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Mr. Steven K. Peltz, 80, formerly of Orlando, Florida, passed away Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in Alexandria, Virginia. Mr. Peltz was born Nov. 29, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York to the late Max Hy and Sylvia (Schwartz) Peltz. Mr. Peltz was a retired psychologist and a proud Navy Veteran. Mr. Peltz is survived by his longtime companion, Glenn Ann Levy of Alexandria, Virginia; children, Joshua Peltz and Jessica Peltz. Interment Services for Mr. Peltz were at Congregation Ohev Shalom Cemetery. Services entrusted to Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel, 933 Lee...
Morey Raiskin passed peacefully in his Clermont, Florida, home on July 4, 2023. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 3, 1957, he was the loving husband of his wife Michelle. He was preceded in death by his former wife Maribeth and was a devoted father to their children: son Marshall, daughter-in-law Mikala, and son Evan. He also leaves his sister, Karen Raiskin-Horenstein; nephew, Joshua Horenstein, his wife Paula Zimmerman and their children Marcus and Miles. Morey’s love extended to i...
Submitted by the family Kira Spress, 40 years old of Orlando, Florida passed away in her sleep on June 26, 2023, at home. Kira was born in Denver, Colorado, and later relocated to Nebraska and lived on a raspberry farm with her mother, father and her newborn sister, Adene Rae Duncan. Kira and her family later moved to Golden, Colorado, where Kira’s mother, Brenda Strange, and step-dad, Joseph Applegate, had another child, Tawny Michelle Applegate. Kira was the third child born to Brenda S...
(JTA) - The moment when Sheldon Harnick realized that his new musical might be something special came when he sang the lyrics he had just composed for a new song: "Sunrise, Sunset." He was sitting in the basement studio of his friend and collaborator, the composer Jerry Bock, in New Rochelle, New York. It was 1961, and they were in the throes of writing "Fiddler on the Roof." Bock had originally meant for the melody to be used for one of the flirtations between Tevye's three older daughters and...
Mrs. Elaine Friedman, 92, Fern Park, Florida passed away Friday, June 16, 2023, at Advent Health Winter Park following a brief illness. Mrs. Friedman was born Oct. 24, 1930, in Bronx, New York to the late Abraham and Celia Leah (Aronowitz) Barosin and moved to the Fern Park area in 1980 from North Miami Beach, Florida. Mrs. Friedman is survived devoted sons; Jonathan Friedman of Japan and Howard Friedman of Maitland, Florida; sister, Phyllis (Gerry) Rosenthal; grandchildren; Austin, Ally, Dylan. Graveside Services for Mrs. Friedman were held...
Mr. Felipe Grazutis, 61, Orlando, Florida passed away Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital following a brief illness. Mr. Grazutis was born Sept. 16, 1961, in Havana, Cuba to the late Aaron and Elisa (Varon) Grazutis. Mr. Grazutis is survived by his devoted daughters; Corina (Gregory) Gonzalez and Alyssia (David) Garcia both of Orlando, Florida; sister, Jenny Yedwab of Miami Beach, Florida; and his cherished grandson, Gregory Gonzalez. Graveside services for Mr. Grazutis were held with Rabbi Dovid Dubov...
Submitted by the family Howard "Bud" Robinson, beloved husband of 61 years to his wife, Gail, passed away peacefully in Orlando, FL., on June 15, 2023. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on Oct. 2, 1933, to Nathaniel Robinson and Tillie (Gordon) Robinson, who emigrated from Russia. He attended Penn State and subsequently began a career in retail management. Ever upwardly mobile, Howard ultimately transferred to Florida where he was introduced to Gail and the couple married shortly thereafter. A...
(JTA) - Pat Robertson was trying to pay Jews a compliment. "They'd rather be polishing diamonds than fixing cars," he said in 2014 on his show on the Christian Broadcasting Network, the station the Southern Baptist minister founded in 1960 that had grown into an evangelical Protestant powerhouse. Robertson made his observation - while chuckling - in a conversation with a rabbi who was sympathetic to his conservative beliefs, Daniel Lapin. He clearly thought that diamond polishing was a good...
Mrs. Sheila Loretta Friedman Reback passed away on June 7, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Cortland, New York, on June 7, 1942, to the late John & Norma (Cohen) Friedman. She and her husband moved to the Orlando area in 1979 from Syracuse, New York. Mrs. Reback is survived by her loving husband of 57 years, Gerald Harvey Reback, of Altamonte Springs, Florida; her devoted children, Ariella (Rabbi Edward Bernstein) Reback of Boynton Beach, Florida; Danielle (Dr. Harel) Deutsch of...
