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(JTA)-Cokie Roberts, a pioneering journalist who with her husband wrote an interfaith Haggadah and published a book about their interfaith marriage, has died. Roberts was one of the few female voices on the air when she began in the 1970s and won several prestigious awards for her work, including an Emmy. She was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame in 2008. Roberts died Tuesday in Washington, D.C., at 75 from complications of breast cancer, the family said in a statement. She... Full story
Adam Benjamin, age 72, of Poinciana, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday, evening, Sept. 13, 2019, at Osceola Regional Medical Center. A native of Rome, Italy, Adam was born on March 21, 1947, to the late Izrael and Margaret Rosenberg Benjamin. Following high school he earned his Associates Degree from what was then Miami-Dade Community College. Upon graduation, Adam enlisted in the United States Navy serving for four years. On March 3, 1973, in Miami, Adam married the former America Nunez, his wife of more than 46 years... Full story
Mark Steven Cooperstein, 73, of Orlando, passed away on Sunday morning, Sept. 8, 2019, at Dr. P. Phillips Hospital. Dr. Cooperstein was born on Sept. 1, 1946, in Philadelphia to the late Charles and Beatrice Rosen Cooperstein. He was raised in Philadelphia, graduating from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine with a degree in Obstetrics and Gynecology. On June 22, 1968, in Philadelphia, he married his wife of more than 51 years, the former Harriet Blavat, who survives him. They lived for a time in New Jersey and Lancaster, pa. They... Full story
Iva Rosiland Baumstein (nee Bernstein), known to her family and friends as "Roz" or "Rozie," passed away quietly on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, at the age of 92. She was born on March 16, 1927, in St. Augustine, Florida, to Lester and Sarah Bernstein. She was a second generation Jewish American and Floridian. In 1948, she graduated from Sophie Newcomb College and moved back to St. Augustine where she met her husband, Jack Baumstein, at her cousin's wedding. The two wed on March 18, 1950, at the... Full story
John Salomon “Johnny” Blum, age 69, of Winter Garden, passed away peacefully at AdventHealth Hospice in Altamonte Springs on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Johnny was born on Nov. 13, 1949, in Sousa, Dominican Republic, the son of Hella Dora Codik and the late Max Blum, both refugees from Europe. He was the 100th baby born in the Sousa, Dominican Republic colony. The family immigrated to the United States and he became a U.S. Citizen in 1961. Johnny was the owner/operator of a warehouse equipment company. On Dec. 28, 1997, in Miami Beach, he mar... Full story
Sylvia Stone, age 92, of Winter Park, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, at Regents Park Health Care Center in Winter Park. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Sylvia and her late husband, Simon, whom she married in April 1946, relocated to the Orlando area in 2011. During her working career, she was an administrative assistant in manufacturing. Sylvia is survived by her sons, Mark Allen Stone (Susie) of Longwood, Barry Ronald Stone (Dagmar) of Hanover, Penn., and Arnie Stone (Helaine) of Ft. Mill, S.C. She was the proud grandmother of six... Full story
JERUSALEM (JTA)-A 19-year-old yeshiva student was found stabbed to death in the West Bank's Etzion settlement bloc. Dvir Sorek of the Ofra settlement was reported missing on Wednesday evening, hours after he had said he was returning from a shopping trip to Jerusalem to buy a book for his rabbi as an end-of-year gift from his class. His body was found at about 3 a.m. Thursday on a road leading to the Migdal Oz settlement where he attended the Machanaim yeshiva, reportedly clutching the books he... Full story
(JTA)—Richard Stone, Florida’s first Jewish senator since the Civil War and an adviser on the Camp David Peace Accords, has died. Stone died on Sunday at the age of 90, his son-in-law Joel Poznansky told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in an email. He was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Miami Beach. He graduated from Harvard College and Columbia Law School and worked as a lawyer in Florida prior to entering local politics there. In 1975, he became the state’s first Jewish senator since the Civil W... Full story
