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(JNS)-Thousands of people gathered at the Kfar Etzion cemetery just before midnight on Sunday to eulogize and lay to rest Ari Fuld, a 45-year-old father of four living in Judea whose fight against the terrorist who stabbed him earlier in the day earned him acclaim throughout the country as a hero. "You were a good man. I'm not sure how to go on without you," Fuld's wife, Miriam, said at the funeral. "You were always running towards danger instead of away from it, and you never backed down from...
Susan L. Spiwak, age 71, of Orlando, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, at Cornerstone Hospice at Orlando Health. She was born on Jan. 24, 1947, in Baltimore, Maryland, to the late Arnold and Evelyn Whitehouse Landau. Susan grew up in Baltimore and graduated from the University of Maryland with her bachelor’s degree. She also earned Certifications in Special Education and Pre-School Education. On May 26, 1976, Susan married Norman Spiwak, her husband of over 42 years who survives her. In June 1990, the family relocated to the Orlando a...
Ari Fuld, 45, was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist outside the Gush Etzion shopping mall on Sunday. Fuld was standing in the parking lot when the terrorist stabbed him from behind. Fuld drew his weapon and gave chase after the terrorist, who ran toward the entrance of the mall. Fuld and another civilian shot and wounded the terrorist before he collapsed. Through their courageous actions, they prevented a much larger attack. He was taken to Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem in...
Written by his family Sheldon Greene of Orlando passed away Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at the age of 92. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was preceded by his first wife Ruth, who passed away in November1987, and his second wife Susan Murfin last November 2017. Sheldon attended Temple University and following his service in the United States Air Force, Sheldon graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in accounting. In 1951 Sheldon married Ruth and in 1954 they moved to Orlando where he went into the building and...
David B. Hayt, age 87, of Lake Mary, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, at Florida Hospital Altamonte Springs. A son of the late Emanuel and Lillian Greenwald Hayt, David was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 14, 1931. David was a captain in the United States Air Force and graduated from Cornell University and the Cornell University Medical School. He was a radiologist. He and his late wife, Maxine, who passed away in December 2017, relocated to the Orlando area in 2013 from New York. He is survived by his sons, Dr. Michael (Nancy) Hayt of...
Sondra K. Pritchard, age 81, of Apopka, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, at Westminster Towers in Winter Park. Born in Augusta, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Mose and Ida Shapiro Karesh. A widow, she was a hospital radiology technician, and is survived by her daughter, Marsha Stein of Apopka. Funeral services and interment were held in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Arrangements entrusted to Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando FL 32810. 407-599-1180....
Madeline Kurzrock Phillips Wolly, of Longwood, Fla., passed away on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, at age 93. Madeline was born in New York City to Bertha and Michael Kurzrock. She attended NYU for college and then went on to earn two masters degrees in elementary education, and reading and special education. She was an avid volunteer in many organizations throughout the years including: Public schools' Addictions, the Green Circle tolerance program in the schools, Orlando Science Center docents, March...
(JTA)-Playwright Neil Simon, known for such Broadway hits as "The Odd Couple," "Barefoot in the Park" and "Lost in Yonkers," has died. Simon, who earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award, died Saturday, Aug. 26, at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City from complications with pneumonia at the age of 91. No writer of non-musical comedies was more successful in the second half of the 20th century, and no one else so frequently, successfully nor wittily, plumbed the anxieties of middle-cl...
WASHINGTON (JTA)-Princeton Lyman, the Jewish American diplomat who played a critical role in organizing Operation Moses, the stunning 1984 airlift of Ethiopian Jews, has died at 82. Lyman died Friday at his home in the Washington suburb of Silver Spring, Maryland, the Washington Post reported. He died of lung cancer. The Post obituary celebrated the role of Lyman in helping to midwife the transition in South Africa from apartheid to democracy in the early 1990s when he was the U.S. ambassador...
