1.0Sweet Shorehttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/sweetshoreNora Pulshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/sweetshore/author/npulsLife and Death - Sweet Shorerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="AatNqkCwQI"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/sweetshore/2011/09/life-and-death.html">Life and Death</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/sweetshore/2011/09/life-and-death.html/embed#?secret=AatNqkCwQI" width="600" height="338" title="“Life and Death” — Sweet Shore" data-secret="AatNqkCwQI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Today we buried my brother-in-law, Henri Blits. It was a small, private Jewish service with an Air Force honor guard and loving tributes from his nieces and nephews, Rick and myself. Henri was 61 years old. He passed from this earth on Saturday, after a very short battle with pancreatic cancer. He was diagnosed in…http://blog.beliefnet.com/sweetshore/files/2011/09/double_rainbow-feat1.jpg