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Obituary - MARVIN BOB BLATT
Submitted by the family Marvin Bob Blatt (Nachum Baruch ben Yonah v’Rachel Leah), of Orlando, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 24th, after complications from cancer treatment. Celebrating his 72nd birthday last Sunday, Oct. 20, he was born in...
Obituary - LILLIAN PLAEZ
(Sara Leah bat Israel) Lillian Plaez, age 77, of Maitland, passed away peacefully on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, at Savannah Cove in Maitland. Mrs. Plaez, a native of Russia, was the daughter of the late Israel and Betty Straks Feinberg, and was born on...
Obituary - LYNN M. COHEN
Lynn M. Cohen, age 98, passed away peacefully at his residence surrounded by his family on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. He was born in Flushing, New York, on Sept. 19, 1921, a son of the late Godfrey S. and Marie D. Rosenbaum Cohen. Lynn was a graduate...
Obituary - ROGER L. FEATHERSTON
Roger L. Featherston, age 80, of Winter Park, passed away peacefully at his residence on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. A native of Lackbourne, Ohio, Roger was born on June 18, 1939 at the late C.D. and Vera Featherson. Following high school, Roger served...
Obituary - MADELYN SILVERBERG
Madelyn Silverberg, age 75, of Sanford, passed away on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, at Lake Mary Health and Rehabilitation Center. A native of Rockford, Ill., she was born to the late Leo and Christine Karron on July 8, 1944. Madelyn was a high school...
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Elijah Cummings dies at 68
(JTA)-Rep. Elijah Cummings, a longtime Baltimore congressman who worked to build ties between the African-American and Jewish communities in his district, died Thursday in his home city. He was 68. A...
Harold Bloom dreamed in Yiddish until his death
NEW YORK (JTA)-Many obituaries of Harold Bloom, the lion of American literary criticism who passed away on Oct. 15, 2019, at 89, mention that he was born to Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Eastern...
Obituary - SONIA LEVEY
Sonia Levey, age 88, of Kissimmee, passed away peacefully on Oct.17, 2019, at the VITAS Inpatient Hospice Unit in Winter Garden. A Brooklyn, New York native, she was born on Jan. 3, 1931, to the late Isadore and Fannie Beck. She was a high school...
Obituary - JAMES STUART GRODIN
Submitted by his family James Stuart Grodin, known to all as Jim, passed away on Oct. 13, 2019. Jim was born on Dec. 11, 1945, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Florence (Smith) and Edward Grodin. He...
Obituary - RUTH E. MILLER
Ruth E. Miller, 85, of Winter Park, Fla., was born Oct. 24, 1933 and passed away Oct. 8, 2019. She moved to The Villages, Fla., from Las Vegas in 2007 and in 2013 to Winter Park. Mrs. Miller enjoyed...
Obituary - ALBERT MOSSERI
ALBERT “Al” Mosseri, age 71, of Lake Mary, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, at Orlando Regional Medical Center. He was born on May 18, 1948, in Cairo, Egypt, a son of the late Maurice and Alice Wahba Mosseri. The family immigrated to the...
Obituary - FLORENCE PEARL PEIPER
Submitted by the family Florence “Fagy” Pearl Peiper (nee Jeff), age 99, of Palm Springs, Calif., and formerly of Orlando, passed away peacefully at Palm Springs Health Care and Rehab Center on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. An Ohio native, she was born...
Obituary - BARBARA GATERBAUM KOSSTRIN
Barbara Kosstrin, age 67, of Altamonte Springs, passed away on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at AdventHealth Hospice in Altamonte Springs. She was born on Dec. 11, 1951, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of the late Jose and Tauba Frejman Gaterbaum....
Obituary - SHIRLEY WEISS MICHAEL
Submitted by her family Shirley Michael, age 85, of Maitland, passed away on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at Weinstein Hospice in Atlanta, with her loving family by her side. Shirley was born on Jan. 2, 1934, in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a beacon of...
Pioneering journalist Cokie Roberts, who with her husband wrote about their interfaith marriage, dies
(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...
Obituary - ADAM BENJAMIN
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...
Obituary - DR. MARK S. COOPERSTEIN
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...
Bar Mitzvah - Joseph Roif
Joseph Roif, son of Dr. David and Orly Diamond of Winter Park, was called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Thursday morning, June 20, 2019, at Congregation Ahavas Yisrael in Winter Park with his...
Obituary - IVA ROSILAND BAUMSTEIN
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....
Obituary - JOHN S. BLUM
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...
Obituary - SYLVIA STONE
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...
Israeli student found stabbed
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...
Richard Stone, Florida's first Jewish senator since Civil War, dies at 90
(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...
Obituary - GEORGE CARL GOODMAN
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...
IAEA chief Yukiya Amano dies at 72, oversaw Iran nuclear deal
(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...
