From Myrna Mitnick, 1/23/12 to Yizchak:
"Hi. I don't believe we ever met but I am a friend of Taube's a"h from Michlalah days. We lived in the same dira: she roomed with Rivkie (Stern) Lamm and Laurie (Weinsweig) Wakshlag and I shared a room upstairs with two native Israelis. At any rate, Taube and I were very friendly that year and were able to stay connected for a few years after that. Unfortunately both the distance (I live in Baltimore) and the preoccupation with raising our families got in the way and we lost touch over the years.
Flash forward to a year and a half ago. My husband and I had signed up to do the 5 day Wheels of Love bike ride for Alyn Hospital. As a result, we started getting newsletters from the hospital. One of them mentioned Taube a"h and her contributions. My heart sank when I saw the two letters z"l appended to her name in that newsletter. Before that day, I knew nothing of her illness and tragic passing. Reading that day about Taube and all she did for the hospital made me all the more committed to support the organization to which she contributed so much. My husband Ron and I completed the ride in the Negev last year. Two months ago we did our second Alyn Ride, this time in the Galil. It was after completing this second ride that I felt that I had digested the experience enough to be a able to write about it. So I wrote an article for the Where, What, When, our local magazine which is distributed to the Orthodox communities of Baltimore and Silver Spring, MD. Since I included something in this article about Taube, Diane Horowitz suggested that you might be interested in seeing it. So if you are, here is the link to the article:
http://www.wherewhatwhen.com/archive/2011/12/wheels-of-love/
As a post-script, I emailed the article to Rachel, a nurse we had met on the ride and about whom I wrote a paragraph in the article. After she read it, here is what she wrote to me, "I was especially touched by what you wrote about Taube Korn Z"L. I got the chance to meet Taube during her last hospital stay in Shaarei Tzedeck before she passed away and had the zechut to be her nurse at that time. Although we only knew each other for a few weeks we became very close and she really made a strong impression on me. I think that your efforts and dedication to the ALYN bike ride is a beautiful way to commemorate her life and everything she stood for."
Diane told me that your daughter Sari is engaged so I want to wish you mazel tov on this simcha! May your life be filled with nachas from all your children and much simcha always.
Sincerely yours,
Myrna (Mazel Barkey) Mitnick"
