Obituaries

Columbus , Ohio—Robin Rogoff Star, 65, of Rockville Md., passed away on Friday, Jan. 5, in...

NEWPORT NEWS—Dorene Zilber Sarfan, 88, passed away December 22, 2017. She was a native and...

Virginia Beach —Sherman “Sherm” Lichty, 87, loving husband, father and Poppa, passed away January...

Greensboro , NC—Jeanette Weiner Bardy Levy, 98, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2017 in...

Virginia Beach —Rosalia Kaplan, 83, of Richmond, formerly of Virginia Beach, passed away Monday,...

Richmond , Va.—Joan passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2017. Joan was a resident of Richmond at...

A serendipitous meeting in 2011 spurred a meaningful relationship between the Holocaust Commission...

SAN FRANCISCO (J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA)—Naomi Lauter, who led Bay Area...

CHESAPEAKE—Eileen Sandra Gatling, 76, died December 5, 2017. Mrs. Gatling was born in Portsmouth,...

Virginia Beach —Calvin Warren Breit died peacefully on December 4, 2017 at the age of 92 in...

AMSTERDAM (JTA)—Henny Goudeketting, a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor, is ailing and preparing to...

Benjamin Scheinkopf, a Poland-born Jew who worked at his Chicago barbershop until he was 97, has...

Portsmouth —Frances Levin Ornoff, 92, passed away Sunday, November 19, 2017. She was born in...

Chesapeake —Beatrice “Bea” Minskoff, 90, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. She...

Norfolk —Bernard Kahn, 95, passed away November 24, 2017. A native and lifelong resident of...

Williamsburg —Baron Jack Gordon, 91, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017 at Riverside Regional...

Norfolk —Ramon Allen Cohen, 96, of the 6000 block of Newport Crescent, died peacefully on November...

ROME (JTA)—Rabbi Giuseppe Laras, a leading figure in postwar Italian Judaism, has died. A child...

(JTA)—Tzipora Jochsberger, founder of the Kaufman Music Center in New York and a director of the...

Fairfa x, Va.—Jerome L. Massey of Fairfax died on October 17, 2017 at Fair Oaks Hospital in...