George C. Goodman, age 84, of Orlando, passed away on Saturday, July 27, 2019, at Encore at Avalon Park. A native of Providence, Rhode Island, he was born on Jan. 7, 1935, to the late Charles and Hilda Deluty Goodman. He married the former Marcia Cutler on Aug. 1, 1956, in Providence. Following their relocation to the Orlando area in 1978, George worked for over 20 years in the maintenance department at Walt Disney World. Marcia predeceased him on Feb. 18, 2016. George is survived by his son Jeffrey (Waynell) Goodman of Hawaii and his... Full story
(JNS)-The director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, died at the age of 72, announced the agency on Monday, July 22. Amano led the nuclear watchdog since 2009 and oversaw the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that simultaneously consisted of secret side deals between the IAEA and the Islamic Republic. Earlier this month, Amano said that Iran had surpassed the uranium-enrichment limit set as part of the nuclear accord. "While I am convinced that the IAEA as an institution will be... Full story
Written by Sheila Reback Gladys Friedman Paulin, 80, died Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in Winter Park, Florida. She was born in Cortland, New York, daughter of Norma C. and John C. Friedman. Gladys spent her childhood in Auburn, New York. She received her B.S. from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Gladys’s business career in New York City included positions as Benefits administrator and Pension specialist for Incentive Systems, Inc., Wheelabrator-Frye, Inc.; Combustion Engineering, Inc.; Pan American World Airways; Fiat; and S.P.A. She r... Full story
Phyllis Schulman Kamenoff, age 94, of Altamonte Springs, passed away on Sunday, July 7, 2019, at AdventHealth Hospice at Island lake. She was born on Oct. 28, 1924, in Springfield, Mass., one of two daughters born to the late Harry and Lillian Pallot Schulman. Her family moved to Miami when she was four. Phyllis grew up in Miami where she excelled in music. She was very active in many groups, including the YMHA where she was part of USY and B'nai B'rith Girls. She was a summer camp counselor... Full story
(JTA)-German-Jewish film producer Artur Brauner, whose award-winning films include "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" and "Europa Europa," has died at the age of 100. Brauner, who died Sunday in Berlin, was considered one of the most important producers in postwar Germany. Born in August 1918 in Lodz, Poland, Brauner fled to the Soviet Union in 1939 with his parents and four siblings, thus escaping the fate of other family members who were murdered in the massacres by German forces at Babi Yar... Full story
Former Winter Park and Longwood resident, Arnold "Arnie" Irving Sager, passed away at the age of 86 on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 in Danvers, Mass. Sager was born Oct. 11, 1932 to the late Bessie and Morton Sager. He was predeceased by his two sisters, Rebecca Whitney and Lillian Green. He was the loving husband of Barbara L. Sager for 66 years, and devoted father of Bobby Sager and his wife Elaine Sager, David Sager and his late husband Brian Churchill, and Ronald Sager. He was also the proud and... Full story
(JTA)-Judith Krantz, one of the best-selling female novelists of all time, has died. Krantz died on Saturday at her home in Bel Air, California at the age 91, Deadline reported. According to the Jewish Women's Archives, Krantz is the third-largest-selling female novelist in history. "Although her goal is for her books to provide escape and entertainment, she does try to make some serious points and has woven such issues as anti-Semitism and the German occupation into her novels. All of her... Full story
Just 72 hours after the St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society marked the 55th anniversary of the largest mass arrest of rabbis in U.S. history, Rabbi Richard Levy, one of the 16 rabbis arrested, passed away. Levy, along with a denominational administrator, came to St. Augustine in support of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the efforts of the Southern Christian Leadership Council to desegregate St. Augustine. Attached to this effort was the desire to keep the Civil Rights movement on... Full story
(JNS)-Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi died on Monday, June 17, 2019, at the age of 67 after passing out during a court session. The Muslim Brotherhood member led Egypt from 2012, following the ouster of longtime head Hosni Mubarak, until Morsi was ousted himself in 2013 following massive demonstrations, primarily in Cairo. Morsi was known to have a negative view of Israel, including condemning the Jewish state's "Operation Pillar of Defense" in the fall of 2012, response to rockets... Full story
