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Submitted by her family Ida Freedman, beloved wife of the late Bernard Freedman, passed away on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, at the age of 99 ½ years. She had lived the last six years with her daughter, Paula Streimish, in Fern Park, Florida. Ida and Bernie retired to Sunrise, Florida, where they enjoyed more than two decades of life as residents of Sunrise Lakes. Born and raised in the Greater Boston area, she married Bernie near the end of World War II and raised three children: Paula; Faye, of the Greater Baltimore area; and the late Robert...
Jeri Leavitt, 87, passed peacefully Feb. 17, 2019, with her family close by. Born to Larry and Bertha Grutman on Aug. 5, 1931, her Bronx roots made her a true New Yorker, a lover of fashion and food. Jeri's last 23 years were lovingly shared with her husband Joseph, "Jack" Leavitt. Their focus ranged from their synagogue, Congregation Beth Am, where they met as widowers, to traveling the world. An illness early in life led Jeri to a career in nursing. She graduated from Albert Einstein Nursing...
Howard Rosenfeld (Chaim ben Tzvi Hersh), age 72, of Orlando, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, at Florida Hospital—Orlando. A New York City native, he was born on Nov. 12, 1946, to the late Harry and Sarah Rose Parker Rosenfeld. He was a high school graduate; later enlisting in the U.S. Army. Prior to his enlistment, Howie married the former Madelyne Shankman on May 14, 1966, in Smithfield, North Carolina. During his military service, Howie served as an MP, earning distinction as a Sharpshooter and Pistol Expert. Following his time in t...
Submitted by her family Nira S. Stein, age 84, of Maitland, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, at Advent Health—Altamonte. Nira was born on Feb. 12, 1935, in Tel Aviv, Israel, to the late Solomon and Rosi Fleisher Sheintal. In 1944 Nira, her parents and her younger brother sailed on the Ile de France, which had been converted to a troop transport during the War, to the United States. Upon arrival, they lived with Nira’s maternal grandparents in Washington, D.C., until her father began building homes in suburban Maryland. As he became mor...
Ira W. Waldinger, age 68, of Winter Garden, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, at Orlando Regional Medical Center. A Brooklyn native, he was born on Feb. 21, 1951, to the late Martin and Esther Dobrow Waldinger. He was a graduate of Hunter College and worked as an educator with children with special needs. On Sept. 16, 1984, in Hastings-on-Hudson, he married the former Amy Abramson, his wife of more than 34 years who survives him. Following their retirements, the family relocated to the Orlando area in 2017. In addition to his wife, Mr....
The St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society is mourning the Feb. 16, 2019, death of Al Vorspan, a giant in the movement for Social Justice among Reform Jews. He was 95. Vorspan was arrested here in St. Augustine, Florida along with 16 rabbis making for the largest mass arrest of rabbis in U.S. history. Although not a rabbi himself, Vorspan's credentials were considerable. He was a founder of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and served as the longtime director of the Union for Reform...
Submitted by the family Marvin Mandell, 92, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. He lived a great and healthy life that was filled with lots of love and laughter from his family and friends. He never stopped joking. Marvin was born Aug. 10, 1928. He entered the military when he was 18 years old, served for two years as a private first class with Company F 110th Infantry Regiment during WWII, and participated in the Battle of the Bulge. During his years in the Army, he received the WWII Victory Medal, the American Servic...
By Mara Beth Sommers We are mourning the passing on Jan. 25, 2019, of a beloved husband, father and zayde. Born Bernard D. Schnipper on May 9, 1928, he was predeceased by his wife of over 60 years, Arlene Sommers, on April 4, 2017. My dad was an amazing person. He was brilliant, kind, loving and giving. He had three degrees. He wanted to be an engineer but his parents wanted him to be an accountant, so he got an accounting degree. When I was a toddler, he went back to NYU and got an engineering...
Submitted by the family Charles B. Rosner, 85, of Kissimmee, Fla., passed away Feb. 6, 2019. He was our dad—a man of ageless stories and quip answers that made one think then laugh, and he most always brought the discussion back to his hometown of Brooklyn, N.Y. When he wanted something simply explained, he asked for it in “Brooklyn English.” He loved his family very much and worked hard to see his two daughters graduate college. He was a wonderful husband to his wife, Phyllis, who he met 60 years ago on a beach. They honeymooned in the Borsc...
(JTA)-To the many employees and partners of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, who died Wednesday at the age of 67, he was a man of vision whose enormous drive to succeed both facilitated and complicated his relentless efforts on behalf of the Jewish people. As head of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, or IFCJ, the New York-born rabbi raised more than $360 million in donations-mostly from Christians-for projects benefiting needy Jews and Arabs in Israel and beyond. To many thousands of o...
Louis Roche Brandes, age 94, of Orlando passed away on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2017, at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Dr. Brandes was born in Bacau, Romania on Dec. 9, 1924, to the late Joseph and Ioila Brandes. He complete his medical studies initially in Romania and moved to Israel in 1948, serving as a medical officer during the War of Independence in 1948. He left Israel in 1950, and moved to Italy where he completed further medical studies becoming a psychiatrist. In 1952, he returned to Israel to live. With the outbreak of the Suez Campaign...
