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Jacksonville Jewish News • December 2015
lifecycles Births
Mazel Tov to Paul and Kalpana Berman of Portland Ore., on the birth of their daughter Nadia Anjali Berman, Monday, Sept. 21. Proud grandparents are Eric and Polina Berman of Jacksonville Nadia Berman and Arun and Malathi Palaniappa of Coral Springs Fla.
B’nai Mitzvah
Eliana Noa Jaffa, daughter of Sylvia and Andrew Jaffa celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on November 28, at Etz Chaim Synagogue. Eliana’s brothers, Moses and Micah Jaffa, grandparents Irene and Jimmy Jaffa and grandmother Betty Lustig shared in her simcha as well as many friends and family from Toronto, Israel, Hong Kong, New Eliana Jaffa York, New Jersey, Chicago, Philadelphia and south Florida. Eliana is in seventh grade at the Martin J. Gotlieb Day School, where she is an honors student and serves on the student council, Knesset as its communications manager. Eliana is very creative and enjoys baking, reading, running and solving complex rubix cubes while balancing on an indo board. Benjamin Alexander Chafetz, son of Shireen and Martin Chafetz, will be called to the Torah on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah, Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Jacksonville Jewish Center. Sharing in the simcha will be his maternal grandparents, Shyrul and Azeez Khan of St. Cloud, Fla. His paternal grandparent is Lila Chafetz of Bayside, N.Y. Benjamin’s uncles, aunts, cousins, and friends shall also be joining him in his simcha. Benjamin is an eighth grade honor student at the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School, where he is also a member of the National Junior Honor Society. Benjamin Chafetz In addition to his accomplishments in the classroom, he is a second degree black belt at Pak’s Karate Mandarin, is a member of the youth group Kadima, and also participates in Boy Scouts. Benjamin is often busy playing basketball and the piano and in his spare time, enjoys reading, swimming, and playing video games. For his mitzvah project, Benjamin will be raising $500 for the Hadassah Youth Neurim Village in Israel to buy sneakers for an entire sports team there. The students of the Hadassah Neurim National Youth Center for Athletics represented Israel in the Maccabiah Games. Benjamin also took part in a second mitzvah project, purchasing a large amount of books from a book sale held at his local library. He will be donating these books to his language arts class’ library and will be collecting more books throughout the rest of the year. Ayden Israel, son of Jonathan and Kim Israel, will be called to the Torah on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah on December 26 at the Jacksonville Jewish Center. Sharing in his Simcha will be his sisters, Eliza, 18 and Allie, 16; grandmothers Leslie Held and Marlene Israel; and Ayden Israel
other friends and family. Ayden is in the seventh grade at the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School, where he is a member of the Knesset. He enjoys playing flag football and basketball and is an avid reader. Sydney Paige Leach and Jagger Nicholas Leach, children of Stacy and Jeffrey Leach, were both called to the Torah on the occasion of their Bat and Bar Mitzvah, Saturday, Nov. 14. Sharing in the simcha was their brother, Jayden age six; grandparents Susan and Irwin Eisenberg of Springfield, Pa., and Faye Leach of Jacksonville, as well as many other friends and family. Sydney is in seventh grade at Mandarin Middle School and enjoys all sports especially soccer and Sydney & Jagger Leach basketball. She is looking forward to training for Special Olympics basketball. Jagger is in the seventh grade and Julia Landon College Preparatory, where he participates on the math team and in scholar bowl. He also enjoys playing flag football and golf with his fellow Stingrays. For their mitzvah project, Sydney and Jagger are raising awareness on why it is hurtful to use a certain word and its negative effect on people with special needs. They both gave presentations to local youths in a nationwide effort to ‘spread the word to end the word’. Students are then encouraged go to r-word.org to take the pledge not to use the word and promote inclusiveness in the process.
Engagments
Naomi and Ruben Mirensky and Deborah Mirensky z”l are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter Dr. Tammy Mirensky to Dr. Howard Levene, son of Audrianne and Martin Levene of Cherry Hill, N.J. Tammy is a Pediatric Surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital, in Mirensky and Levene New York and Howard is a Neurosurgeon at the University of Miami. A spring wedding is planned.
