Remembering Joe

Every month stepping in to the Westminster towers in Orlando, I had the opportunity to engage with Joseph Aaronson. Always cheerful, always smiling, always talkative, always positive Joe. Even on days when it was obvious he wasn’t feeling that great, when I asked how he was, he would respond “I’ve got a lot to be grateful for.” His three children Benn, Cookie and Ed describe him as ever the optimist with a glass half full mentality, especially in his later years. He would always greet me with a phrase in Yiddish, hoping to teach me some “Jewish,” and loved the tallit, kippah and prayer book pr...