News, Info & Resources for the Cleveland Orthodox Jewish Community
We regret to inform you of the passing of Willie Gilmore, Jr., brother of Rachel Maxwell. Rachel will be sitting Shiva at 9523 Nelson Avenue (off 93rd St.), Cleveland, until Friday afternoon. Shiva hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: Noon to 7:00 pm. Friday: Noon to 3:00 pm. Rachel can be reached at: (216) 773-8473
May the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
May the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
May the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
We regret to inform you of the passing of Jeanine Balin, mother of Joyce Fried. Shiva will be at the Fried home, 2642 Edgewood Road in Beachwood, as follows:
Monday: 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Tuesday & Wednesday: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
May the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
VICTORIA KELLER SCHMELZER (nee Weiss), age 86, died April 14, 2014. Beloved wife of Andrew Keller (deceased) and the late Bernard Schmelzer; devoted mother of Eva Aviv and Les (Cindy) Keller; loving grandmother of Avi (Rut) Aviv, Eytan (Blimi) Aviv, Hadas (David) Schoemann, Andrew and Ryan Keller; loving great grandmother of seven.
We regret to inform you of the passing of Mr. David Beckman, the brother of Judy Hersh. Judy will be sitting shiva Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 6639 Queens Park Avenue, Mayfield Heights, from 2:00pm-4:00pm, and then again from 7:00pm-9:00pm.
May the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Mrs. Basya Fishman is sitting shiva for her father o’h. Her cell is 248 914 1647.
May the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
MEYER YITZCHOK HOFFER, age 84, died April 1, 2016. Korean Conflict Air Force veteran. Beloved husband of Betty Hoffer (nee Wish); devoted father of Cheryl (Bruce Cohen) Hoffer of Boca Raton, FL, Elynn (Jerry) Carbone of Atlanta, GA and Miriam (Marvin) Palevsky; loving grandfather of Nicole (fiancee Josh Stone) Palevsky, Marissa (Josh) Dunlap, Jessica (Alex) Heindell, Arielle Palevsky, Caitlin (Michael) Smith, Matthew Palevsky, Kevin and Katrina Carbone; loving great-grandfather of Tristan Dunlap, Aidan, Angelo and Anastasia Heindell; dear brother of Esther (Dr. Myron) Luria of Israel.
We regret to inform you of the petirah of Rav Chaim Yosef Goldberg o’h, known Gabbai Tzedokoh in Yerushalayim, brother of the Telsher Rosh Hayeshiva, Horav Ahron Dovid Goldberg and of Rav Moshe Goldberg, Toronto.
Shiva information: Thursday until Wednesday morning.
We regret to inform you of the passing of Lillian Friedenreich, mother of Rena Goldish. The funeral will be on Wednesday, March 30 in Philadelphia. Burial will be in Long Island. Shiva information to follow.
We regret to inform you of the passing of Bernice Gale, wife of Sandy Gale, mother of the late Cyndi Roller. The funeral will be on Wednesday, March 30 at 12:00 noon, graveside service at Mt. Olive Cemetery, Young Israel Section. Shiva will be at the Gale/Roller home, 23202 Ranch Road in Beachwood until Tuesday morning. Shiva and Minyan information to follow.
May the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
We regret to inform you of the passing of the brother of Rabbi Shlomo Hunger and Mrs. Nechama Compton. They will be sitting Shiva in Flatbush, 1430 East 17th Street through Friday. The Levayah was on Sunday at 2pm.
May the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
We regret to inform you of the death of Alvin Jaffe, husband of Arlene Jaffe, father of Peter Jaffe. The funeral will be Tuesday, March 1 at 12:00 noon at Berkowitz-Kumin. Burial will be at Mt. Olive Cemetery, Taylor Road Section, on Aurora Road. Shiva will be at the Jaffe home, 2570 Deborah Drive in Beachwood until Monday morning.
Shiva details:
We regret to inform you of the passing of Cyndi Roller, wife of Ken Roller, daughter of Sandy & Bernice Gale. The funeral is today, Sunday, February 28, at 3:00 pm at Berkowitz-Kumin. Burial is at Mt. Olive Cemetery, Young Israel Section, on Aurora Rd.
Shiva details:
We regret to inform you of the passing of Barak Ben-Tor, husband of Elana Ben-Tor and father of Dovid and Devorah. The funeral will take place today at 3:30pm at Berkowitz-Kumin. Burial in Israel- Beit Shemesh Municipal Cemetery on Rehov Derech HaChaim. The burial will be at 10:00 PM (3:00 PM Cleveland time).The family will be sitting shiva in their home, 4481 Baintree Road, today from 7:30pm-9:30pm. Shiva will continue this week as follows.
George Weisz, 92, of Beachwood, Ohio, passed away early Thursday morning, February 18th, peacefully at his home. Survived by his wife, Pepi (Josephine) Weisz ; daughter, Linda (Jeffrey) Bookman: son, Michael (Chanita) Weisz: grandchildren Rorie (Michael) Weisberg, Rabbi Naphtali (Abby) Weisz, Joshua (Goldy) Bookman, Leah (Uriel) Sturm, Akiva (Aliza) Bookman, Ariella (Jonathan) Eltes, Reva (Nati) Weider and Mina (Steven) Steiglitz and many great grandchildren.
