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We regret to inform you of the passing of Rabbi Shimon Zeffren, ob”m, father of Mrs. Penina Simon and Mrs. Rivkie Gruen. Mrs. Simon and Gruen are sitting Shiva for their father until Sunday morning, Jan. 12th, at 13 Engelberg Terrace, Lakewood, NJ.
They can be reached at (732) 730-0997.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Mrs. Erna Laufer, ob”m, mother of Rita Schonfeld (Louis) and Edith Shachter (Harold).
The funeral will be 4pm today, Wednesday, at Berkowitz Kumin. Burial will be Friday in Israel. The family will return Sunday and sit shiva in Cleveland next week. Details to follow.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Mrs. Sarah Rachel Cohen. Mrs. Cohen was originally from Cleveland and recently resided in Lakewood. She was just a couple days shy of her 80th birthday.
She is survived by her husband, Dr. Shmuel Yaakov, and her children Mrs. Devorah Waxman (Lakewood), Mrs. Leora Cohen (Beitar), Mrs. Elana Dubovick (Chicago), Mrs. Yehudis Saftlas (Melbourne, Australia), Mrs. Chaya Abrams (Denver), Yoel Cohen (Lakewood), Zev Cohen (Lakewood), and Levi Cohen (Lakewood).
From https://www.thelakewoodscoop.com/news/2019/12/petirah-of-mrs-sarah-rachel-cohen-ah.html.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Mrs. Rozalia Itin, ob”m, mother of Dr. Ilia Itin.
The funeral was Monday in Phildalephia. Dr. Itin will return to Cleveland on Thursday and will sit Shiva at his home, 24985 Penshurst Drive, Beachwood.
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המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
Elie Bialo is sitting Shiva at her home, 2564 South Green Road.
Visiting
The Bialo family is sitting Shiva at the Bialo residence, 2349 Halcyon Road.
Minyanim
Visiting
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Rabbi Yossi Bialo.
The levaya is at 10am at Chesed Shel Emes.
Shiva info to follow.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Hannah Porath.
Update on the shiva hours for Hannah Porath. The Levaya is Sunday at 2:30pm Zion Memorial Young Israel Section.
Gerald Porath, Arlene (Porath) Arfe and Laura (Porath) Steinberg will be sitting shiva at 24412 Maidstone Lane, the following times:
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Hannah Porath.
A devoted and beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Hannah is survived by her 3 children: Gerald (Dana) Porath of Neve Daniel, Israel, Arlene (Ephraim) Arfe of New York City and Laura (David) Steinberg of Beachwood, Ohio, 13 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
A graveside service is scheduled for Sunday December 22 at 2:30pm at Zion Memorial Park.
The family will be sitting shiva at the Steinberg home, 24412 Maidstone Lane, Beachwood. Shiva hours to follow.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Mrs. Heddy Small, Chana bas R’ Tzvi Hirsh, a”h, mother of Mr. Mike Small.
The Levaya was Thursday.
Shiva is at the Small home, 2278 Halcyon Road in Beachwood.
Minyanim
Shiva Hours
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Mr. Peretz Seidel, father of Mr. Michoel Seidel.
Shiva is Monday, December 9, 10:00 AM – 12 PM and 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM at the apartment of Michoel Seidel, 3435 Superior Park Drive, Apt. #306. For more information, please call 216-825-7736.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Moshe Susman.
Shiva is from 7 PM until 9:30 PM, Motzei Shabbos through Wednesday at the home of Gershon Kuzecki, 2270 S. Green Rd
University Hts. 44122 (northwest corner of Green and Silsby).
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Moshe Susman.
The Levaya will be 10am Friday morning at Mt. Olive.
Shiva information to follow.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Mr. Peretz Seidel, father of Mr. Michoel Seidel. Graveside services were today, Thursday.
Shiva information to follow.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Rabbi Shlomo Moerman. The levaya will take place today at 1:30pm 2pm at Berkowitz Kumin. Shiva information to follow.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
Update: There will be Mincha at the house at 4:35pm followed by Maariv.
We regret to inform you of the passing of Edith (Stein) Ross of Netanya, formerly of Cleveland and Oradea, wife of Frank Ross, mother of Michael Ross, Jim Ross and Miriam (Ross) Mitchell, Grandmother of Brian Ross, Laurie (Ross) Schur, Maor, Ariella and Drorit Har-Even, Gabriella, Eliana and Zachary Mitchell, Great Grandmother of Elisheva Schur and Noah Schur.
Jim Ross is sitting Shiva in Beachwood at 2638 Deborah Drive. Shacharis is at 6:30 A.M. through Friday.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Edith (Stein) Ross of Netanya, formerly of Cleveland and Oradea, wife of Frank Ross, mother of Michael Ross, Jim Ross and Miriam (Ross) Mitchell, Grandmother of Brian Ross, Laurie (Ross) Schur, Maor, Ariella and Drorit Har-Even, Gabriella, Eliana and Zachary Mitchell, Great Grandmother of Elisheva Schur and Noah Schur.
