The Order of Canada recipient sought to heal the world through social action and the pursuit of justice
Unrelenting, probing and empathetic, Sheila Barshay Goldbloom could make you feel like you were the only person in the room. Her three children maintained their mother needed only a 15-minute conversation to get to know someone, such was her ability to get others to divulge details about their lives.Courtesy of the Family, a concept in Judaism that means healing the world through social action and the pursuit of justice.
“She always believed you had to meet with people, to listen, talk and see where you could find common ground,” her son said. “The most important lesson she ever taught me was that love is expandable, that you can always open yourself up to new people, experiences and ideas.” In a note posted to the funeral home’s website, Dr. Elsana wrote, “Sheila was my guiding star whenever I felt lost in the new and challenging world. She was the one to find me and point me towards a new potential path. She was a trailblazer and a uniter who knew how to connect people and how to open doors for them to co-create a better world, a world of justice and peace, a world where women have their voices heard and followed.”was born in New York on Nov.
As she grew up, Ms. Goldbloom excelled at school, and found role models in figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt, the activist First Lady of the United States whose syndicated newspaper column, “My Day,” ran six days a week, from 1935 to 1962.
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