we operated with only 18 confectioners This result was driven by the change of the business strategy as a result of a new Group management vision which included the closure of the inherited underperforming confectioners I believe that the main factor of this result is efficiency” Among the main business initiatives of Dulcinella in 2025 are the opening of a new factory in Târgu Neamț (to relocate the current one) increasing the network by opening 32 franchise units – to reach 50 units by the end of the year an investment of EUR 200,000 in a new ERP system for process optimization and expanding storage capacity for frozen products The new factory in Târgu Neamț will employ approximately 100 people, double the number at the current one. The company acquired a former textile factory in Targu Neamt at the end of 2024 for EUR 750,000 which has an area of 4,700 square meters and is located on a 8,500 square meter plot of land The entire planned investment in the new factory will be another EUR 3 million The new factory is planned to open in August and will replace the current one being more modern and with a production capacity about three times greater than the existing one Around 100 people will work in the new factory working in the existing factory and the network of confectioneries and pastry shops The new factory in Târgu Neamț will open instead of the one scheduled to launch this year in Cernica Dulcinella’s management aims to build a logistics hub for storing frozen products which will support both the factory’s operations and the company’s long-term expansion “The initial planning for the opening of the new factory on the 19,000 square meters acquired in Cernica in 2024 has been modified due to an opportunity that arose at the end of last year We purchased a former textile factory in Târgu Neamț which gives us the advantage of retaining the existing team and opening the new factory much faster saving about two years compared to the original plan The planned investment for Cernica remains strategic for us but will be redirected towards building a hub that will reinforce our logistical infrastructure and enhance operations in the coming years,” explained the CEO of Dulcinella Romania Launch of savory pastry products and a campaign with Dubai chocolate Dulcinella will initially focus on cities located approximately 150 kilometers from Bucharest and on the Moldova area where production and distribution infrastructure is already well-developed Dulcinella’s management will launch three new types of savory products this year in response to growing demand for savory pastries although general preferences have remained constant over the years the end of 2024 brought the trend of Dubai chocolate with the company recently running a sales campaign for this product in all Dulcinella confectioneries Dulcinella Romania is a brand of confectionery and pastry rooted in Bessarabian cuisine that launched in Romania in 2021 and since 2023 is part of the investment portfolio of the Cornelius H Group LTD investment fund based in London Products are made in the Dulcinella factory in Târgu Neamț and are sold through a network present in Bucharest Some of the most appreciated creations include pastries like Cușma lui Guguta and baked goods like skillet pies or croissants The brand operates offline and online through a network of confectioneries and pastry shops providing social media features and to analyse how our website is used.