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Jewish leaders in Salt Lake City evacuated their congregation mid-service after receiving an anonymous terror threat which was emailed to several synagogues in the state on Sunday.
Elisabeth “Liesel” Joan Shineberg passed away peacefully at her home in Ogden the morning of February 20, 2020 at the age of 92. She was a generous, loving woman who brought light and peace to everyone she met. Liesel was born in Aachen, Germany in 1928 to a loving Jewish family, including her father Max, her mother Anna, and her sister Lotte. After her mother passed when she was 8 months old, she was raised by her stepmother Minna. Her family escaped from Nazi Germany to Amsterdam and from there to America, arriving in New York on February 22, 1940, President’s Day. Despite the diffic...