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Elliott Horowitz, the author of Reckless Rites: Purim and the Legacy of Jewish Violence—considered the most wide-ranging book on Jewish violence—has died. Horowitz, who taught early modern Jewish history at two Israeli universities, died suddenly on Saturday, March 18 of a heart attack. He was 64. Reckless Rites is the first book to fully acknowledge [...]

Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport, a German neonatologist who passed her doctoral defense exam nearly eight decades after she was denied the opportunity by the Nazis, has died at 104. She reportedly died Thursday, March 23 in Berlin. A funeral will be held in the German capital in May. Syllm-Rapoport, a former professor of pediatrics and head of [...]

Virginia Beach—Captian Lev Shikhman, Soviet Naval Engineer, Retired, weighed anchor Friday, March 24, 2017 to rendezvous with his beloved wife, Roza in God’s Heaven to complete one of the greatest love stories of life. Born May 31, 1924 in Russia, Lev was destined as a mathematical genius to become an engineer under the Soviet military [...]

Norfolk —Harriet Semel Orleans passed away at home on March 16, 2017. She was the daughter of Sarah Coplon Semel and was born on November 9, 1925. She was predeceased by her husband Howard Orleans, her daughter Dana Kishter, and her brother, Sidney Semel. Harriet is survived by her children Barry (Susan) and Roy (Lorna) [...]

Portsmouth —Julius Marcus passed away reluctantly and fighting for every breath at Sentara Heart Hospital on Saturday March 25, begging for the chance to “get out of here and go home.” Born on January 11, 1928, he was the son of the late Meyer and Rebecca Marcus, one of six children. He was predeceased by [...]

Norfolk —Stuart Irwin Glazer, 82, passed away on March 18, 2017. He was the son of the late Marion and Meyer Glazer. He graduated from Maury High School and attended the University of Miami. He had been a member of Ohef Sholom Temple. Stuart showed great perseverance and courage throughout his life. He was a [...]

Virginia Beach —Anne Verner (Burg) passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017, peacefully with her family at her side. A native of Montreal, Canada, she was pre-deceased by her parents Harry and Esther Leon, her sister Lya Joy Boles, and her two loving husbands, Harold Verner and Fred Burg. Anne was a graduate of Holy Name [...]

Norfolk —Jerry Brittman, died March 22, 2017 in Norfolk. He was the son of Barney and Blanche Brittman. He was a member of Temple Israel and was a Master Mason with Norfolk Masonic Lodge #1. Funeral Services were held in Forest Lawn Cemetery by Cantor David Proser. Memorial donations may be made to the charity [...]

Virginia Beach —Judith H. Baker, 72, passed away peacefully on March 28, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. Judy was a loyal and devoted employee of Towne Bank Mortgage for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband Melvin Baker. Left to cherish Judy’s memory are her two sons Barry (Debi) and Marc [...]

Violins of Hope (Violins of the Holocaust-Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour) James A. Grymes Harper Perennial, 2014 319 page, $15.99 Author James A. Grymes is a noted professor of musicology at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte who grew up in Virginia Beach. His latest book, Violins of Hope, is a unique [...]