Submitted by Paul Grossman’s family Paul A. Grossman of Longwood passed away Sunday, July 29, 2018, at the age of 83. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was predeceased by his mother, Sylvia Schluger Grossman, who died when he was six years old, and his parents, Henry and Sylvia Schwartz Grossman, who raised him. After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., he moved to Plainview, N.Y., where he pursued a career in sales. In 1969, he relocated to Maitland, Fla. Paul was a strong supporter of Jewish Family Services, a...
Lewis N. Goldman, age 68, of Winter Park, passed away at his residence on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018. He was a son of the late Morris and Ida Grubert Goldman, and was born in Brookline, Mass., on Feb. 19, 1950. He is survived by his brother, Martin, of Sorrento. Funeral services and interment were held at Shara Tfilo Cemetery in West Roxbury, Mass. Arrangements entrusted to Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel, 640 Lee Road, Orlando FL 32810. 407-599-1180....
Naomi (Bobbi) Ava Jackson Wise, 86, died on Aug. 21, 2018. She was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., on July 25, 1932, to the late Louis and Fanny Jackson. Bobbi Wise was a beautiful woman of boundless energy and optimism. She was a loyal friend, an avid reader, and a consummate hostess who relished international travel. She grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, where she lived until moving to Miami Beach in her last year of high school. A graduate of the University of Florida School of Journalism, she...
Myrtle Rebecca Skop Rutberg, who loved all things American, and all things Jewish, passed away Saturday evening, Aug. 8, 2018, one month shy of her 107th birthday. Her achievements in life were many. She sometimes founded and was a member of numerous civic and religious organizations, and was named person of the year at Congregation Ohev Shalom, where she worshiped for over 80 years. Her honors over a lifetime were many and varied. Myrtle learned to drive at age 40, and drove well into her 90s....
Alan B. Berman, an architect responsible for scores of prominent Central Florida buildings, passed away on Aug. 10, 2018. For nearly four decades, starting in 1960-a period of rapid growth in Central Florida-Berman designed homes, office buildings, shopping centers, and hotels. His keen sense of design was put to use by several of the regions most successful real estate developers. "Alan was a very talented architect and human being," said James Russell, a retired developer. "He made great use...
Zachary “Zach” Farber, age 85, of Apopka, passed away at Life Care Center of Altamonte Springs on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. Born in Scranton, Penn., on July 25, 1933, he was the son of Julius and Lila Seidman Farber. Zach was a graduate of the University of Scranton and served in the United States Army. He was the owner of Short Stop Services—a transportation company. He was a former member of the Central Florida Chevra Kaddisha and a regular attendee at the morning minyan. The family has been long time members of Temple Israel. Zach is survi...
Joan Galin, age 94, of Herndon, Va., and formerly of Orlando, passed away at her residence on Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Mrs. Galin was born on Aug. 13, 1924, in Umarra, New South Wales, Australia, to the late Frederick Walter Johnson and Edna Moore Johnson. She was a homemaker and the widow of the late Arthur H. Galin, who passed away in 1984. Mrs. Galin is survived by her daughter, Deborah Lynne Sanders (David A Radtke) of Herndon, Va.; and her sons, Gregory Bruce Galin of Cape Canaveral and Nelson D. Flack of Hawaii. She is also survived by her...
Melvyn R. Goldstein, age 78, of Delray Beach, passed away at his residence on Saturday, July 28, 2018. He was born in Brooklyn on Aug. 29, 1939, to the late Walter (Wolf) and Evelyn Glickman Goldstein. He was a 1957 graduate of Miami High School. On Oct. 15, 1958, in Lindenhurst N.Y., he married the former Lynn Bolotin, his wife of nearly 60 years who survives him. An entrepreneur, he owned Boltin’s Formal Wear and Travel, a family business in New York from 1972 to 2002, when he retired to South Florida. During his years in Lindenhurst, he s...
Lois G. Parness, age 75, of Clermont, passed away on Aug. 2, 2018, at Crane’s View Lodge Assisted Living in Clermont. A native of Fall River, Massachusetts, she was born on May 24, 1943, to the late William and Eleanor Meirowitz Gitlin. After receiving her nursing degree she worked as a registered nurse for many years. In May 1964, in Fall River, she married Bruce Parness, her husband of nearly 51 years when he passed away on May 15, 2015. Lois and her family relocated to Central Florida from South Windsor, Conn., in 1997. She is survived by h...
