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A son, ITAYI SIMON NYAMUZUWE, was born Sept. 13, 2013 to Emily Simon and John Nyamuzuwe of Oakland, Calif.  Grandmother is Dr. Miki Paul of Tucson.… Read more »

Joshua Benjamin Bynes, 20, died Dec. 10, 2013. Mr. Bynes was an apprentice electrician. Survivors include his parents, David and Ana Bynes; brother; Eli Bynes; grandparents, Jack and Roberta Bynes and Roy and Amelia Ortiz; and great-grandmother, Gertrude Shankman, all of Tucson. Services will be held at East Lawn… Read more »

Hannah Sarah Baker, daughter of Rachael and Barry Baker, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Dec. 14 with Congregation Or Chadash at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. She is the granddaughter of Alice and Paul Baker of Tucson, Fran and Arnold Freed of Los Angeles and Barbara Freed… Read more »

Cipora Anjy Cohon, daughter of Rabbi Samuel and Wendy Weise Cohon and Rhody Downey, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah Saturday, Nov. 30, at Temple Emanu-El. She is the granddaughter of Rabbi Baruch and Claire Cohon of Los Angeles, and Benjamin and Brenda Schneider of Tucson. Cece attends Orange… Read more »

Norman Neipris, 85, died Oct. 15, 2013. Born in Malden, Mass., Mr. Neipris graduated from Malden High School and attended one year at the University of New Mexico. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Three weeks after he was discharged, he married his wife, Judith,… Read more »

Rabbi Israel Becker

Names are very important in Judaism. When parents give a name to a child it should be carefully chosen. The names of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses and all the 12 tribes of Israel were specifically chosen not only to commemorate an event but to trigger a response within us… Read more »

Aaron Micah Green, son of Rachel and Jonathan Green, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 23 at Congregation Anshei Israel. He is the grandson of Fay Green of Tucson, Barry Green of Fort Worth, Texas, and Renata and the late Ralph Limmer of Huntsville, Ala. Aaron… Read more »

Lauren Janae Grabell, daughter of Ellen Eichler-Grabell and Lawrence Grabell, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 16 at Congregation Anshei Israel. She is the granddaughter of Bernard Eichler and the late Molly Eichler of Millburn, N.J., and Lisa Grabell and the late Allan Grabell of Tucson.… Read more »

Benjamin Joseph Rivera, son of Rachel Rivera and Dennis Rivera, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, Nov. 9 with Congregation Or Chadash at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. He is the grandson of Miriam Effron of Shoreline, Wash., Stephen and Clydean Troner of Tucson, and the late… Read more »

Mitchel (Mickey) David Berens, 83, died Oct. 7, 2013. Raised in Chicago and Whitehall, Ill., Mr. Berens graduated from high school and briefly attended college. He started an automobile dealership business that expanded into four dealerships, then moved to Tucson in 1970. Survivors include his wife of 58 years,… Read more »

Barbara K. Shore, Ph.D., 92, died Oct. 23, 2013. Raised in Pittsburgh, Dr. Shore earned a BS in social work at Carnegie Tech (now CMU), graduating summa cum laude, and an MS in social work from the University of Pittsburgh. She married Jack Shore in 1942 and they left… Read more »

Theodore H. (Ted) Silverman, 83, died Oct. 10, 2013. Mr. Silverman was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and a member of Temple Emanu-El. He enjoyed sculpting in marble and alabaster and displayed his works in his studio and throughout Tucson. Survivors include his wife of 60… Read more »

Louise Shapiro, 84, died Oct. 4, 2013. Mrs. Shapiro was born in Alabama. Her family moved to New York City, where she graduated from Hunter College. She received her master’s degree in education from the University of Arizona. She met her husband, Norman, while working as a camp counselor… Read more »

Liba Feurstein, 76, died Oct. 2, 2013 in California. Mrs. Feurstein worked as a teacher. She was preceded in death by her parents, Rabbi Marcus and Bertha Breger and her husband, Seymour. Survivors include her children, David (Dalia) Feurstein of Sherman Oaks, Calif., Judy (Slone) Citron and Esther Netter;… Read more »

Monte Seymour, 94, died Oct. 1, 2013. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mr. Seymour was the son of Russian immigrants. At a young age, he sold newspapers during baseball games at Ebbets Field and concessions at Madison Square Garden. Mr. Seymour enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps, part of the… Read more »

Rabbi Stephanie Aaron

On Nov. 19, 1863, with 270 words and in slightly more than two minutes, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. Although he stated, “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here,” those words were only… Read more »

Hazel Gordon Kaufman, 87, died Sept. 2, 2013. Born in New York City, Mrs. Kaufman was raised in New Rochelle, N.Y., and graduated from Mount Ida College. She owned art galleries in Highland Park, Ill., and Santa Fe, N.M. Mrs. Kaufman was preceded in death by her brother, James.… Read more »

Goldie Wiederhorn, 89, lifelong resident of Cleveland, died Sept. 21, 2013. Mrs. Wiederhorn was president of the boards of the Cleveland Hebrew Schools and the Warrensville Center Synagogue and a member of Oheb Zedek Cedar Sinai Synagogue in Beachwood, Ohio. Mrs. Weiderhorn was preceded in death by her husand… Read more »

Scott Eisenfeld, 52, beloved husband, son, father, brother, uncle and friend passed suddenly on Sept. 15, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Christine; children, Kaitlin and Tyler; parents, Sid and Mary­lin Eisenfeld; pets, Wil­ma and Emmett; sisters, Essie Eisenfeld Davis (Pat) and Devra Eisenfeld-Smith (Steve), and many nieces… Read more »

A son, REECE SAMUEL STOLER, was born Sept. 19, 2013 to Noaa and Marc Stoler of West Orange, N.J. Reece joins his sister, Neve Siona Stoler. Grandparents are Nancy and David Stoler of Tucson, Rachel Hacham of Montclair, N.J., and Arnon Rahav of Salisbury, Md.… Read more »