Remembering Harris Rosen, z'l

I was quite surprised and so sorry to hear of Harris’ death. Surprised, because I always pictured Harris to be invincible and that he would live forever. Sorry, because his loss leaves a great void not only in his family, but in the Orlando community at large, and certainly in the Orlando Jewish community. I expected his life to go on forever so that he could continue to do his unbelievable and role-model good deeds.

I first met Harris right after he got to Orlando, introduced by Hy Lake, with the direction to solicit Harris for a gift to the Jewish Federation. Harris had just started to build...