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The 11 victims of the Saturday, October 27 attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue included two brothers with intellectual disabilities, a married couple and a physician who assisted patients in the early days of the AIDS crisis. The chief medical examiner of Pittsburgh’s Allegheny County released the names one day after a gunman opened fire at [...]

(JTA)—Sidney Shachnow, a child Holocaust survivor from Lithuania who went on to become a two-star general and the commander of U.S. forces in Berlin during the Cold War, died earlier this month in Southern Pines, N. C,, where he lived. He was 83. He and his family survived the Holocaust in Lithuania, where he was [...]

Marty Balin, the co-founder of the iconic 1960s psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, has died in Tampa, Florida, of unspecified causes. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was 76. Born Martyn Jerel Buchwald to Jewish parents in Cincinnati in 1942, Balin was one of the founding members of Jefferson Airplane and a member of [...]

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Yaakov Weinroth, a prominent Israeli attorney who represented several top Israeli politicians, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has died. Weinroth died Tuesday, Oct. 16 of cancer. He was 71 and reportedly worked until nearly his last day. “Yaakov was exceptional in his personality, his wisdom, his mental acuity, his sense of justice and his [...]

Virg inia Beach —Sonya Lee Yavner, 89, died on Saturday, October 13, 2018 in Virginia Beach. Born in Norfolk, she was the daughter of the late Helen Adelman Feldman and Ellis Feldman, and was the widow of Jerome Yavner. Mrs. Yavner graduated from Maury High School and was a long-time member of Temple Israel. She [...]

Baltimore , Md.—On September 24, 2018, Arlene Ruth Wolfe (nee Silverstein) passed away. She was the beloved wife of Norman Wolfe; devoted mother of Wendy (Dr. Jeffrey) Miller and Lisa (Dr. Howard) Roesen; dear sister of Gerald “Jerry” (Elaine) Silverstein; dear sister-in-law of Arlene (Alan) Hersh; loving daughter of the late William and Dora Silverstein; [...]

Norfolk —Irvin Leonard Posner, MD, passed away on September 29, 2018. He was born in Richmond, Va. On October 6, 1930 to the late George and Frances Posner. Irvin graduated from Maury High School, University of Virginia, and University of Virginia Medical School. He was an ophthalmologist who practiced in Norfolk until his retirement. Irvin [...]

MADISON/VIRGINIA BEACH—Anita Daitch Parks, age 92, passed away suddenly of a stroke, on Sept. 8, 2018 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. surrounded by her children, Dr. Barbara Parks (Mike Basto) of Virginia Beach, Dr. Richard Parks (Dr. Miriam) of Huntington Beach, Calif. and Dr. Roberta Parks of Boston. She was born in and lived in Madison, [...]

Lehigh Valley , Pa.—Mark L. Goldstein, beloved husband, father, and leader of the Lehigh Valley Jewish community, passed away on October 11, 2018, after living with cancer for an extended time. He was 60 years old. Mark served as the executive director of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley for the past 16 years. [...]

Virginia Beach–Ingrid Nelson passed away on October 2, 2018. She was born on March 16, 1948 in Managua, Nicaragua. She is survived by her four children, five grandchildren and Whopper. She peacefully joins her mother Albertina Eva Aleman. Services were held at Forest Lawn Cemetery. “Aqui Me Quedo.” H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Laskin Road Chapel. [...]