Dr. Edward Okun, 87, a world-renowned retina specialist, gallery owner and artist, died from complications of cancer on June 14, 2019. He was the beloved husband of Barbara (Braham) Okun, to whom he was married for 53 years, until her death in 2007. He was also a wonderful father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, doctor, professor, colleague, and friend. Born in Springfield, Mass., in 1931, Ed attended Dartmouth College, and earned his medical degree at the University of Vermont.... Full story
Daniel Bachrach, 85, of Winter Park, passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at AdventHealth Hospice—Orlando. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he was the son of the late Louis and Jeanette Nichauser Bachrach. He served as a Navy airman in Korea and earned his master’s degree from Seton Hall University. Dan was a Middle School educator and taught Shop. He relocated to the Orlando area from New Jersey in 1989 and on Feb. 3, 1991, married the former Susan Mendelsohn, his wife of over 28 years. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his sons, Dav... Full story
(Israel Hayom via JNS)-Nechama Rivlin, the wife of President Reuven Rivlin, passed away at Rabin Medical Center in Petach Tikvah on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, a day before her 74th birthday. Israel's first lady had suffered from pulmonary fibrosis, a condition in which scar tissue accumulates in the lungs and makes it difficult to breathe, and had undergone a lung transplant in March. In recent years, Rivlin had been seen in public with a portable oxygen tank, including when accompanying her... Full story
Ann Friedman, age 95, of Maitland, passed away on Saturday, June 1, 2019, at AdventHealth Hospice—Altamonte Springs. Ann was born in Romania on Oct. 25, 1923, to the late Aaron and Fanny Chilimacher Wexler. The family immigrated to the United States and Ann had the opportunity to graduate high school and attend two years of college at City College of New York. A homemaker, she was married to her late husband, Bertram “Bert” Friedman, for over 56 years when he passed away in March 2007. Ann was the mother of three children; her son Harold of Ma... Full story
Eileen D. Meyer-Schwartz, age 75, of Oviedo, passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2019, at AdventHealth—East Orlando. A native of Brooklyn, she was born on March 14, 1944, to the late Harry and Sadie Felcher. Eileen graduated high school and in her early 20s began a career in the legal field as a legal assistant. She worked for the same law firm for over 20 years. When she relocated to the Orlando area in the early 1980s, she began a second career spanning some 33 years at what is now Wissman, Barnett, Hurt, Donahue, McLain & Mangan PA. On Aug. 1... Full story
Jack A. Freeman, 99, of Longwood, passed away peacefully at his residence on Saturday, May 25, 2019. Jack was born in New York City on Nov. 18, 1919, one of three children born to the late Morris and Rebecca Bilsky Freeman. Jack graduated from City College of New York with a Bachelor of Business degree and attended Brooklyn Law School—St. Lawrence University from 1940 to 1942. He also attended Seminole Community College from 1982 to 1985. Jack served in the U.S. Army in WWII as a warrant officer from 1942 to 1946. He also was a CPA in New Y... Full story
Milton Kilberg, 96, of Orlando, passed away after a short illness on May 18, 2019, peacefully at home with his family at his side. "Milt" was born Aug. 18, 1922 in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Jacob and Fanny (Akerman) Kilberg. He met the love of his life Geraldine "Gerri" Lightstone of Philadelphia and married one year later on Sept. 11, 1948, and the two were happily married for the last 70+ years. When asked the secret to a long marriage, he was quick to remind people that she was... Full story
BOSTON (JTA)—Herman Wouk, the Orthodox Jewish author whose literary career spanned nearly seven decades and who helped usher Judaism into the American mainstream, died Friday at the age of 103. His agent confirmed the news to The Associated Press. Wouk was the author of two dozen novels and works of nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Caine Mutiny” from 1951, which was a fixture on best-seller lists for two years, and the best-selling “Marjorie Morningstar” from 1955. Both books were later adapted for the screen. His novel... Full story