Mr. Avigdor “Victor” Bilia, 84, passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at his Deltona, Florida, home following a brief illness. Mr. Bilia was born Aug. 12, 1938, in Casablanca, Morocco, to the late Shimon and Shulamit (Malka) Bilia. He retired as owner and operator of an automotive repair shop. He proudly served in the Israeli Army. Mr. Bilia is survived by his devoted wife of 37 years, Dolores (Vallin) Bilia of Deltona, Florida; son, Gilad (Anat) Bilia; daughters, Yris (Ron Krell) Bilia and Galit (Segev) Kenat; brothers, Robert Bilia and Dav...
Mrs. Norma (Kleinfeld) Kaplan, 88, of Orlando, Florida, passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at Halifax Hospice following a brief illness. Mrs. Kaplan was born June 25, 1934, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the late Herman and Rose (Davis) Kleinfeld. She and her late husband, Bernard “Buddy” Kaplan, moved to the Orlando area in 1972 from Akron, Ohio. Mrs. Kaplan was a longtime member of Congregation of Reform Judaism. Mrs. Kaplan is survived by her devoted children, Deena (Andre) Biewend of New Smyrna Beach and Eric Kaplan of Nevada; and her...
Ms. Eleanore Leeson, 99, of Orlando (Williamsburg), Florida, passed away Monday, May 29, 2023, at Vitas Hospice following a brief illness. Ms. Leeson was born Jan. 14, 1924, in Manhattan, New York to the late Henry and Tessie (Hershkowitz) Milchstein. She and her late husband, Jack Leeson, moved to the Orlando area in 1982 from Mineola, New York. Ms. Leeson was a graduate of The Juilliard School and loved playing her grand piano in her home every day. Ms. Leeson is survived by her devoted sons; Floyd (Ivy) Leeson of Irving, California, and Jeff...
(JTA) - Rabbi Harold Kushner, one of the most influential congregational rabbis of the 20th century whose works of popular theology reached millions of people outside the synagogue, died on April 28, 2023. Kushner, who turned 88 on April 3, died in Canton, Massachusetts, just miles from the synagogue where he had been rabbi laureate for more than three decades. Kushner's fairly conventional trajectory as a Conservative rabbi was altered shortly after arriving at Temple Israel of Natick when, on...
Mr. Richard Greenhut, 73, Clermont, Florida, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at Mike Conley Hospice House following a brief illness. Mr. Greenhut was born May 21, 1949, in Brooklyn, New York, to the late Adolph and Rosalind (Fisher) Greenhut. He and his family moved to the Central Florida area in 1987 from Connecticut. Mr. Greenhut is survived by his beloved wife of 51 years, Marilyn (Smoot) Greenhut of Clermont, Florida; daughters, Debra Greenhut and Amy Greenhut both of Apopka, Florida;...
Gerri Kilberg, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and cherished friend, passed away on April 25, 2023, at the age of 98, in Orlando, Florida, surrounded by family and friends. Born in Philadelphia, Gerri lived through the Great Depression and was a product of that era. At the age of 24, she married the love of her life, Milton Kilberg, with whom she shared 70 years of marriage before his passing in 2019. Together, they had one daughter, Dr. Ilene Wilkins, and seven grandchil...
Ms. Ileen Susan Ramos, 59, Kissimmee, Florida passed away Sunday, April 23, 2023, at Osceola Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Ms. Ramos was born Sept. 10, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York. Ms. Ramos is survived by her beloved sons, Chris (Tricia) Ramos of Haines City, Florida and Ryan Ramos of Kissimmee, Florida; devoted mother, Joan Siegel of Kissimmee, Florida, and dearest sister, Janet Hidalgo of Kissimmee, Florida. In keeping with Ms. Ramos wishes she was cremated and a graveside service will be held at a later date in Temple...
Mr. Jordan Ira Zamore, 39, Las Vegas, Nevada, passed away Monday, April 17, 2023, at Sunrise Medical Center following a brief illness. Jordan was born Nov. 27, 1983, in Danbury, Connecticut. Jordan was a graduate of Full Sail University and a Audio Lighting Producer. He is predeceased by his father Michael Stuart Zamore. Jordan was always traveling around the world, working gigs with bands such as Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Imagine Dragons and Bad Bunny to mention a few. Jordan was very much into music and often went to music festivals....
