Susan Wehle Tribute

Susan...my memory of you goes back to the beginning of DLTI (the first!) and the many years after...always SO happy to see you, catch up, share, support one another in our struggles and joys and celebrations......and then you became my smicha sister-3 years ago we shared that very deep and very powerful ordination ceremony where you became Cantor and I Rabbi.....and seeing you every year since. Always made me happy in my heart to share with you. I have been heartbroken at your sudden loss in this world, but I am comforted by understanding that some of us have had the privilege to share a connection of the neshamah that goes beyond friendship or just colleagues...it is a sacred sharing, and i thank you for showing this to me. I send love and care to your family and your congregation and all those whose hearts are torn.

Rabbi Chaya Gusfield (Oakland, CA)