Hans and Phyllis Herda’s wedding, 1962

In his decades of serving as a rabbi at Harvard Hillel, Ben-Zion Gold officiated at many weddings. One of the earliest was the wedding of Hans Herda and Phyllis Goldman on July 4, 1962. As of the date of this blog post, Hans and Phyllis have been married 56 1/2 years. Hans explained the photo…

Eulogies

The following three eulogies – by Rabbi Norman Janis, Rabbi Jonah Steinberg, and Jane Myers –  were given at Rabbi Gold’s funeral, April 20, 2016 – 12 Nisan 5776. Rabbi Norman Janis I first met Rabbi Gold in the spring of 1959.  We had both come to Harvard the previous fall – he as a…