Jim Ross is sitting Shiva in Beachwood at 2638 Deborah Drive. Shacharis is at 6:30 A.M. through Friday.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Magda Friedman. The funeral is at 2:30 pm on Sunday, November 17 at Berkowitz-Kumin. Burial is at Zion Memorial Park in the Young Israel section. Shiva information to follow.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Mr. Sam (Yeshaya Pinchas) Rosen, father of Mrs. Esther Zimberg. The levaya took place in Baltimore, MD on Thursday. Mrs. Zimberg will be sitting shiva in Baltimore through Sunday and in Cleveland at 3377 Blanche Rd. on Monday and Tuesday.
Cleveland shiva hours are from 10am-1pm and 4-9pm.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Mr. Mike Weisz (Meir Yitzchak ben Yosef Eliyahu HaCohen) brother of Mrs. Linda Bookman.
The Kvura will take place in Eretz Yisrael at the Eretz HaChaim Cemetery in Beit Shemesh on Friday morning approx 11:30am.
Mrs. Bookman and her mother Mrs. Weisz will be sitting Shiva in Cleveland at 2421 Blossom Lane through Sunday and then completing Shiva in Columbus from Monday.
Shiva hours are as follows:
There will not be any minyanim at the Shiva house.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Martha Younger, sister of Erna Gottesman. Mrs. Gottesman will be sitting Shiva at the home of David & Jenny Gottesman, 23411 Timberlane Dr. as follows:
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Mr. Ed Markovitz (Eliyahu ben Yitzchak Meir HaLevi) husband of Esther, father of Yehosheva and Bruria, and brother of Mrs. Leah Blech. Shiva will be at the Markovitz home, 3643 Shannon Road through Monday morning.
Shiva times are as follows:
Please respect all break periods and please conclude all visits by 10pm as posted.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
Mr. Elisha Kaminski is sitting shiva for his mother at 3410 Blanche in Cleve Heights through Thursday.
Shacharis is at 7:30am. Mincha is at 6:15pm.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
Shiva at the the home of Miriam and Mark Berkowitz 2481 Beachwood Blvd, Wednesday – Sunday night 10am-10pm
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Regina Wolovits, predeceased by her loving husband Eugene Wolovits z”l, mother of Miriam (Mark) Berkowitz and Gail (William) Hochman. Grandmother of Sara (David) Farkas, Dani (Ilana) Berkowitz, David (Shoham) Berkowitz, Rachel (Reuvan) Schloss and Devorah ( Avrumi) Pollak, Nina ( Judah) Eizikowitz, Avi (Rebecca) Hochman and Daniel (Shifra) Hochman and great-grandmother to many קע”ה.
Graveside services will be today, Sunday, October 20 at 12 noon at Zion Memorial.
Shiva at the the home of Miriam and Mark Berkowitz 2481 Beachwood Blvd:
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Gedalya Greenberg, the father of Tsila Greenberg. Tsila is sitting Shiva in Israel. She can be reached at 216-870-4288 or tsila29@hotmail.com.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Reb Yosef Tzvi Hoffman, ob”m, brother of Reb Yitzchak Shmuel Hoffman. Reb Yitzchak Shmuel Hoffman is sitting Shiva until Wednesday morning, September 25th, at 884 E. 27th St, Brooklyn, NY.
He can be reached at 216-406-0488.
Minyanim
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
Mrs. Sara Brejt is sitting shiva for her sister, Geela Naiman, ע”ה, in Israel from Wednesday morning, Sept 18th to Monday morning, Sept 23rd (Israel time).
She will sitting in Efrat for most of the time at Pitom Haketores 18/2. She will be sitting in Ramat Beit Shemesh at Nachal Luz 18/2 from Thursday Sept 19 at 4 p.m. until Friday Sept 20 at 2 p.m.
She can be reached by text or whatsapp at 216 338-7537 (Voice calls may incur international rates)
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of Sarah Warn, ob”m, mother of Dr. Stanley Warn. Graveside service was today at Zion Memorial Park.
Minyanim
Visiting Hours
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
We regret to inform you of the passing of John Shafran, husband of Gloria, father of Barbara Wieder of Beachwood and Robert Shafran of Shaker Heights.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים
Dr. Brian Wolovitz is sitting Shiva in Israel this week for his father.
Adddress:
Rehov Ha-Rakun 65A
Newe Neeman
Hod Hasharon
Shiva times:
He can be reached at 011 972 -50-568-0863.
המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבילי ציון וירושלים