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Obituary-LANA FINK
Lana Fink, age 78, of Clermont, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, at Quality Health Care Center Hospice in Winter Garden. A native of Baku, Azerbaijan, she was the only daughter and one of four children born to the late Lazar...
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Carol Channing, the original star of 'Hello Dolly!,' dies at 97
(JTA)-Actress Carol Channing, who originated the starring role in "Hello Dolly!" on Broadway and won a Tony Award for her portrayal of the boisterous widow, has died. She was 97. Channing was the...
Obituary - NICHOLAS ROBERT PINANSKY
Nicholas Robert Pinansky passed away on Jan. 8, 2019 at the age of 35. He was born in San Diego, California, to his mother, Lisa Turano Wojcik, and father, Don Pinansky. Nicholas was a senior web designer for uBreakiFix in Orlando, Fla. He was a me...
Obituary - Judy Gerson Schreiber
Judy Gerson Schreiber of Canton, Ga., formerly of Maitland, Fla., passed away on Jan. 12, 2019. She was 71. Judy was born to the late Robert Gerson and Sadie Schwartz Gerson on Aug. 17, 1947, in Macon...
Moshe Arens dies at 93
JERUSALEM (JTA)-Moshe Arens, a veteran Israeli politician and defense minister under three prime ministers, has died. Arens, who first hired Benjamin Netanyahu and is credited with helping him get...
Georges Loinger, French Resistance fighter, dies
(JTA)—Georges Loinger, a member of the French Resistance during World War II who saved hundreds of Jewish children from the Nazis, has died. Loinger died on Friday in Paris at the age of 108, France’s Holocaust Memorial Foundation confirmed on it...
Bat Mitzvah - Dena Rose Kolin
Dena Rose Kolin, daughter of Lawrence and Karen Kolin of Orlando, will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at Congregation Ohev Shalom in Maitland. Dena is in the...
Amos Oz is dead at 79
(JTA)-Amos Oz, one of Israel's most widely read and best-known writers, has died. He was 79. The cause was cancer, the Israeli media reported. Barely older than the country he chronicled in dozens of...
Some of the inspiring Jews we lost in 2018
By Gabe Friedman (JTA)-The end of every year brings the grim task of rounding up the prominent Jews who passed away over the previous 12 months. But in doing so, we are able to pay tribute to their...
Obituary - RUTH BORENSTEIN
Ruth Borenstein, age 94, of Apopka, passed away peacefully at her residence on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. A native of New York City, she was born on Oct. 19, 1924, to the late Hyman and Ethel Siegel Schreier. Ruth, a high school graduate and...
Obituary - ROBERTA GERSON DAVIS
Roberta G. Davis, age 74, of Clermont, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, at the Mike Conley Hospice House in Clermont. A native of Winthrop, Massachusetts, she was born on April 30, 1944, to the late Perry and Pauline Bean Gerson. Roberta...
Obituary - RIGOBERTO SEGUNDO PAZ DUMENIGO
Rigoberto “Rigo” Paz Dumenigao, age 75, of Orlando, passed away on Dec. 10, 2018, at Florida Hospital—East. He was born on June 1, 1943, in Ciego de Avila, Cuba, to the late Manolo Paz and Augustina Dumenigo Paz. Rigo earned his bachelor’s...
Obituary - LOIS FISHER GARNER
Lois Fisher Garner, age 61, Saint Cloud, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2018, at her residence. She was born on Dec. 17, 1986, in Houston, Texas, to Samuel and Ina Marilyn Grossman Fisher. Lois received her Bachelor of Nursing degree and worked...
Obituary - LARRIE I. GREENE
Larrie I. Greene, age 79, of Maitland, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, at Quality Health Care Center in Winter Garden. He was born in Waterbury, Conn., on Nov. 10, 1939, to the late James and Anne Jacobs Greene. Larrie attended college and...
Obituary - ROBERT MARK "ROBBIE" PITT
Robert M. “Robbie” Pitt, age 29 of Winter Garden, passed away on Dec. 3, 2018, at Orlando Regional Medical Center. He was born on May 17, 1989, in Boynton Beach to Lawrence B. Pitt and Renee E. Posner Pitt. The family relocated to the Orlando...
Obituary-MAX ARTHUR MOGUL
Submitted by the family Max A. Mogul, age 86, of Maitland, passed away peacefully Friday night, Dec. 14, 2018. Max was born May 7, 1932, in Malden, Massachusetts. He was preceded in death by Ruth Mogul, his wife of 66 years, and his son Alan Mogul....
Obituary-JOHN JEREMIAS STEIN
Written by the family John Jeremias Stein, age 82, passed away on Nov. 21, 2018, in Orlando. The beloved uncle to Rabbi Stephen Chicurel-Stein, Dr. Steven Chicurel-Stein, Lara Rachlin Steinel, Daniel V. Steinel and dear friend to the staff of Gentry...
Obituary-CAROL L. ENGLANDER
Carol Englander, age 84, of Greenlawn, New York (formerly of Orlando), passed away on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. A Bronx native, she was born on Sept. 12, 1934, to the late Phillip and Dora Grossman Nord. During her working career, Carol worked as a...
Obituary-GERI HILLER MASLANIK
Geraldine "Geri" Shirley Hiller Maslanik, 89, died on Nov. 29, 2018. She was born March 7, 1929, in the Bronx, New York City. Geri graduated from NYU, where she was inducted into the Hall of Fame....
Bar Mitzvah - Jonathan Aaron Gebaide
Jonathan Aaron Gebaide, son of Rachel and Rob Gebaide of Maitland, was called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, at Congregation Ohev Shalom in Maitland. Jonathan is in the...
Obituary - ESTHER ARNON
Esther (Ester) Arnon, age 90, of Great Neck, New York, passed away on Nov. 29, 2018, at Hospice of the Comforter in Altamonte Springs. She was born in Iran on Nov. 23, 1928, to the late Baruch Karbassi and Shoshana Salimpoor Karbassi. A homemaker,...
Stan Lee dies at 95
(JTA)-Stan Lee, who as one of the masterminds behind Marvel Comics created such mega-popular comic book franchises as Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and the X-Men, died early Monday morning...
Obituary-WILLIAM SIDNEY EPSTEIN
William S. Epstein, age 84, of Fern Park, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, at Cornerstone Hospice at Orlando Regional Medical Center. He was born on May 8, 1934, in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of the late Aaron and Clara Porten Epstein. Bill...
Obituary-SHELLEY WEISSMAN
Shelley Weissman, age 86, of Apopka, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, at Hospice of the Comforter in Altamonte Springs. Born in Randolph, New York, on Feb. 11, 1932, she was the daughter of the late John and Euphee Brooke Porter. Shelley was a...
Obituary - MARTIN ALLEN FRANCIS
Marty “The Big Guy” Francis, age 65, of Winter Springs, passed away on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 4, 1953, to Carol Loeb Francis and the late Leonard Francis. In 1961, he relocated to the Orlando area...
