Obituaries

Portsmouth—Marsha Ornoff Merkle, 69, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, May 22, 2019. She was...

Virginia Beach—Shirley Belkov Lipman, a secretary to two rabbis who, with her late husband,...

Virginia Beach—Barbara Horwitz passed away Sunday, June 2, 2019, at the age of 92. She was born...

Philadelphia, Pa.—Laurel Kanner Gutterman of Philadelphia, passed away on June 4, 2019. She was...

BOSTON (JTA)—Herman Wouk, the bestselling Orthodox Jewish author whose literary career spanned...

Norfolk—Larry Melvin Saunders passed away at the age of 84 on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at Harbor’s...

Virginia Beach—Irene Mandel Blum, 95, passed away on May 10, 2019 at Beth Sholom Village. Irene...

Virginia Beach—Patricia Leffew Ashkenazi, 70, passed away May 9, 2019 in Virginia Beach,...

POWAY, California (JTA)—Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed in the attack at a Chabad synagogue near...

Virginia Beach—Mike passed peacefully on April 25, 2019 at Beth Sholom Village. Mike was born in...

Delray Beach, Fla.—Judith Berlin Kaufman, 81, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 in Delray...

Virginia Beach—Gary Lee Haskell, a long time native of Virginia Beach, passed away on April 23,...

West Bloomfield, MICH.—Dr. Bernard Alper, 76, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, died on April 12,...

Michel Bacos, the Air France pilot who refused to leave his Jewish passengers behind after his...

Avram “Avi” Lyon, who was executive director of the Jewish Labor Committee from 1997 to 2008, died...

Norfolk—Franklin Eugene Green, age 91 passed away peacefully in his home on Saturday, April 13,...

Boca Raton, Fla.—Donald Harvie Doctor passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 3. He was 91 years...

Norfolk—Renee Gartner Diamonstein, 84, passed away peacefully in her home on April 4, 2019. Renee...

Virginia Beach—After a brief illness, Dr. Morton A Brownstein died on April 7, 2019 at age 85. A...

Virginia Beach—William Raymond Bernstein, 84, passed away on April 16, 2019 in Virginia Beach, Va....