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Eulogy for Rabbi Aaron Gold (by Ralph
and Marian Barnes)
The Shofar, Newsletter of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, July 2001
When Marian and I arrived in San Diego in 1979, we decided to find a shul where
we would be comfortable—we had always been members of an Orthodox Synaogue in
England and decided we would "try something different." After
visiting three or four synagogues in the area, a friend suggested Tifereth
Israel. We attended the next Friday night service and, after enjoying the
service sitting together (with our youngest son) as a family, went into the Oneg
Shabbat. The first person to greet us was Rabbi Gold, who, on hearing us speak,
said, "And what part of England do you come from?" He was so charming,
explaining what Tifereth Israel had to offer, that the following Sunday morning
we enrolled as members, with Jeremy entering the Torah School. "The
rest," as they say, "is history." Thank you, Rabbi, for bringing
us into the Tifereth Israel family.