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A son, MATTHEW ROY GOLD, was born Jan. 18 to Russell and Laura Gold of Winston-Salem, N.C. Grandparents are Phyllis Levin Gold and Stephen Makielski of Tucson, Joe Gold of San Francisco, Gaye Raymond of Oakland, Calif., and Roy Raymond. The Golds also have a daughter, Eleanor Lea Gold,… Read more »

Eunice Morris, 91, died Feb. 11, 2017. Mrs. Morris is survived by her husband, Leo Morris; children, Lynne (Steve) Miller and Robert (May) Morris, both of Tucson; sister, Diane (Ron); five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Graveside services were held at Evergreen Cemetery with Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon of Temple… Read more »

Martin Harry Bacal, 84, died Feb. 14, 2017. Mr. Bacal was born in New York City but lived in Tucson since 1934. He was a graduate of Tucson High School and Columbia University. He was the longtime president and owner of Pioneer Paint and Varnish Co. Mr. Bacal was… Read more »

Alma Kane Vactor, 91, died Feb. 5, 2017. Mrs. Vactor grew up in Cleveland’s Shaker Heights neighborhood. She and her family moved in 1960 to Tucson, where she joined the family business, Rancho Del Rio Guest Ranch, managing the food service and often serving as chef. In 1965, the… Read more »

George L. Nadler, 78, died Feb. 4, 2017. Mr. Nadler graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City, attended Brooklyn College, received his DDS from New York University, and was a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics. Survivors include his wife, Essie; children, Rudolph M. (Aimee Baker)… Read more »

Florabelle (Peggy) Simon, 86, died Jan. 31, 2017. Born to immigrant parents, Mrs. Simon grew up in Clairton, Pa. She married and raised four children in Pittsburgh, where she later worked for the local Board of Education. Survivors include her children, Paul (Marcia) Simon of Tucson, Linda Price of… Read more »

Miriam L. Brown, 97, died Feb. 1, 2017. Born in Newark, N.J., Mrs. Brown grew up in Maplewood, N.J. She graduated at age 15 from Columbia High School, where she would later teach French and Spanish. In 1939, she graduated from New Jersey College for Women of Rutgers University.… Read more »

ZACHARY DEUTSCH, son of Jill and Michael Deutsch of Chandler, will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on Saturday, March 4 at Temple Emanuel of Tempe. He is the grandson of Judy and Larry Deutsch of St. Louis, Mo., and Susan and Michael Cohen of Sun Lakes, formerly of Tucson,… Read more »

U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan once scheduled an hour-long meeting with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Towards the end of the consultation, the Rebbe asked if he could request a favor from the senator. “Here it comes,” the senator thought to himself. “Now the Rebbe is looking… Read more »

Brian Belakovsky, son of Anjelina Belakovskaia and Lawrence Bernstein, will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Feb. 4, at Temple Emanu-El. He is the grandson of Liliya Belakovskaya of Tucson. Brian attends Basis Tucson North where he is on the honor roll and a member of the school’s… Read more »

Marvin G. Taub, 87, died Jan. 24, 2017. Born in New York City, Mr. Taub was a Tucson resident for more than 60 years. He was an optometrist for many years and enjoyed providing services to St. Elizabeth of Hungary Clinic and Job Corps. He was president of the… Read more »

Merrill Broad, 89, died Jan. 23, 2017. A longtime Tucson resident, Mr. Broad was born in Uniontown, Pa., the youngest of three siblings. He joined the Navy at the end of World War II, serving on the USS Thompson as secretary to the ship’s commander. When his service ended,… Read more »

Alvin Schechter, 92, died Jan. 23, 2017. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Schechter worked at Royal Buick. He volunteered at Jewish Family & Children’s Services, where he received numerous awards. Mr. Schechter was preceded in death by his wife, Ileane Schechter.  Survivors include his children, Sheryl (Richard) Marcus and… Read more »

Elaine K. Stoller, 71, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. Mrs. Stoller was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., and graduated from Duquesne University. After her marriage to Arthur they moved to Los Angeles, where she taught second grade for three years before becoming a real estate agent and later a social… Read more »

Warren Bodow, 77, of Tucson and New York, died in New York City on Dec. 23, 2016. Born in Syracuse, N.Y. in 1939, Mr. Bodow graduated with a combined journalism and liberal arts degree from Syracuse University. His 40-year career in radio took him from campus station newsreader to… Read more »

Rabbi Thomas Louchheim

We live in a world where we are hard-wired to fit people and actions into neat, perfect little boxes.  Even our scripture seems to do this. We draw from our holy writings that an action is good or bad, a blessing or a curse, and will lead to life… Read more »

A son, MENACHEM MENDEL CEITLIN, was born Dec. 25, 2016 to Rabbi Yehuda and Feigie Ceitlin of Tucson. Mendel, named after the Lubavitcher Rebbe, joins his sisters Goldie and Sarah. Grandparents are Rabbi Aaron Eliezer and Adina Ceitlin of Montreal, Canada, and Rabbi Yossie and Chanie Shemtov of Tucson… Read more »

Sophia Violet Silverman, daughter of Kris and Ben Silverman, will celebrate becoming a bat mitzvah on Saturday, Jan. 21 at Congregation Or Chadash. She is the granddaughter of Rosalyn Silverman of Lake Worth, Fla., and Linda Robertson of Tucson. Sophie attends BASIS Tucson North and attended Tucson Hebrew Academy… Read more »

Samuel George Arcus, 95, died Jan. 5, 2017. Mr. Arcus was born in New York. When he was 7 his mother died and he was placed in the Hebrew National Orphan Home. He stayed there for almost 12 years. He went on to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree… Read more »

Doris M. Rosenkrantz, 90, died Jan. 4, 2017. Mrs. Rosenkrantz was born in Brooklyn, N.Y.  She moved to Tucson in 1980 and was a longtime member of Temple Emanu-El and a life member of Hadassah. Mrs. Rosenkrantz was preceded in death by her husband, Sidney, known as El Cid;… Read more »