(New York Jewish Week) - Barrier-smashing singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, who once boasted of being "the most popular Jew in America" because of his rendition of a Hebrew classic, died Tuesday at his longtime Upper West Side home. He was 96. The New York City native was the one of the first Black artists to achieve widespread commercial success in the United States, and while he was raised Catholic, his life frequently dovetailed with Jewish causes, values and people....
(JTA) — Jerry Springer, the son of Jewish refugees who set aside a promising political career to become the ringleader of a circus-like syndicated talk show featuring feuding couples, angry exes and frequent fisticuffs, died April 27, 2023, at his home in the Chicago area. A family spokesperson told TMZ that Springer, who was 79, had been battling a “brief illness.” Over nearly 5,000 episodes beginning in 1991 and lasting until 2018, Springer transformed daytime television conventions with...
Submitted by the family Robert (Bob) Peter Orne of Port St Lucie, Fa., brother-in-law to Wendy Silver, passed Saturday, April 8, 2023, after a brief illness and hospitalization. He was born Dec. 28, 1945, in New York City to the late Peter and Susan Orne of Flushing, N.Y. Robert graduated from Flushing H.S. in Flushing, NY. He studied at Queens College and later attended graduate school at Northeastern University in Boston. Robert entered the Army on Sept.10,1968, and served two years as an elec...
Mr. Jonathan (Jon) Feigenbaum, 70, Orlando, Florida died Tuesday, April 11, 2023, following a brief illness. Mr. Feigenbaum was born August 29, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois to the late Milton & Lillian (Frankel) Feigenbaum. Jon was the former owner of a marketing firm and moved to the Orlando area in 2016 from Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Feigenbaum is survived by his children, son, Eric Feigenbaum of Indian Harbour Beach, Florida; daughter, Carrie (Joseph) Young; sister, Nicole Silver; brother, Jeffrey Feigenbaum. Graveside Services for Mr....
Ms. Adele G. Friedman, 96, Oviedo, Florida passed away Sunday, April 16, 2023, at Anne’s Home in Winter Springs, Florida following a brief illness. Ms. Friedman was born Jan. 18, 1927, in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Isadore Herman and Leah (Saltzman) Levy. Ms. Friedman is survived by her devoted children, son, Alan Jay Friedman (Dan Testerman) of Mobile, Alabama, daughters, Sheila Cooper of Oviedo, Florida, H. Joyce Bell of Chestertown, Maryland and Janice (Jeffrey) Frieman of Haines City, Florida. Seven grandchildren and nine g...
Mr. Howard C. Kweller, 75, Orlando, Florida died Monday, April 10, 2023, at AdventHealth East Orlando following a brief illness. Mr. Kweller was born April 9, 1948, in Bronx, New York to the late Abraham and Eleanor (Soffa) Kweller. He and his wife moved to the Orlando area in 1997 from New York and he was a retired recreational therapist. Mr. Kweller is survived by his devoted wife of 50 years, Janet (Jaffe) Kweller of Orlando, Florida; beloved children — son, Andrew (Lauren) Kweller of Sorrento, Florida; daughter, Rickie (Dan) Feit of O...
Mr. Morton “Mort” Leftwich, 89, Orlando, Florida passed away Sunday, April 16, 2023 at Inspired Living at Windermere following a brief illness. Mr. Leftwich was born Nov. 19, 1933, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the late Sylvan and Rose (Berman) Leftwich. He was an enthusiast fan of the Philadelphia Eagles and the Penn State Nittany Lions. Mr. Leftwich is survived by his beloved wife of 65 years, Marilyn (Pechter) Leftwich of Orlando; devoted sons, Marc Leftwich of Hunting Valley, Pennsylvania and Allen Leftwich of Orlando, Florida, dea...
Dr. Henry D. Meer, 68, Beverly Hills, Florida, passed away Tuesday, April 11, 2023. He was born June 29, 1954, in Orlando, Florida, to the late Abraham and Grace (Barrack) Meer. Dr. Meer served as an optometrist for over 20 years in Florida, providing care for most of his career in Citrus County, Florida. Dr. Meer is survived by his two sons. Private funeral services for Dr. Meer were held for his immediate family. May he rest in peace and may his memory be a blessing. Services entrusted to Beth Shalom Memorial Chapel, 933 Lee Road, Suite 101,...
