Barbara Rabinovitz

Barbara Sue Rabinovitz, of Brookline, died on Sunday, August 13, 2023. She had reached her 80th year.
Born in Boston on March, 31 1944, she was the dear daughter of the late Ethel (Dollman) and Leo Rabinovitz and the devoted sister of the late Kenneth Rabinovitz. The family had a home in South Brookline for nearly 50 years, and Barbara was a graduate of the town's schools. She went on to earn a bachelor's degree in English from New York University, a master's degree in journalism from Boston University, and a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
Her life's work was as a print journalist. For more than 40 years, while living in downtown Boston and enjoying all that it offered to its residents, Barbara served as a reporter and/or editor at four Boston-based newspapers: the Boston Herald American, Banker & Tradesman, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, and The Jewish Advocate. The grace note to her career in newspapers was as copy editor for The Hull Times, in a place she treasured as a summertime destination from her childhood.
A couple of years ago Barbara returned to Brookline and shared her journalistic skill with The Brookline Beacon, a monthly publication of the Council on Aging. It was a return to a town that truly felt like home.
She leaves good friends, colleagues, classmates in lifelong learning, and caregivers.
A private burial took place in Temple Emeth Memorial Park in West Roxbury, MA.