Harriet Greenblatt of East Windsor, NJ passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2022. She was 74.
She was a member of Beth El Synagogue in East Windsor and Congregation Beth Chaim in Princeton Junction.
Funeral services and burial are Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at 9:30am at Ahavath Israel Memorial Cemetery, 210 Ridge Avenue, Hamilton NJ.
Gary and I were so saddened to hear about the passing of Harriet. To say she will be missed is an understatement.
Harriet was a loyal member of our Beth Chaim adult choir for many years. Beyond her singing voice, she was generous with her talents as a musician and pianist and helped our Soprano section several times when we had to learn our special parts. Harriet also regularly attended our Shabbat morning Torah Study. She prepared for each weekly Parashat and always had interesting comments.
She loved to read aloud the weekly section to the group. She was skilled at watercolor painting and one of her works adorns our temple walls.
Harriet was very witty… And I will miss that at our weekly choir rehearsals.
It is very sad that I even have to post this note.
Gary and I were stunned to hear that she had died.
Yes, Harriet was a complex person… But there is no doubt that her memory will be a blessing.
She will be missed.
Harriet was a long term member of Congregation Beth Chaim in West Windsor NJ.
She was an active participant at our Torah Study group. I also attended and always listened to her thoughtful comments. I was surprised to learn of her passing. She will be missed at Congregation Beth Chaim. Her soul will continue as part of our ongoing studies.
While I knew Harriet from Beth Chaim it was while shopping Tuesday mornings at McCaffreys that Harriet and I would run into each other. It was always an experience and I never knew where our chats would go. May her memory be a blessing to all who knew her.
I knew Harriet as a musician. She was an excellent pianist, and as I am a violinist, she would accompany me in playing sonatas together. I shall miss playing with her, and miss her simply as a friend.
Harriet was also a long-standing member of Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs (members of the community gathered to sing through — for their own pleasure — the great works in choral literature, with orchestra). She helped with session setup and was a Board member. We will miss her insightful comments and enthusiasm at our Board meetings.
Unfortunately Harriet has been taken from us much too soon. I will miss her very much. She was an amazing pianist who was very generous in sharing her musical gifts with me and others. I loved playing flute and piano music with her. Rest in peace, Harriet
Dear Barbara,
It was Alice Hay who passed on the terribly sad news about Harriet. We were actually in Kindergarten together at Stonybrook and were always connected in some way until high school graduation, when, sadly, we lost touch. I remember your entire family so well – and visited in both your Princeton houses. I even remember one of her birthday parties when we played Musical Chairs, at your Snowden Lane house.
I’m so pleased to read that she spend a lifetime making good use of her musical abilities.
I hope you and your family are well and please know that Harriet is deeply missed.
Blessings to you all,
Margo Tobolsky Irwin
Oh Harriet, what good times we had playing! You kindly accompanied me on flute in so much of the Baroque, but also the Poulenc, Bruch. We had our whole past in common with the early training by all our Westminster-trained teachers. We enjoyed comparing notes on our Princeton past (Mr. Friedman in the Nassau Street School, among so many others….
I moved to Maine 4 yrs. ago and missed you, Harriet! So we wrote letters but we missed the music.
Glad to hear from above commentators that I was not the only one! All best to you, pianist now spirit,
Sarah