Rosa Sherman-Arbel passed away on March 29 after battling COVID-19.

Her family said in a statement that she was “ ... a resident of Jerusalem since the 1960s; the only place she was prepared to live. She was a devoted mother and grandmother who always put her children’s good and needs before that of her own. She passed away before her time after contracting the coronavirus.”

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