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Albert Garelick of Houston, Texas, passed away at Regent Care Center in League City, Texas, on Monday, May 12, 2014. He was 88 years old. A native of Rochester, New York, Mr. Garelick was born on May 13, 1925, to the late Saul and Ruth Metter Garelick and served in the U.S. Army in Japan at the conclusion of World War II. He was married for 29 years to the late Norma Hilda (Sakson) Garelick when she passed away in 1978. Mr. Garelick was a calibration engineer in the aerospace industry and relocated to the Houston area in the early 1980s. Mr....
Rona L. Rowe of Orlando passed away at her residence on Monday, May 19, 2014. She was 66 years old. Mrs. Rowe was born in Brooklyn, on May 21, 1947. She was a surgical coordinator in the health care industry. Mrs. Rowe is survived by her husband, Frank Rowe of Orlando; her son, Mikhael Ser of Orlando; and her daughter, Alisha Ser of Windermere; and three grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother, Stephen Zellner of Ft. Myers. A graveside service was held at Temple Israel Cemetery with Rabbi Maurice Kaprow officiating. The family...
Morris Sorin of Longwood, passed away on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at his residence. He was 85 years old. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 9, 1928, to the late Rev. Joseph and Sarah Skalarsky Sorin, he spent his entire working career as an educator and child advocate. According to Karen Sorin, his wife who survives him, “I worked with him for 40 years and was married to him for 35, and I think I heard him raise his voice twice.” He served in the U.S. Army and later attended Case Western Reserve University. He relocated to the Orlando area from T...
Florence “Flo” Berk of Longwood, passed away on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at Village on the Green in Longwood. She was 100 years old. Mrs. Berk was born on March 20, 1914, in Philadelphia to the late Max and Jennie Rubin Jacobs. At a time when very few women even earned a college degree, Mrs. Berk earned her master’s in education and became a teacher. On Aug. 16, 1936, in Philadelphia, she married Albert Berk. They were married for 64 years when he passed away in 2000. A wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she regaled each gener...
Carol Ann Peisner of Orlando, passed away on Monday, May 5, 2014, at her residence. She was 56 years old. A native of Grand Rapids, Mich., she was born on Nov. 15, 1957. Mrs. Peisner moved to the Orlando area in 1990, and was a homemaker. She is survived by her daughters, Jennifer Peisner and Sarah Peisner; and was predeceased by her son, Michael Peisner. The family requests memorial contributions be made to Pet Rescue. Arrangements were entrusted to Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando....
Beatrice Rozen, of Maitland, Florida, passed away on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 11, 2014. She was 85 years old. She was born December 26, 1928 in Montreal, Canada, the daughter of Herman and Polly Leibovitch. She is survived by her daughter Sharyn (Joe) Bleau of Montreal, her sister, Ruth (Issie) Zabitsky of Toronto and her grandson, Mark (Erica) Davis of Orlando and three great grandchildren who were the light of her life. She was predeceased by her husband, Jack, and her daughter Marlene...
Richard C. Schulman of Sunny Isles Beach Fla., passed away on Sunday, May 4, 2014, at Baptist Hospital in Miami. He was 80 years old. Mr. Schulman was born on March 21, 1934, to the late Harry and Lillian Pallot Schulman and grew up in Miami. As a youngster, he was made an honorary serviceman because of his trumpet playing skills and entertaining the troops in the Miami area. He earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees and was a financial planner for many years. Mr. Schulman was a Renaissance man in the truest sense of the wor...
Jules Slansky of Orlando, passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at the Miami Jewish Health System Senior Home. He was 92 years old. Mr. Slansky was born in New York City on April 28, 1922, to the late Nathan and Helen Slansky. One of three children, he lived above his family’s candy store. While working as a waiter at Tamarac Lodge in the Catskills, he met the love of his life, Joanne, who was a guest at the hotel. They were married in 1950 and moved to Miami Beach where Jules began his notable hotel career. He became the owner of the Crown H...
