Get to know...Phyllis Lensky
Born: in Milwaukee 5/17/1936
Married: Harry Lensky, o’bm Year: 1959 What city?: Milwaukee
Children: Roberta Newman, who lives in Toronto
Mark (Melech) , a rabbi who is a Chaplain at Froedtert Hospital
Member of ASKT since: 2010
ASKT Roles/Committees: Served on a variety of committees, most recently Education. Originated and implemented the first synagogue annual calendar. Member of the Board of ASKT.
Hobbies: Love to read and learn. Participate in adult education classes both secular and religious. Member of a writing group for many years and have developed many memoir pieces.
Professions: Trained as an Occupational Therapist and practiced for several years. Spent 10 years at UWM School of Nursing as a program developer and facilitator for nursing continuing education courses,seminars, short courses and conferences in co-ordination with the School of Nursing faculty.
Phyllis called me (Rabbi Kalmar) to add this to her ASKT interview: "Rabbi, I feel just terrible – I forgot one of the most important things about ASKT in terms of sense of the community – 5 years ago when I was so ill: they were just Johnny on the spot when I came home from the hospital. People brought meals, they took me to doctor’s appointments, they stopped in to visit. I was overwhelmed by the assistance and the caring that was demonstrated during that time. ASKT is what I call a caring community. And that’s something I really wanted to get across. There were so many things going through my head that I wanted to say and I forgot one of the most important ones."