By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal (Delivered Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015 at Greenwood Cemetery, San Diego) SAN DIEGO — When we confront the death of a loved one, we become conscious of time’s steady flow, and we plead, as did the psalmist of old, Limnot yameinu kne hoday, v’navi l’vav chochma. “Teach us to number our days,” […]
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Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyDear Readers, As a service to bereaved families—as well as to Jewish historians and genealogists – San Diego Jewish World embarks today (Jan. 30, 2015) on a program to print the eulogies delivered by our local rabbinate for recently deceased members of the San Diego County Jewish community. In doing so, we would like to
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Donald H. Harrison, Obituaries & memorialsBy Norman Greene SAN DIEGO — If you are up for solving mysteries and maybe uncovering a few new ones, you can learn a great deal by visiting an old Jewish cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn, New York. For years. My late father would become very melancholy four or five days before the yahrzeits of his
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Obituaries & memorials, Travel and FoodEditor’s Note: The following eulogy is extrapolated from Rabbi Rosenthal’s notes. A Eulogy by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal Tifereth Israel Synagogue SAN DIEGO — When we recite the Yizkor prayer for a mother, we refer to a mother who has passed away as imi morati, my mother, my teacher. In this simple phrase we have a
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POWAY, California — Molly Cohen, 97, was eulogized by Rabbi Nadav Caine at Ner Tamid Synagogue here. Following is the eulogy, delivered December 29, 2014: Molly Cohen, a matriarch of San Diego’s Jewish community, died this past December 25th at the age of 97. She was her usual alert, brilliant, and giving self to
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – For many people, longtime volunteer and former House of Israel President Seymour Teitelbaum, who died earlier last week, was synonymous with the House of Israel. His funeral services will be conducted at1 p.m.. Monday, August 18, at the Home of Peace Cemetery. Board member Sandy Golden, who met Teitelbaum when
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By Norman Greene LA JOLLA, California –“My Mom was tough and she wanted to fight, but this wasn’t a fair fight,” Danny Neiman said as he eulogized his mother Linda Thaler Neiman, 66, who this past Sunday, March 23, lost a battle to an extremely aggressive form of pancreatic cancer that was diagnosed only
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Editor’s Note: The following eulogy was delivered at the funeral of Gert Thaler, 91, on Tuesday, April 17, at Ohr Shalom Synagogue in San Diego by her dear friend Norman Greene. By Norman Greene SAN DIEGO–As my friend Lorraine Schrag commented, “it is hard to imagine a world without Gert thaler.” Many here today have
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By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — On the Presidents Day weekend I flew to Virginia to attend the funeral of my kid brother, Leon, who had died at 96. The obituary in the Washington Post said that he had died peacefully but reluctantly in the arms of his partner, Alice. “He wanted to live
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Obituaries & memorialsBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Some of the top leadership of the organized Jewish community of San Diego turned out for a service to memorialize Steven Weening, 64, and to comfort his wife, Leslie, who had been a long-serving executive assistant to the director of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, and
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Donald H. Harrison, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyRelated story by Joey Seymour By Norman Greene SAN DIEGO– During his life time, Bob Breitbard, 91, who passed away in his sleep at Seacrest Village Retirement Home in Encinitas on Monday, May 17, was already a San Diego legend. As a dreamer and visionary sportsman who built a community arena, a museum to honor
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