Tag: Obituaries
Thousands mourn death of Rabbi Aharon Steinman at 104
Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Steinman, the influential leader of the Lithuanian (non-Hassidic) ultra-Orthodox community, died on Monday at the age of 104.
Steinman was hospitalized several times over the past year with various health issues....
French rabbi and educator Josy Eisenberg dies
French rabbi, author, producer and broadcaster Josy Eisenberg passed away on Friday aged 83.
Eisenberg had produced the Jewish religious programme on French television “The Source of Life” since 1962 and was the author of...
Remembering Rabbi Neil Gillman, A JTS Giant
He stood at the intersection of the ancient and the modern, a kind of theological crossing guard gently guiding several generations of Jews through the crosswalk, a foot on both sides of the divide.
In...
Miriam “Mickey” Sokobin (1934-2017): Rabbi’s wife was linguist, volunteer
Miriam “Mickey” Sokobin, who embraced Toledo as home, becoming a language teacher in the Jewish community and a hospital volunteer, died Aug. 15 in ProMedica Ebeid Hospice Residence, Sylvania. She was 83.
She learned she...
Harry T. “Buzzie” Schukar
Harry T. “Buzzie” Schukar, passed away on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, at the age of 84. Beloved husband of Barbara Lipson Schukar; dear father of Susan (Gregg) Berdy, Kathryn (Terry) Bader and Douglas (Laura)...
Obituary: Clementine Brodsky / Lifelong social justice activist was committed to Jewish community
When Clementine Brodsky and her husband, Allan, walked across the Roberto Clemente Bridge to attend Pittsburgh Pirates games, they often passed by a saxophonist. The Brodskys were regular Pirates fans, and after hearing the...
Simone Veil, French feminist and politician who survived the Holocaust, dies at 89
Simone Veil, a well-known French politician and Holocaust survivor, has died.
Veil, a former minister of health who in 2012 was awarded France’s highest honor, passed away this week at her home in Paris, her...
Ronald Meltzer Z”L
It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Ronald Meltzer, beloved father of Rabbi Scott Meltzer
The funeral will be today, Tuesday, June 20, at 2:00pm at Home of...
Chassidic matriarch Miriam Friedman, 101, helped holocaust survivors flee to west
Miriam Friedman, whose life spanned the oppression of Soviet Russia, the chaos of post-World War II Europe and the heady growth of Chabad in the United States and around the world, passed away on...
Reb Dovid Yitzchok Wallk, Z”l
Reb Dovid Yitzchok Wallk of Boro Park was niftar Sunday evening, 17 Sivan, at the age of 61, after a difficult illness. Reb Dovid, a highly respected member of the Gerrer kehillah and alumnus...