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January 1, 1909 ā May 16, 2011
Shirley Novick, born Shulamit Rabinowitz, grew up in a small village in Poland during World War I; fleeing to the United States by way of Canada during World War II and losing her parents to the Nazis; toiling for 47 years in New York City's garment district, where she became a labor activist; reuniting with her sisters, who had emigrated to Palestine; and taking part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Shirley was married to Pesakh "Paul" Novick, editorā¦