Theresa Braun, age 56, of Orlando, passed away at her residence on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, surrounded by her family. A native of New York, she was born on Feb. 16, 1962, to Jack and Josephine Panullo Gehebe. Theresa graduated from high school and worked as an editor in the computer industry. On Nov. 14, 1987, on Long Island, she married Robert Braun, her husband of over 31 years who survives her. Die-hard Yankee fans, the family relocated from New York to the Orlando area in 2001. In addition to her husband, Theresa is survived by her son,...
Submitted by the family Marion Daitzman, predeceased by her husband, Ira Daitzman of Orlando, Fla., passed away peacefully on Jan. 27, 2019, at the Hospice of the Comforter in Altamonte Springs, Florida. She was 84. Marion was born April 30, 1934, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Samuel and Ida Eisen, most recently of Orlando, Florida. The essays Marion wrote in her youth reveal a young woman who knew her own mind. Some frequent topics included her family, friends and future husband to whom she was happily married for 64 years. She also wrote of her love...
Harriet G. Katz, age 98, of Lake Mary, passed away peacefully on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, at Oakmont Village at Lake Mary. A New York native, she was one of twin daughters born on Oct. 19, 1920, to the late Abraham and Cecelia Kaufman Gross. Harriet was happiest being known as a wife and mother. She was fiercely proud of her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and she treasured all of her family connections. The great love of her life was her husband Lou, to whom she was married for nearly 54 years. They moved first to...
Written by her nephew, Joel Kresner Elaine Rose Regenstreich Starn, 89, passed away on Jan. 12, 2019, after a long Illness. She was a patient at La Posada Memory Care Unity, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Elaine was born in Youngstown, Ohio, on Nov. 14, 1929, to the late Jack (Jake) and Esther Regenstreich. Elaine was the widow of the late Gene Starn, who passed away in July 2018. Inseparable for over 65 years, Elaine was the love of Gene’s life. On her own, Elaine was a gifted artist and extended family and friends all cherish various artwork g...
Harry Starr, age 96, of Lake Mary, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, at Hospice of the Comforter in Altamonte Springs. Mr. Starr was born in Kansas City, Kan., on Oct. 10, 1922, the only child of the late Aaron and Lena Schklarchik. Harry graduated high school and was a Navy veteran, serving in World War II. He was married to the late Rose Starr for 50 years and worked as a traveling salesman in women’s clothing. A longtime resident of Dallas, Harry was very proud of his 60-year membership...
Rita H. Weissmann, age 88, of Lake Mary, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, at Hospice of the Comforter in Altamonte Springs. A native of New York City, she was the daughter of the late Solomon and Ruth Bloom Grober. Rita was a accomplished commercial costume designer and earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University. She was married to the late Robert I. Weissmann for moe than 65 years when he passed away in September 2016. They lived in New York prior to relocating to the Oralndo area in 1995. Rita is survived by her...
Ruth “Cookie” Klein, age 88, of Altamonte Springs, passed away on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, at Horizon Bay Lake Orienta in Altamonte Springs. Ruth was born on Dec. 16, 1930, in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Morris and Sarah Reiner Himelfarb. A homemaker, she married Marvin S. Klein, her husband of 68 years, who survives her, in Baltimore on Jan. 7, 1951. They relocated to the Orlando area in 1990. In addition to her husband, Ruth is survived by her daughter, Anita Klein of New Hampshire and her grandchildren Bryce Klein (Augusta Wood) and Ann...
Rouben Sami, age 97, of Winter Park, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, at Westminster Towers – Winter Park. A New York City native, he was born on Aug. 15, 1921, to the late Samuel and Regina Bivas Sami. He was a college graduate and worked as a civil engineer prior to being inducted into the U.S. Army at Camp Huckstep in Egypt. During his military career, partially due to his fluency in a number of languages, he became one of the famous Monument Men who repatriated hundreds of pieces of artwork and books stolen by the Nazis. He was t...
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 Khodorkovsky and Bertha Brodetskaya. Lana earned her pharmaceutical degree and worked initially as a pharmacist in an independent pharmacy and later as a hospital pharmacist before leaving the Soviet Union. The family made their way to the United States, arriving in New York on Sept. 11, 1975, and going...
(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 daughter of a Jewish mother and a Christian father and identified as "part Jewish." At 16, she learned that her father was multi-racial, with an African-American mother and a German father. She wrote in her memoir of her five-year marriage to her first husband, Theodore Naidish, that she learned to...
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 member of the Brotherhood and former vice president of Temple Israel of DeLand. Nicholas is survived by his devoted wife of five years, Itana Adar Pinansky; daughters, Samara Natalie, age three, and Rosalie Sybyl, age two; his loving parents, father, Don Pinansky, mother, Lisa Turano Wojcik,...
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, Ga. Judy married the love of her life, Dr. Stephen Schreiber, who survives her, on July 17, 1970, and enjoyed nearly 49 wonderful years together. They raised three beautiful children, whom Judy committed her life to, along with their families. Judy's family was everything to her, and the true joy...
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 his start in politics, died Monday in his sleep at his home near Tel Aviv. He was 93. Arens was a member of the Knesset for the Likud party from 1973 to 1992 and again from 1999 to 2003. As ambassador to the United States beginning in 1982, Arens brought on Netanyahu as part of the diplomatic corps...
(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 its website. Loinger, who was Jewish but looked Aryan with his blonde hair and blue eyes, smuggled at least 350 Jewish children whose parents had been killed or sent to Nazi concentration camps in small groups across the Franco-Swiss border, the French news service AFP reported. The children he saved were...
