99-year-old Holocaust survivor killed in traffic on way to Brooklyn synagogue New York Jewish Week via JTA — A 99-year-old Holocaust survivor riding an electric wheelchair was struck by a motorist and killed on his way to synagogue in Brooklyn. Jack Mikulincer was headed to the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center when a BMW SUV plowed into him late Saturday afternoon, the New York Daily News reported. Mikulincer’s daughter Aviva told the Daily News that the Orthodox synagogue had been a refuge for him. “He loved going to synagogue, and when the coronavirus came upon us, there was no synagogue,” she...