JACOB FRANCIS WEINSTEIN, son of Joann and Steven Weinstein, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, May 19 at Congregation Anshei Israel. Jacob attends Emily Gray Jr. High School, where he is an honor student and a member of student council. He enjoys snow skiing, football, basketball, hiking,… Read more »
LEAH TAMAR TOLBY, daughter of Abigail and Noah Tolby, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, May 12 at Congregation Anshei Israel. She is the granddaughter of Aviah and Stuart Friedman of Phoenix, and Linda Solomon of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Leah attends Tucson Hebrew Academy where she… Read more »
BRADLEY BENNETT FEIG, son of Cynthia and Dan Feig, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, May 12 at Congregation Chaverim. He is the grandson of Bobbie and Leroy Feig and Sharon Kasle, all of Tucson, and Gaylor and Barbara Kasle of Boca Raton, Fla. Bradley attends St.… Read more »
BRENNEN PIERCE FEDER, son of Anita and Bradley Feder, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, May 5 at Loews Ventana Canyon with Congregation Chaverim. He is the grandson of JoAnn Angeles and Elayne and Jerry Feder, all of Tucson. Brennen attends Esperero Canyon Middle School, where he… Read more »
ALLISON ROSE YOUNG, daughter of Deborah and Gary Young, celebrated becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, April 28 at Congregation Anshei Israel. She is the granddaughter of Kathy and Harris Breit and Carol and Glenn Young, all of Tucson. Allison attends Desert Sky Middle School, where she is an… Read more »
Victor Levin, 81, died April 3, 2012. Born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Mr. Levin moved to Columbus, Ohio. He attended South High School and received a masters degree in physics from Ohio State University. Mr. Levin worked as an aeronautical engineer for Rockwell and Batelle in Columbus. He moved… Read more »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his father, Benzion, at a memorial day for Yoni Netanyahu at Mount Herzl military cemetary in Jerusalem, June 26, 2007. (Michael Fattal/Flash90) NEW YORK (JTA) — Benzion Netanyahu — historian, one-time political activist and father of Israel’s prime minister — died Monday in Jerusalem at 102. An accomplished scholar and the patriarch of one of Israel’s most important political families, he also played a surprising and little-known role in American political… Read more »
LIAM JOHN O’ROURKE, son of Lee and Paul O’Rourke, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, April 28 at Congregation Or Chadash. He is the grandson of Rhoda and the late Jack Demovic, Lollie and the late James Butler, all of Tucson, and Sandy and the late Bob… Read more »
Harold Bongarten Harold Bongarten, 89, of Tucson, died April 2, 2012. Born in Warsaw, Poland, Mr. Bongarten received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Northeastern University, a masters of management from the University of Pittsburgh, and completed the advanced management program at Harvard Business School. During World War… Read more »
Rabbi Thomas Louchheim One of my favorite stories of my grandfather involves driving home from a Dodgers game. Dodger Stadium is located adjacent to downtown Los Angeles. Even when a game ends late in the evening there’s traffic from the stadium, plus regular evening traffic downtown. In his later years, my grandfather’s… Read more »
(JTA) — Tributes and statements of profound respect and admiration are pouring in for Elan Steinberg, former executive director of the World Jewish Congress, who died April 6 of complications from lymphatic cancer. He was 59. “Elan’s premature death will leave a huge void in the Jewish world,” said… Read more »
Bryna E. Hellman, 82, died March 27, 2012, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., Mrs. Hellman graduated from Taft High School. She moved to Tucson in 1966. Mrs. Hellman was a life member of Hadassah and a member of AIPAC. She volunteered at… Read more »
Hazel Virginia Schoenberg, 91, died March 15, 2012. Raised in Tennessee, Mrs. Schoenberg lived in Brooklyn and the Bronx, N.Y. with her husband. She lived in Tucson for 23 years. Mrs. Schoenberg was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Fred Schoenberg and granddaughter Erin Schoenberg. Survivors include her… Read more »
Shelley and Steve Singer announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily, to Yaron Hurvitz of Tel Aviv. Yaron is the son of Mickey and Udi Hurvitz of Ramat HaSharon, Israel. The wedding is planned for June 2012 in Tel Aviv.… Read more »
SOLAINE ALICE CARTER, daughter of Beth Mitchneck and Paul Carter, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, April 21 at Congregation Or Chadash. She is the granddaughter of Bunny and Marvin Mitchneck of New Rochelle, N.Y. Solaine attends St. Gregory College Preparatory School, where she is an honor… Read more »
A daughter, ANGELINA VIRGINIA KROOT, was born Feb. 3, 2012, to Cathy Szostek and Aaron Kroot of Grayslake, Ill. Grandparents are Shirley and Michael Kroot of Tucson.… Read more »
GABRIEL LOUIS COHON, son of Rabbi Samuel M. and Wendy Cohon and Rhody and Greg Downy, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, March 31 at Temple Emanu-El. He is the grandson of Rabbi Baruch J. and Claire Cohon of Los Angeles, Calif., and Dr. Benjamin and Brenda… Read more »
Marilyn Burkam Marilyn Burkam, 76, died March 6, 2012. Born in Newark, N.J., Mrs. Burkam grew up in Las Cruces, N.M., and worked at White Sands Proving Grounds, where she met Edward Burkam. They married and moved to Union, N.J. They moved to Tucson in 1984 to be near their daughters.… Read more »
Daniel Silverman, 83, ascended to a higher realm on Feb. 6, 2012. He was born in Chicago, Ill., in 1928 and lived there until 1967 when he moved with his family to Los Angeles, Calif., (where he still resided). Danny worked at MCA/Universal in the publicity department for more… Read more »
Rabbi Yossi Winner Each year on the holiday of Pesach some 500 Jewish students join my wife, family and me for the Passover Seders. It is an extraordinary scene! Who would have imagined that on a college campus where the challenges to Jewish identity and practice are many, a place where students… Read more »
