Obituaries: Week of Sept. 14
Steven Baum died Aug. 13 at 69. Survived by wife Frieda; daughter Jennie (Gregory) Sloan; sons Jeremy, Michael (Monique), Benjamin; 5 grandchildren; sisters Lorrie (David) Jones, Debbie (Zvi) Yankov. Mount Sinai
Natalie Berkowitz died Aug. 9 at 89. Survived by daughter Cheryl (Brian); son Steven; 6 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; sister Lauren (Ron); brother Phillip (Ellen). Hillside
Julian R. Black died Aug. 3 at 98. Survived by daughters Jodie (Michel) Messin, Jill (Thomas) Williams; son Joel (Ronni); 6 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai
Sara Blau died Aug. 11 at 91. Survived by daughter Susan (Tibor) Herschko; 2 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai
Homer Bernard Chernin died Aug. 9 at 94. Survived by wife Gitta; daughter Lisa (Martin) Newman; sons Mark (Naomi), Jeff (Caryn); 5 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; brother Hughie (Suzie). Harbor Lawn-Mt. Olive Memorial Park, Costa Mesa
Herman Harold Cohen died Aug. 7 at 88. Survived by wife Elaine; sons Ira (Jeri), Mark; 4 grandchildren. Groman Eden
Raja Desenberg died July 29 at 96. Survived by daughters Dorene, Dena; son Dan (Susan); 1 grandchild. Conejo Mountain Memorial Park, Camarillo
Idele Frances Deutsch died Aug. 9 at 94. Survived by daughters Barbara (Marcel) Thibodeau, Lisa (William) Cohn. Mount Sinai
Krista Emery died Aug. 7 at 70. Survived by daughter Karen (Randy) Fratkin; sons Paul Klein, Luke (Julie); 2 grandchildren.
Kendra Glade died Aug. 7 at 34. Survived by mother Carla Bizantz; father Roger; stepmother Eva Goldfield; brother Philip Glade; grandfather Marty Glade; aunt Brenda Polisky. Mount Sinai
Henry Howard Gordon died Aug. 12 at 90. Survived by son Ron (Antoinette); 4 grandchildren; brother Albert (Lillian). Mount Sinai
Charles C. Ifergan died Aug. 14 at 98. Survived by son Ness (Ella) Ifergan. Mount Sinai
Muriel Jackson died Aug. 6 at 95. Survived by daughters Francine, Sandy (Hal); son Steven (Ellen); 9 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren. Hillside
Ina Joseph died Aug. 5 at 96. Survived by daughters Donna (Ross) Gentry, Lori (Rick) Jewett; son Michael (Shelly); 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai
Victor Kaplan died Aug. 7 at 104. Survived by daughter Laura (Jim) Tucker; son Jay (Karine) Kaplan; 6 grandchildren. Mount Sinai
Myra R. Karse died Aug. 14 at 84. Survived by sons Howard, Richard “Karse” (Kimberly) Hoffman; brothers Edward Hoffman, Alan (Helena) Hoffman. Mount Sinai
Stephen Barry Katz died Aug. 4 at 63. Survived by daughters Hana Brenner-Katz, Jade Brenner-Katz. Mount Sinai
Judith Kaufman died Aug. 15 at 107. Survived by son Laurence (Linda); sister Blanche Alpert. Mount Sinai
James Klaparda died Aug. 5 at 74. Survived by wife Susan; son Philip (Emily); 3 grandchildren; brother Sam (Sandy). Mount Sinai
Vivian Korn died Aug. 11 at 95. Survived by sons Howard (Susan), Stephen (Andee), Laurance; 7 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai
Frances Leigh died Aug. 11 at 94. Survived by daughter Susan; son Andrew (Barbara); 4 grandchildren. Mount Sinai
Lawrence Leiman died Aug. 4 at 82. Survived by wife Sandra; daughters Tracie (Steven), Nancy (Bobby); son David (Maria); 5 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside
Juliana Lookholder died Aug. 7 at 69. Survived by husband Scott; 2 grandchildren; sister Miriam (Larry) Feldman. Mount Sinai
Stuart G. Merle died Aug. 17 at age 70. Survived by wife Gale Ann; sons Jeremy (Jessica), Andrew (Martha); 3 grandchildren; mother Vivian; sister Joanne; brother Gordon. Levine Chapels, Brookline, Mass.