Elizabeth (Betty) Agranovsky, daughter of Marie and Alex Agranovsky of Longwood, will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 31, 2014, at Congregation Beth Am in Longwood. Betty is in the seventh grade at Sanford Middle School, where she is in the pre-IB program. She has played piano since the age of 4, and earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do in 2013. Sharing in the family's simcha will be Betty's sister, Vali, and brother, Nathan; as well as her granparents, aunt, uncle and...
(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org)-Renowned Israeli director and screenwriter Assi Dayan died in his Tel Aviv apartment at the age of 69 on May 1, 2014, following a long battle with substance abuse and various health issues. Dayan, the son of former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, was considered a pioneer of the Israeli film industry. He first won acclaim with his trailblazing acting role in the film "He Walked Through the Fields," Yossi Milo's adaptation of Moshe Shamir's novel and play...
Bernard Berman of Lake Mary, passed away on Friday, April 18, at Florida Hospital—Orlando. He was 86 years old. Mr. Berman was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 23, 1928, to the late Max and Sophie Levitsky Berman. Following high school he joined the U.S. Army and served in Europe in the Army of Occupation. During his working career, Mr. Berman spent many years working in the oil industry as an oil rigger. He relocated Orlando from New York in 1964. Mr. Berman is survived by his wife, Marjorie, of Lake Mary; and sons, Steve (Marisela) of Indian...
Ivan H. Echelson of Winter Park, passed away on Thursday, April 24, at Winter Park Health and Rehabilitation Center in Winter Park. He was 83 years old. Mr. Echelson was born on Feb. 2, 1931, in New York to the late Morris and Rachel Fenster Echelson. Following high school he enlisted in the United States Air Force, serving for three years. After his separation from the Air Force, he went to college earning a degree in accounting and became a certified public accountant. In 1958, he married the former Ruth Gorfain, his wife of more than 55...
Jean Kaufman of Longwood, passed away on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. at Chambrel at Island Lake. She was 96 years old. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., she was born on March 9, 1918, to the late Samuel and Ida Hittman Puckman. Mrs. Kaufman was a homemaker, relocating to the Orlando area from Deerfield Beach in 2004. She was predeceased by her husband, Nathan (Jerry) in 2000 and her brother Al. Mrs. Kaufman is survived by her son, Martin (Elaine) Nuchow of Boynton Beach; and daughters Arlene (Barry) Ornstein of Orlando and Susan Weinstein (Edward...
Leo J. Lichten of Longwood, passed away on Monday, April 7, 2014, at Village on the Green Healthcare Center. He was 94 years old. Mr. Lichten was born on Nov. 1, 1919, to the late Leo F. and Eunice Seiss Lichten in Alexandria, La. He enlisted in the Army Air Force and served in Europe during World War II as a glider pilot. Following the War, he began his career as a stockbroker, relocating to Central Florida from Macon, Ga., in 1960. Upon arriving in Orlando, he immediately became active in the Congregation of Liberal Judaism (now CRJ) serving...
Belle S. Pfeffer of Sanford, North Carolina, passed away on Tuesday, April 22, at her residence. She was 98 years old. Born in Monroe County, New York, on July 31, 1915, to the late Samuel and Kate Rosenberg Schoenberg, she lived for many years in Orlando before relocating to North Carolina. She was a former member of Temple Israel and worked as a real estate salesperson. Mrs. Pfeffer was predeceased by her husband, David, in 1993, and by her daughter, Rosalie Dell, in 2004. She is survived by her daughter Rosalie Swartz of Sanford, N.C.;...
Irving S. Kolin, M.D., of Winter Park, died on April 15, 2014, at the age of 74 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was a doctor whose greatest joy was to give people the ability and skills to help themselves. When patients would thank him for saving their lives, he would tell them that he only helped them to heal themselves. Karen Kolin, daughter-in-law and chief clinical research coordinator of the Kolin Research Group, called Dr. Kolin "father, friend and mentor." He once told her...
Melvin Siskind, beloved husband of Zelda Kolodner Siskind, passed away on April 15, 2014. Melvin, the son of Al and Mollie Siskind, was born April 2, 1925 in Lawrence, Mass. He graduated from Valdosta (Georgia) High School and attended the University of Georgia after serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Melvin and Zelda married Nov. 14, 1948, and moved to Sanford where they were the proprietors for 42 years of the Army-Navy Surplus Store on Sanford Avenue. Known as “Mr. Army-Navy,” Siskind was a common sight bicycling to and from wor...
