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Gerardo Joffe

Gerardo Joffe, 98, passed away peacefully on July 9, 2018 at his home in San Francisco with his family by his side. Gerardo was born Gerhard Ernst Joffe in Berlin, Germany on June 22, 1920. He was raised in a typical middle-class Jewish home, where life was filled with Boy...

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I had the pleasure of reaching out to Mr. Joffe about 10 years ago after reading his autobiography, "Weaned on Carrot Juice". As a high school history teacher, I found his book to be so inspiring and historically significant that I feel it should be required reading for today's young people, and it reads as if this kindly man was sitting next to you in a chair, telling you one amazing thing after another about his life.

Mr. Joffe's book so profoundly impacted me that I sent him an...

Frankie Gutierrez

November 01, 2018 | Poughkeepsie, NY

My thoughts are with you Rachel, Joy and all family members and friends during this time. I'm sadden to hear that your father has passed! He'd come to visit me/us at our office on 3rd Street, to say Hi, to sing many songs he learned as a child (he knew all the words for the entire song(s)), bring a piece of paper with a puzzle (I hardly knew what I was looking at and had no clue how to start or solve it), tell jokes and was always curious about people in a kind way. I'm honored to have had...

Babi (Barbara) Bone

July 15, 2018 | San Francisco, CA

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