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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 »

A daughter, TZIPORRA MALKA CHORNY, was born Feb. 23, 2012, to Nichole and Joel Chorny of Tucson. Grandparents are Aaron and Shawn Hellman of Tucson and Rabbi Ammos and Avivia Chorny of London, Ontario.… Read more »

A son, YOSEPH (YOSSI) SHA’ANAN GEFFEN was born Feb. 3, 2012, to Zev and Leah Geffen of Modi’in, Israel. Grandparents are Sharon and the late Joseph Geffen of Tucson and Michael and Dena Granof of Austin, Texas.… Read more »

A daughter, JOSEPHINE SULIMA GEFFEN, was born Dec. 20, 2011, to Malka and Kristy Geffen of Portland, Ore. Grandparents are Sharon and the late Joseph Geffen of Tucson and Pam Sulima of Madison, Wisc.… Read more »

A son, YOSEPH (YOSSI) MEIR, was born Aug. 23, 2011, to Noach and Yocheved Meir of Beitar, Israel. Grandparents are Rabbi Ron-Ami and Miriam (Mimi Geffen) Meyers of Seattle, Wash. Great-grandparents are Sharon and the late Joseph Geffen of Tucson and Sylvia Meyers of Winnepeg, Canada.… Read more »

ZAKKAI SHLOMO MARKO­WITZ, son of Ilana and Neil Boss Markowitz, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, March 24 with Congregation Chaverim at a ranch in Oracle. He is the grandson of Jana Liba Klenburg of New York, N.Y., Barbara and the late Herb Potashkin of Watchung, N.J.,… Read more »

SAMUEL ELIJAH RIVERA, son of Rachel Rivera and Dennis Rivera, will celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, March 24 with Congregation Or Chadash at the Tucson Jewish Community Center.. He is the grandson of Miriam Effron of Shorline, Wash., Stephen and Clydean Troner of Tucson, and the late… Read more »

SAPIR L. CURIEL, daughter of Mimi and Dan Curiel, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, March 17 at Chabad on River. She is the granddaughter of Lily Mimran of Ramat Hasharon, Israel, and Abraham Curiel, Liz Daddoun and Nissim Davda, all of Jerusalem, Israel. Sapir attends Tucson… Read more »

REBECCA ELLEN BAUER, daughter of April and William Bauer, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, March 17 at Temple Emanu-El. She is the granddaughter of Barbara Esmond of Tucson, Lynne and Joel Esmond of Los Angeles, Calif., and Joan and the late John Bauer of Raytown, Mo.… Read more »

KACIE AMANDA BAUER, daughter of April and William Bauer, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, March 17 at Temple Emanu-El. She is the granddaughter of Barbara Esmond of Tucson, Lynne and Joel Esmond of Los Angeles, Calif., and Joan and the late John Bauer of Raytown, Mo.… Read more »

Hank Mitchell Case, 87, died Feb. 23, 2012. Mr. Case was born in Perth Amboy, N.J. He started his college career at New Jersey State University (now Rutgers), interrupting his studies to enlist in the U.S. Navy during World War II, serving as an engineer. After the war he… Read more »

Rochelle Beverly Sul­man (née Chanen), 73, died Feb. 19, 2012. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs. Sulman moved to Pittsburgh with her husband, and in 1977 settled in Tucson, where she worked for Southwest Gas Company. She was involved in the Jewish community, especially Congregation Anshei Israel. Mrs.… Read more »

Rabbi Jason Holtz

 These are the things that are limitless, of which a person enjoys the fruit of the world, while the principal remains in the world to come … visiting the sick. — Rabbi Yochanan as cited in Shabbat 127 Back in September, I was a very healthy guy, never having… Read more »

Selma Neuhauser

Selma Neuhauser, age 85, died Feb. 21, 2012. Mrs. Neuhauser (nee Fussgteig) was born in Vienna, Austria. She was placed on a Kindertransport to Sweden at age 11 and moved to the United States at age 22. Both of her parents died in Auschwitz. A resident of Tucson since… Read more »

DALYA ELENA PARKER, daughter of Pamela Workman-Parker and Charles Parker, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Feb. 18 at Temple Emanu-El. She is the granddaughter of Vivian and the late Martin Workman of Denver, Colo., and Sandy and Chuck Parker of Las Vegas, Nev. Dalya attends Tortolita… Read more »

SARAH KINSEY JONES, daughter of Elena and Robert Jones, will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, Feb. 11 at Temple Emanu-El. She is the granddaughter of Judy Shepard Gomez and Marjorie Hochberg of Tucson and Patty and Darryl Jones of Portland, Ore. Sarah attends Tortolita Middle School, where… Read more »