We regret to inform you of the passing of Mr. Mendel Kaliff, father Matt Kaliff. Matt is sitting Shiva at his home, 2421 Claver Road in University Heights from Thursday morning, February 18, 2016 untilMonday morning, February 22, 2016.
Minyan times are as follows:
We regret to inform you of the passing of the father of Mrs. Faigy Matitia: Reb Moshe (Morris) Ben Shalom Kurz on Monday, February 8. The Levaya was on Tuesday February 9, the first day of Rosh Chodesh Adar I in NY.
Mrs. Faigy Matitia is sitting shiva in New York and can be reached at 718-376-2110 or at 216-798-5812.
May we only share in besuros tovos and simchos.
Beloved husband of the late Blanche; dearest companion of Betty Heiss; devoted father of Stacey (Scott) Sebby, Lisa (Bennett) Kest; Neil (Rivka) Adelman, Mark and Herbert Sheber; loving grandfather of Brett, Heather, Chelsea, Sarah and Noam; dear brother of Fay Smulson (deceased). Services will be held at BERKOWITZ-KUMIN-BOOKATZ MEMORIAL CHAPEL 1985 S. TAYLOR RD., CLEVELAND HTS., Wednesday, February 3 at 11:00AM. Interment Mt. Sinai Cemetery. Family will receive friends at the Sherry Park Apartments, 2201 Acacia Park Drive, Lyndhurst (the community room) IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING INTERMENT WEDNESDAY UNTIL 8PM and THURSDAY 4-8PM and beginning Sunday at the home of Neil & Rivka Adelman, 2474 Brian Dr., Beachwood SUNDAY-MONDAY 4-8PM. Contributions are suggested to Heights Jewish Center.
It is with great sorrow that we inform you of the petirah of Harav Chaim Yisroel Belsky Zt”l, Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath and father of Rabbi Zvi Belsky and brother of Mrs. Surti Barkin, community members.The Levaya will take place January 29, Erev Shabbos, Parshas Yisro in Yeshiva Torah Vodaath at 10:00 am. 425 East 9th St. Brooklyn, NY. Shiva details to follow.
We regret to inform you of the passing of Pesya Shapiro, the grandmother of Yeshaya Polsky. The funeral will be Monday, January 25th, 12 noon at Beit Olam Cemetery (Richmond and Chagrin). Maariv Monday night 6pm 14050 Cedar Rd. Apt 203.
We regret to inform you of the passing of Manya Gervitz/ Goldman a”h, mother of Ludmila Raiz, Alla Preyger, and Janna Spektor, grandmother of Devorah Genkin. The levaya will take place on Sunday, January 24th, at 2:00 p.m., at Berkowitz-Kumin, 1985 S. Taylor Road, Cleveland, OH.
May Hashem comfort the mourners amongst the mourners of Zion and Yerushalayim.
We regret to inform you of the passing of Reb Chaim Schneur Zalman Shur, one of the elder Chabad Chassidim in Montreal. He passed away on Thursday, 4 Shvat, 5776. He was 92.
He is survived by his children Rebbetzin Sheindel Chaikin – Cleveland, OH, Rabbi Fitche Shur – Crown Heights, his daughter-in-law Mrs. Hadassah Shur – London, Mrs. Alta Silberstein –Montreal, Rabbi Moshe Shur – Montreal, Mrs. Kreina Lepkivker – Crown Heights, Rabbi Yona Shur – Toronto, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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We regret to inform you of the passing of Mrs. Miriam Rosen, the mother of Mrs. Esther Zimberg. Shiva will be at 3377 Blanche through Monday morning, January 18th.
Visiting hours are:
We regret to inform you of the passing of Suzy (Abrams) Tiano, mother of Rochel Fine. The funeral is Wednesday, January 13 at 1:30 pm at Berkowitz-Kumin.
Link for Mishnayos for Shloshim – http://www.lzechernishmas.com/signup.php?id=5260
We are sad to inform the community of the passing of Mr. Mel Bernzweig (Moshe ben Shmuel A”H) father of Mrs. Holly Milstein, Mrs. Kim Setnick, Mrs. Lori Linzer and Mrs. Pam Kiner . The Levaya will be Friday January 8, 2016 12:00pm at Berkowitz Kumin. The Kvura will follow at Mt. Olive Cemetery in Solon.
Shiva through Monday will be observed at 25805 Fairmount Blvd. Details below (updated again Jan 12th – see changes below in bold):
We are sad to inform the community of the passing of Mr. Mel Bernzweig (Moshe ben Shmuel A”H) father of Mrs. Holly Milstein, Mrs. Kim Setnick, Mrs. Lori Linzer and Mrs. Pam Kiner . The Levaya will be Friday January 8, 2016 12:00pm at Berkowitz Kumin. The Kvura will follow at Mt. Olive Cemetery in Solon.
Shiva through Monday will be observed at 25805 Fairmount Blvd. Details below (updated):
May Hashem comfort the mourners amongst the mourners of Zion and Yerushalayim.