H. Reed Metzger died Aug. 7 at 86. Survived by wife Linda; daughter Dorothy; sons Marc (Kriann), Gregory (Becky); 2 grandchildren. Hillside
Lee Miller died Aug. 7 at 83. Survived by wife Cookie; daughters Julie (Gregg) Gelfand, Allison (David) Irete; 4 grandchildren; sister Jan (Wendell) Chapman. Mount Sinai
Florence S. Nadell died Aug. 1 at 89. Survived by daughter Patty (Jim) Tatone; son Evan; 1 grandchild; brothers Ronnie Wagenberg, Sonny Wagenberg. Mount Sinai
Claudia Senit died Aug. 4 at 85. Survived by husband Sylvan; daughter Laurie Ann (Arthur); sons Steve (Janice), Brian (Jackie); 2 grandchildren. Hillside
Charlotte Strauss died Aug. 5 at 92. Survived by son Lawrence (Eleanor); 3 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; sister Miriam. Hillside
JJ Inside The Print
The relationship between American Jews and Israel has never been, to put it politely, more complicated. If you’re on the left, you have a host...
When I went to see the groundbreaking exhibition “Auschwitz: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away” at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, Orthodox...
I drove down to San Diego for Lori Gilbert-Kaye’s funeral, the 60-year old woman of valor who was killed in the Chabad of Poway shooting....
Labels matter, and they are an integral part of the war of ideas. When British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President Franklin Roosevelt met...
“What are you wearing Friday night? Something that will show off those legs?” It was the week before Love to Erase MS at the Beverly...
We were two of the youngest Jewish-Americans to run for Congress in 2018 — Naomi Levin and Bryan Leib. We have many things in common, including...
Anti-Semitism is a sign of illness in the culture that hosts it. It poisons the culture’s history and legacy. The pre-Holocaust anti-Semitic reenact-ment we are...
Though most Syrians oppose normalizing relations with Israel and reject efforts toward establishing diplomatic ties, Syrian opposition leader Fahad Almasri has not stopped seeking an...
Saying that Eyal Sher lives and breathes Jerusalem is like saying the Western Wall is old. Sher’s matrilineal line to the holy city stretches back...
1. In less than two weeks, Israel is slated to install its new government. Its policies aren’t yet known, its direction unclear, its exact contour...
Hours before the last days of Passover began, it was very busy at Judge Rachel Freier’s house in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y....
One verse, five voices. Edited by Salvador Litvak, Accidental Talmudist "Command the children of Israel, and they shall take to you pure olive oil, crushed for...
I don’t know why it surprised me. I should have expected it when I wrote a story some months back headlined “Hummus Is the Peacemaker.”...
In a conference call with the Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA), Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) took President Donald Trump to task for invoking executive...
This June, the KeHILLAT mogen David Spivak Educational Center (KMDSEC) in the Pico-Robertson area will graduate its first fifth-grade class. The Orthodox Jewish Day School,...
For several years, venture capitalist and philanthropist Art Bilger has been hosting town hall-style workshops across the country to address what he views as a...
Although Israel’s 71st anniversary officially was May 9, you can still celebrate all things Israel this Sunday, May 19, at the Israeli-American Council’s (IAC) annual...
On May 7, two days before Yom Ha’atzmaut — Israel’s Independence Day — the West Hollywood City Council hosted a screening of the 1997 documentary “The...
“What makes Israel a rich source of material and stories, and what happens to those stories and creators as they make their way to America?”...
Local artists Shula Singer Arbel, Dwora Fried and Malka Nedivi have very different styles and employ different mediums, but their inspiration for their work is...
Elizabeth Rynecki’s great-grandfather Moshe, a Polish Jew, was a renowned artist who was murdered in 1943 at the Majdanek concentration camp. His family has recovered...
We’ve all made mistakes that cost us: opportunities we passed on, deals we didn’t make, trusting the wrong people with our money. But the mistakes...
Ever since cell phones became a staple in our lives, those who work in Holocaust education and Holocaust memory have grappled with how to combine...
Peggy Lipton, whose blond hair and flower-child charisma made her a star of the 1960s TV hit “The Mod Squad” and the ’90s cult series...
Dear Jared, I know your father-in-law is not much of a reader. But he entrusted you with a historic peace mission that has defeated countless...
In the spirit of this weekend’s Celebrate Israel Festival, here’s a project that will keep you commemorating Israel’s independence throughout the spring and summer. This...
Israeli-born real estate investor and philanthropist Naty Saidoff supports many causes, yet the one that may be closest to his pro-Israel heart is the Israeli...
Husband-and-wife Roz and Jerry Rothstein, CEO and COO of pro-Israel organization StandWithUs (SWU), respectively, took part in a mission to Israel for Yom HaZikaron and...
FRI MAY 17 Musical Shabbat Music and Shabbat go hand in hand at Adat Ari El for “N’ranena,” an upbeat evening featuring an unbroken thread...
A Tribute to Aleh Negev Rockets rain down on the Negev even as Jews all over the world celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut. In the face of...
We are the shoes, we are the last witnesses. We are shoes from grandchildren and grandfathers, From Prague, Paris and Amsterdam, And because we are...
