Bernard Abend will be honored with a lifetime achievement award in recognition of his 36 years of devoted service to Etz Jacob Congregation. On this special occasion. he and Annette will also celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. Bernard and Annette Abend. who were born in Poland and suffered through the atrocities of concentration encampment during the Holocaust. did not meet until after World War II. They married in 1946 and soon after emigrated to the United States. The new paths they forged for themselves in Scranton. PA were enriched with the births of their two daughters and the many challenges facing a young family in an adopted land.
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