My memories of PJR are a bit fuzzy, other than him being a fixture at Kutz and that booming voice of his. I was at Kutz in '93, '96, and '03, before returning again in 2019 for the last Alumni weekend. I remember discussing NFTY in Israel with him; sadly something I didn't get to experience. He was a giant within the Reform movement and his presence will be missed. May his memory be for a blessing.
“Welcome home! Reserved for PJR.” Debbie Eberlin photographed this sign as she arrived at Kutz for the alumni weekend in August 2019. “This made me smile,” she remembers. Photograph by Debbie Eberlin; place, occasion and date supplied by the photographer.RB-PHO-0340Pagoda Jacob at Kutz, photographed by Debbie Eberlin during the alumni weekend in August 2019. Beneath its name, a plaque records the rededication of the Abraham, Isaac and Jacob pagodas in Paul Reichenbach’s honor on the occasion of a fiftieth anniversary. “Pagoda Jacob was always my favorite,” Eberlin writes. The photograph’s date and setting come from her account; the rededication date is not established.RB-PHO-0341“PJR is literally the voice of Kutz for me.” Debbie Eberlin identifies Paul in this photograph, which she took during services at Kutz’s alumni weekend in August 2019. Photograph by Debbie Eberlin; identification, date and occasion supplied by the photographer.RB-PHO-0342