Rhea Joyce Shifrin Goot passed away Sept. 12, 2021, in Laguna Woods, California. She was 85. Born in Chicago on Oct. 26, 1936, Rhea attended South Shore High School and the University of Illinois at Navy Pier. She raised her children in Chicago, Phoenix, and San Diego. She completed her undergraduate degree at Arizona State University, […]
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By Sandra Scheller CHULA VISTA, California — Holocaust survivor Harry Rosen passed on April 7, 2022. Born on August 9, 1923, he is now next to his wife, Zipporah Rosen, in Israel. He is survived by his son, Amnon who lives in Israel. This video shows his final days and now burial in Israel: For
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Morris Casuto, the Anti-Defamation League regional director who defended San Diego County’s Jewish community against antisemites while forging good relations with other ethnic and religious groups within the county, died from leukemia Friday night, February 11, at the UCSD Jacobs Medical Center. Graveside funeral services for Casuto, 79, will be conducted at 2 p.m., Tuesday, at El Camino Memorial Park. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Richard Lerner, the masterful biochemist who guided Scripps Research on its way to becoming an elite center for biomedical science and helped develop Humira, the highest-selling therapeutic drug in the world last year, died on Dec. 2. He was 83. The private, nonprofit institute told the San Diego Union-Tribune that Lerner died of cancer at his home in La Jolla. [San Diego Union-Tribne]
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I flew to London last Wednesday, to say goodbye to my 97-year-old Grandpa. Although I usually see my grandparents half a dozen times a year, the pandemic has made it so that I haven’t been able to see them for two and half years. I entered their new assisted living apartment and went straight to my grandfather’s bed. Without hesitation I began to sing our favorite Yiddish song “Oy vey fein”. Immediately he chimed in and sang with me for about fifteen seconds. [Cantor Hanan Liberman]
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I created the Jaclyn Beth Kaufman Tauber Memorial Fund through the Jewish Community Foundation to honor the memory of my beautiful daughter Jackie, she was my best friend. Jackie had the ability to connect with people on a very personal level, especially children. Jackie was creatively gifted. A master puppeteer, she was a member of the San Diego Guild of Puppetry, a non-profit organization created to educate through the magic of Puppet Theater [Dale Kaufman]
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Jonathan Adelman, Ph.D., a past president of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, died Friday, Oct. 29, SPME announced. [SPME}
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Heidi Gantwerk, Interim President & CEO of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, and Jack Maizel, Board Chair of the Federation, today issued the following announcement regarding an upcoming memorial service for former Federation CEO Michael Jeser, who died July 24: Friends, In observance of the conclusion of Sheloshim
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyThe family of Michael Lieb Jeser, the former president and chief executive officer of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, has submitted the following obituary, which supplements with more personal information the obituary that appeared on this website previously. {Jeser Family]
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyMichael Jeser died Saturday, July 24, from the esophogeal cancer that had prompted him to go on leave as president and chief executive officer of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County. [Donald H. Harrison]
Family, colleagues, and staff at Father Joe’s Villages were saddened to announce the passing of Father Joe Carroll who died early morning Sunday, July 11. The President Emeritus of Father Joe’s Villages was 80. [News Release from Father Joe’s Villages]
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Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Friedman – a longtime friend and trustee of the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) and La Jolla Playhouse – passed away Monday, June 21, in his home at the age of 69. [News Release}
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SAN DIEGO (Family Remembrance) — After a long, busy, and varied life, Aviva Shapira of San Diego passed away on May 19, 2021, succumbing to complications from a fall at home, and from many years of various health problems, including autoimmune disease. She died peacefully, surrounded by her family, sons, and little granddaughters. She was 78. [Family Remembrance]
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As part of our JWB Jewish Chaplains Council® National Jewish Community Observance of Memorial Day, on Thursday, we were honored to visit the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Nathan Bruckenthal, while the ship was in port in New York City. The USCGC Nathan Bruckenthal is named for the first Jewish Coast Guardsman killed in combat since the Vietnam War. Petty Officer Bruckenthal, described to us by the ship’s captain as “a nice Jewish kid from Long Island,” served his country as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was killed during a successful attempt to thwart a seaborne IED (improvised explosive device) attack on a major installation in the Arabian Gulf. He sacrificed himself to protect others [Rabbi Irving A. Elson and Doron Krakow]
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