Obituaries
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Apr 8, 2020 | Community, Obituaries
A beloved and influential figure in Frederick’s Jewish community for nearly six decades, Rebbetzin Carol Ruth Kosman (nee Weiss) passed away on Apr. 7. She was 89. A veteran Jewish educator, Rebbetzin Kosman, who grew up in Duquesne, Pa., was the wife of Rabbi Morris... read more
by Staff Report | Feb 25, 2020 | Community, Elderly, Family, Milestones, Obituaries
Owings Mills resident Abraham Yaker passed away Feb. 24 at the age of 97. A Baltimore native, he is survived by his wife, Ida Yaker (nee Girshin); his children, Martin (Karen) Yaker, Allan (Adrienne) Yaker, and Stanley (Sue Ann) Yaker; his brother, Marvin (Erna)... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Jan 21, 2020 | Community, News, Obituaries
Her name was Jeanne Oliner Schlossberg. But to the world, she was best known simply as “Bubbie Jeanne.” A longtime Pikesville resident, lifelong Temple Oheb Shalom congregant and later-in-life cooking sauce entrepreneur, Schlossberg died on Jan. 20. She was 98. “She... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Nov 14, 2019 | Community, Family, Obituaries
Elliot Rubin Weinstein, founder of Village Development Group, a leading developer of residential communities and commercial retail space in the Baltimore-Washington corridor, died Nov. 1 of complications from lung cancer. A devoted husband, father, grandfather and... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Oct 29, 2019 | Baltimore, Community, Local, Maryland, News, Obituaries
A well-known figure in local media and marketing circles for decades, Jeffrey C. Raymond died on Oct. 26 of a heart attack. He was 56. A North Baltimore resident who belonged to Bolton Street Synagogue, Raymond served as chief of the division of communications... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Feb 4, 2019 | Community, Obituaries
For almost 27 years, Sima Ruth Blue helped to outfit many of Baltimore’s most fashionable women. The owner of Trillium LTD, a high-end women’s boutique in Green Spring Station that closed last December, Blue, a Pikesville resident, died on Feb. 3. She would have... read more
by Staff Report | Oct 26, 2018 | Community, Family, Milestones, Obituaries
Elaine Siegel Mintzes, a longtime philanthropist and Jewish communal activist who was a strong supporter of such organizations as the Baltimore chapter of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces and Pikesville’s Beth Tfiloh Congregation, passed away on Oct. 25. The... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Mar 15, 2018 | Community, Obituaries
Owings Mills resident Steve Mandell, a celebrated and accomplished musician best known for his 1973 international smash hit “Dueling Banjos” with Eric Weissberg from the film “Deliverance,” died yesterday after a long battle with prostate... read more
by Lori Silberman Brauner | Feb 5, 2018 | Community, Community Resources, Milestones, Obituaries, Spirituality
(JTA) — When Gabrielle Birkner and Rebecca Soffer met in 2007, the two Jewish journalists found they had much more in common than their professions. Through a mutual friend, they joined what became known as Women With Dead Parents, a monthly dinner gathering in... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Jul 21, 2017 | Community, Community Resources, Family, Milestones, Obituaries
Matt Levinson gets the question all the time: “Did you always want to work in your family’s funeral home business?” The fifth generation of his family to work at Sol Levinson & Bros., he says it wasn’t initially a slam-dunk. “I worked here in the summers during... read more
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