Phyllis Muriel Rosenfield, age 95, of Longwood and formerly of Munster, Ind., passed away on Aug. 3, 2018, at her residence at Brookdale Island Lake. She was born in Chicago on June 6, 1923, to the late George and Bess Fienberg Katz. A college graduate, she was predeceased by her loving husband and partner of 47 years, Bernard Rosenfield, and is survived by her loving daughters, Adrian Selig of Indianapolis and Leslie (Tom) Johnston of Altamonte Springs. She was also the adoring grandmother of Gary Selig, Ira (Christina) Selig and Sarah...
Laura J. Winton, age 88, of Winter Springs, passed away at Arden Court ALF in Winter Springs on Aug. 6, 2018. Born in Canton, Ohio, on July 24, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Morris and Sylvia Rubin Cooper. Laura received her BBA from the University of Southern California, and in Las Vegas on Nov. 21, 1951, she married Paul Winton, her husband of nearly 50 years when he passed away in Abpril 2001. They relocated to the Oralndo area from Marin County, Calif., in 1972 and became members of Congregation of Reform Judaism. Laura is...
He loved. He loved to sing. An accomplished vocalist before his teens, he sang his whole life. He loved his Sigma Rho brothers at Miami High School. He loved his fellow congregants at the Lindenhurst Hebrew Congregation where he served several presidential terms. He loved the Lindenhurst Fire Department where he served several terms as captain of the Rescue Company. But mostly, he loved his friends-all of you! He loved his daughter, Penny; and son, Walter; daughter-in-law, Helene; son-in-law,...
Written by family Albert Elman, age 84, of Longwood, passed away on Sunday, July 29, 2018, at Florida Hospital Altamonte. Al was the beloved and adored husband of Cyndie Elman (nee Cynthia Tulip) for only 46 years, and step-father to Beth Reinstein-Atkins, Lynn Reinstein and Karen Reinstein, as well as grandfather by choice to Zoe Atkins. He was the brother to Hilda Frishman (nee Elman) and the late Florence Klosky (nee Elman), and the son to the late Julia (nee Lefkowitz) and the late Benjamin Elman. Al was a graduate of Brooklyn College,...
Celia Feldman, age 95, of Bexley, Ohio, passed away at Bickford Assisted Living in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, July 30, 2018. She was born in Cleveland on Nov. 28, 1922, to the late Louis and Ethel Goldenberg Fierman. A homemaker, she was the widow of the late Morris Feldman, her husband of nearly 70 years when he passed away in March 2015. They lived in Cleveland, Buffalo and Birmingham before moving to Ormond Beach in 2004. Following Morris’ passing, Celia relocated to Columbus to be closer to her daughters, Fran and Linda. A devoted and l...
Nanette P. Babenzien, age 67, of Nashville, Tennessee, passed away on Friday, July 20, 2018, at TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. A native of Brooklyn, Nanette was born on June 2, 1951, to the late Joel and Cecille Kaden. For many years, she was the owner/operator of the family packaging and delivery service started by her parents. On April 11, 1976, in Roslyn Heights, N.Y., she married Eric Babenzien, her husband of over 42 years who survives her. She relocated to the Nashville area in 2014 to be closer to her family. In...
Nancy R. Behrman, age 79, of Longwood, passed away on Saturday, July 28, 2018, at her residence. She was born in Chicago on Oct. 6, 1938, to the late Ray and Evelyn Nelson Bobeng. She earned her master’s degree in education and was a teacher in the Orange County School system for over 32 years. On Sept. 6, 1959, in Chicago, she married Bernard Behrman, her husband for nearly 56 years when he passed away on Dec. 14, 2015. The family relocated to the Orlando area in 1973, and were members of Congregation Ahavas Yisrael. Nancy is survived by h...
