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Norfolk—Bernard “Bernie” Schloss, passed away February 9, 2021. He was 88 years old and was born in Edelfingen, Germany. Bernie was the son of the late Henry and Regina Schloss, and was preceded in death by his brother, Max. Bernie is survived by his three daughters,...

Ari Gold, a pop star who left his Orthodox Jewish roots to become a music icon of and activist for the LGBTQ community, died this month. He was 47, and the cause was leukemia. Gold was born and raised in an Orthodox family in the Bronx, New York. NPR once reported...

Avraham Bedman, a 36-year-old man from Jerusalem, died of COVID on Wednesday, Feb. 10. His fellow synagogue members are blaming his death on misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine. According to Kikar Hashabbat, an Israeli news site, an email sent to members of...

Hershel Shanks, the one-time publisher and editor of Moment magazine and a powerhouse in the popularization of biblical archaeology, has died at 90. He died Feb. 5 at his home in Washington, D.C., from COVID-19, his daughter told The Washington Post. An attorney by...

James Schlesinger, the Jewish-born U.S. defense secretary who played a role in the emergency shipment of arms to Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur war, has died. Schlesinger, 85, of Arlington, Va., died March 27 of complications from pneumonia. He was born and raised...

VIRGINIA BEACH—Gertrude Tischler, 93, passed away on March 17, 2014. Services were held in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Norfolk —Our beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend, Bernard Rafal, 97, passed away on Monday, March 24, 2014 at home in Long Grove, Ill. surrounded by his loving family. Born in Norfolk, Va., he was the son of the late Bertha Fine Rafal and Solomon...

Norfolk —David Israel Millison, 52, of the 400 block of Fairfax Ave., died Saturday, March 22, 2014 in a local hospital. David was a native of Washington, D.C., and a resident of Norfolk for over 20 years. He was the son of the late J. Laurence Millison. David was the...

Kill Devil Hills —Stephen R. Margulies, 75, of the 100 block of Goddard Street died Tuesday, March 18, 2014 in a Virginia Beach hospital. He was a native of Norfolk, Va. and the son of the late Irving and Sarah Lou Salsbury Margulies. He was preceded in death by his...

Virginia Beach —Carol Glaser, 83, passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Born in Robeson County, N.C., she is the daughter of the late Cleo Warwick Floyd and Dewey Floyd. She was a member of Ohef Sholom Temple in Norfolk. Carol strived to be the perfect Jewish...

NORFOLK—Joyce L. Crockin, 55, passed away. Graveside funeral service took place in Forest Lawn Cemetery. H.D. Oliver.

Norfolk —Harry Andrew Cohen, born April 27, 1925 in Norfolk to the late Joseph and Sarah Cohen, died on March 25 after a short illness. A beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend, he passed away at his home on Granby Street with his family by his side....

Norfolk —Stanley Brower Brundage, age 86, passed away at home with his beloved family by his side, on March 26, 2014 in West Palm Beach, Fla. Born Oct. 19, 1927 in Newark, N.J., he was the son of Alfred and Lucy Brundage. Stanley was raised in Maplewood, N.J.,...