Accomplishments
Nathan Weinstock, son of Dan Weinstock and Paulette Adler of Jacksonville, will receive his Ph.D. from the University of Florida on Dec. 18, in Behavioral Neuroscience. Nathan is employed with AGTC as the Nathan Weinstock Assistant Director, Quality Control in Gainesville.
Sympathies
… To the family of longtime Jacksonville Jewish Center member Harry Verstandig, who passed away, Friday, Oct. 23 at the age of 75. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; his children, Wendy (Jeff) Sapolsky, Lauren V. Perez, and son-in-law, Joe Rutansky; his siblings, Brenda (Ed) Schild, Milton Verstandig; and grandchildren Marni, Brooke, Gil, Dillon, Jake, and Elizabeth. Funeral services were held at the Jacksonville Jewish Center, Oct. 25, followed by internment at Riverside Memorial Park. Contributions in Verstandig’s memory may be sent to River Garden or the Jacksonville Jewish Center. … To the family of Richard Turetz, who passed away, Sunday, Nov. 8 at the age of 94. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 71 years, Sylvia. He is survived by his children, Marilyn Kanas and Alan Turetz. Funeral services were held, Nov. 10 at the Jacksonville National Cemetery.
… To the family of Mimi Alkabetz. She is survived by her daughter Lea Gabbay. Funeral services were held in Israel. … To the family of Rabbi Jack Fefer of Rechovot, Israel, who was a former member of Etz Chaim Synagogue. Rabbi Fefer was a unique and special man who touched many lives at the Synagogue, he is survived by his wife Ella. Funeral services as well as shiva took place in Israel. … To the family of Elaine Arber, who passed away, Wednesday, Nov. 11 at the age of 84. She is survived by her mother, Sue (Mark) Kornhauser. A graveside service was held Nov. 13 at Eternal Light Memorial Gardens in Boynton Beach. The family requests that contributions in memory of Elaine Arber be made to Congregation Ahavath Chesed. … To the family of Warwick Abadee, who passed away Sunday, Nov. 15 in Sydney, Australia. He is survived by his wife, Yvonne Abadee; sister Carole (Marvin) Feldman; brother Alan (Jennifer) Abadee children Phillip (Libby) Abadee, Geoffrey (Kay) Abadee, Diana (Laurence) Bloch; and his 12 grandchildren. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Jacksonville Jewish Center. … To the family of of Lynda Samuely Marks, who passed away, Friday, Nov. 6. She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Stanley, as well as sons Matthew (Amy) Marks and Stephen (Jamie) Marks, cousins Marilynn (Ira) Goldfield and Merle (Ronald) Cherry; granddaughters Alexis and Elisa Marks, and her sister Golda (Eric) Blum. Shiva was observed at her home in Bethesda, Md. … To the family of Regina Steiner, who passed away Friday, Nov. 13. She is survived by her daughter Talia Steiner and granddaughter Eitan Steiner-Safra. Funeral services were held Nov. 15 in Argentina and memorial services were held in Jacksonville, Nov. 18. The family requests that contributions in memory of Regina Steiner be made to The Temple’s religious school. … To the family of Harvey Jarchower, who passed away Monday, Nov. 16. He is survived by his wife Joy Jarchower, daughters, Jeri (Ken) Braiman, Rea Zaret, Ruthie (Brad) Berger and son, Howard Jarchower; eight grandchildren, three greatgrandchildren and sister, Marilyn Margol. A graveside service was held Nov. 18, at King David Gardens(Greenlawn Cemetery) in Jacksonville. The family requests that contributions in memory of Harvey Jarchower be made to Congregation Ahavath Chesed (The Temple), or Community Hospice of Northeast Florida.
In Blessed Memory
An unveiling service for Scott Paul Zimmerman was held Sunday, Nov. 15 at the New Center Cemetery at 43rd and Liberty Streets in Jacksonville. Zimmerman passed away Dec. 22, 2014 and was the longtime ritual director and coordinator for bar and bat mitzvah’s at the Jacksonville Jewish Center.
Classifieds
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