Rabbi Romi Cohn was hailed as 'a role model to the Jewish community' after being struck down by COVID-19 on Tuesday.
An elderly Rabbi who was said to have helped rescue 56 Jewish families during the holocaust has died from the COVID-19 coronavirus., not long after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Only two months earlier, he had delivered the opening prayer for the U.
S. House of Representatives, in commemoration of the 75-year anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Cohn was born in Czechoslovakia in 1929 and was 10 years old when the country was invaded by Germany. After his family fled for Hungary he joined with partisans in the fight against the Nazis, returning to Czechoslovakia and forging Christian identification documents that helped Jewish families to escape. His mother and four siblings were later killed in a concentration camp. "As a young boy of 10 years I was condemned to be dead, to be murdered along with my entire family... by one evil man, may his name be erased forever," Cohn told lawmakers during the January prayer. After emigrating to the United States, Cohn served as a rabbi in Brooklyn, New York and was well known as a mohel, performing over 3,000 circumcisions on newborns free of charge and training over 100 on the practice. He also had a career in real estate development and co-authored a book based on his early life experiences, titledRabbi Romi Cohn delivers an opening prayer for the U.S. House of Representatives on January 29, 2020.Jewish community leaders paid tribute to Cohn, while noting that his passing is also a stark reminder of the threat posed by the pandemic. "Rabbi Cohn was a role model to the Jewish community," Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding toldover the phone."This tragic death reminds us that faith in God does not mean that sorrow will never enter our homes, or that illness will never strike our loved ones." Rep. Max Rose invited Cohn to deliver the House prayer and expressed his grief on Twitter after learning of the passing on Tuesday. "Heartbroken to hear Rabbi Romi Cohn z''l [may he rest in peace] passed away from COVID-19," Rose tweeted."Rabbi Cohn lived an incredible life of service, helping 56 families escape Nazi tyranny. 2 months after he led the House in opening prayer, I hope you'll join me in praying for him & his family."Rabbi Cohn lived an incredible life of service, helping 56 families escape Nazi tyranny. 2 months after he led the House in opening prayer, I hope you'll join me in praying for him & his family. ××× ××××¨× ×ר××
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