Articles by Shalom E Kelman,

Dr. Herbert A. Kelman, MD: From Talmud Torah to Finishing Shas: Growing up Frum Early 20th Century America


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My family and I just passed the shloshim of my father, Herbert A. Kelman, MD, a”h. During the shiva, as I shared with friends and family my father’s challenges and life achievements, I also discovered fresh anecdotes of his life from his surviving friends and colleagues. Sadly, not too many of them remain; after all, he was the last of his generation, passing away at the ripe old age of 95! My daughter Naomi shared with us an interview she penned about his life as part of a college course. Upon reading it, I was amazed at how many particulars of my father’s life I had forgotten or had never known, even though I thought I knew all the details of his long life.


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