Alexandra Jade Grossman, daughter of Karin and Gary Grossman of Winter Park, Fla., will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 3, 2014, at Congregation Ohev Shalom in Maitland, Fla. Alex is in the seventh grade at Trinity Preparatory School, where she plays middle school volleyball. Her interests and hobbies include, art, music, creative writing, reading and volleyball. Sharing in the family's simcha will be Alex's big brother, Jonah; grandmother, Althea Miller of Lakeland,...
Phil Baum, who joined the American Jewish Congress after college and helped steer the advocacy organization’s growth in membership and influence until he retired as executive director in 2002, died in his sleep on March 27 at his Riverdale home. He was 94. Mr. Baum, who became the organization’s top professional leader in 1994, served the AJCongress during the decades when it ranked among the most effective voices for Jewish interests in the United States. It played a prominent role is such issues as pro-Israel advocacy and Soviet Jewry; it...
Edward and Pauline Tissue of Plum, Pa., announce the engagement of their daughter Katlyn Noel to William Blake Kachman. The future bridegroom, Blake, is the son of William and Kelly Kachman of Orlando, Fla. He is a 2005 graduate of Pedro Menedez High School. In 2011 he earned his associate's degree in computer science from the University of Central Florida. He currently works in the IT department for the College of Arts and Humanities at UCF. The bride-to-be is a 2005 graduate of Plum High...
Howard M. Sherman of Heathrow, passed away on Sunday, March 23, 2014, at South Seminole Hospital in Longwood. He was 67 years old. A native of Boston, Mass., he was a son of the late Albert and Helen Waldfogel Sherman. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, a master’s in social work from Boston University and certificates from Harvard Medical School in adolescent counseling. Prior to beginning his career as a counselor and therapist he spent two years in the Peace Corps, teaching pre-school in St. Thomas. An inv...
NEW YORK (JTA)-Gisela Kohn Dollinger tricked death twice. Soon after Kristallnacht, when she was 36, Dollinger persuaded the Gestapo to release her husband, rather than send him to a concentration camp, and the two of them fled Austria for Shanghai, where she almost died of typhus. After that, death seemed to forget all about her-until last week, when Dollinger passed away peacefully at Manhattan's Beth Israel Hospital. She was 111 years old. Dollinger's passing came just weeks after Alice...
Jay Scott Friedman of Lake Mary, passed away at Central Florida Regional Hospital, Sanford, on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. He was 55 years old. Mr. Friedman was born in Milwaukee, Wis., on February 9, 1959, to Beverly Yaillen Lessing and the late Herbert Friedman. Mr. Friedman worked in tech support for a local cable company. He is survived by his mother, Beverly, of Lake Mary; his daughter, Kristina Friedman of Washington D.C.; his brother, Rob (Diane) Lessing of Orlando; and his sister, Vicki Stott of Lake Mary. A memorial service was held at...
Rose L. Gross of Longwood, passed away on Thursday, March 13, 2014, at Winnie Palmer Hospital in Orlando. She was 90 years old. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Gross was the second youngest, and last surviving child, of five children born to the late Benjamin and Sarah Zychick Sherman. She relocated to the Orlando area from Cleveland, moving into Chambrel, following the death of her husband, Paul, last year. Mrs. Gross worked as a bookkeeper for many years in the electronics industry. A loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Rose...
Mindy Moss of Maitland, passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Florida Hospital—Orlando. She was 48 years old. Mrs. Moss was born in Long Island, N.Y., on June 20, 1965 to Barbara Zelkowitz Fields and the late Laurence Fields. She was a graduate of the University of South Florida with a degree in finance. She relocated to the Orlando area from Tampa in 1986 and married her husband, Jeffrey, who survives her, in Pembroke Pines, Fla., on Nov. 25, 1989. Mindy and Jeff worked together in their family business, Moss & Company PA, a private w...
