J uly , 2018 D eath N otices
AARON DEATH NOTICES
DEATH NOTICES
AARON Leon Aaron on July 15, 2018. Beloved hus-
band of the late Tossi (nee Blumberg). Lov-
ing father of Rachel Roca and Ellen Aaron.

He was a retired union organizer. Relatives
and friends were invited to Memorial Ser-
vices Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 11:30 AM at
the Abramson Center for Jewish Life, 1425
Horsham Road, North Wales, PA 19454.

Contributions in his memory may be made to
a charity of the donor’s choice.

GOLDSTEINS ROSENBERGS
RAPHAEL-SACKS ALBERT
Elaine Shirley Albert (nee Gottlieb) of Jenkin-
town PA, formerly of Boynton Beach, Florida
passed away suddenly on July 10th 2018.

Wife of the Late Irwin J, loving mother of
Beth (Craig) Goldman and the late Robbie Al-
bert. Beloved Bubby of Carley and Justin.

Loving sister of Arlene Schoenberg. Funeral
was held July 15th in Boynton Beach Fla.

Contributions in her memory can be made to
The Madlyn and Leonard Abramson center
for Jewish Life in North Wales Pa.

BECK DEATH NOTICES
BRAUNSTEIN BERMAN
Norman A. Berman, 88, of Philadelphia, died
July 5 surrounded by family in his home in
Bala Cynwyd. He was the beloved husband of
Karen Kaskey, father of Samantha and Aman-
da, and grandfather of Gabriel and Duke the
golden retriever; also survived by his brother
Larry S. Berman and his loving nieces and
nephew. He endeared himself to his many
friends and family with his joie de vivre, his
sparkle, and his endless warmth. Norman's
parents, Albert Berman and Libby Altman
Berman, descended from European Jews
who immigrated to the United States in the
early 1900s, settling in the Philadelphia area,
to provide better lives for their families. His
father, Al, was born on a ship en route to
America, and his mother was the only child
of businessman Charles Altman, known
fondly during and after the Depression as the
"Mayor of South Street". Norman attended
local elementary schools, graduating from
Central High School in 1946 and from
Temple University in 1950 with a business
degree. Having worked for the family busi-
ness, the preeminent "Al Berman" clothiers on
Fifth and South, since his teenage years, Nor-
man sought to pursue an avid interest in fin-
ance and the stock market in the early 1960's
by becoming a Securities Broker at Robin-
son and Company. His career morphed into
"deal-making" and spanned everything form
mergers and acquisitions, real estate invest-
ment, and casino development in Atlantic City
during its renaissance. His specialty was in
structuring deals, and his charming personal-
ity made him the best "deal closer" his peers
had ever seen. Quite the man-about-town,
Norman remained single until he met the love
of his life, attorney Karen. After half a cen-
tury, Norman finally married, had a family,
and devoted himself to the well-being and
happiness of Karen, and daughters, Sam-
antha and Amanda, who also became law-
yers. His unconditional love, total support of,
and pride in his family--despite being sur-
rounded by three women attorneys--was per-
haps his most endearing quality. Duke was
his best friend and collaborator, but having
grandson Gabriel in his last year of life was
Norman's greatest joy. Graveside funeral ser-
vices were held at West Laurel Hill Cemetery,
225 Belmont Ave., Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
on Sunday, July 8 at noon. Relatives and
friends were invited to join the family for
shiva at Norman and Karen's home following
the service. Contributions may be made in
Norman's honor to the Golden Slipper Club
and Charities.

www.WestLaurelHill.com David Braunstein on July 15, 2018. Hus-
band of the late Becky (nee Kandioti). Father
of Dani (Lisa Robin) Braunstein and Vili
(Vicki) Braunstein. Brother of Leon (Sivia K.)
Braunstein. Grandfather of David, Jared,
Seth, Sophie and Tessa Braunstein. Uncle of
Zev Avi (Valerie) and Rafie Joseph (Jenna)
Braunstein. Great Uncle of Addison Dvora,
Davis Israel and Denver Monroe Braunstein,
and Lee M. (Ian) Polonsky. Great Great Uncle
of Miles Shay Polonsky. Relatives and friends
were invited to Graveside Services Wednes-
day 2:45 PM precisely at Shalom Memorial
Park (sec. M-2), Huntingdon Valley, PA.

Contributions in his memory may be made to
Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces,
www.fid.org, or to the American Lung and
Heart Association, www.lung.org.

GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
RAPHAEL-SACKS COHEN
Phylis Cohen, 75, of Gahanna, Ohio, formerly
of Oak Park, Michigan passed away on June
28 th , 2018. Beloved mother to Tracy (Peter)
Spain of Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, Evan
(Laurel) of Gilbert, Arizona and Steven (Caro-
lyn) of West Bloomfield, Michigan. Gan-Gan
to her eight grandchildren, Zachary, Jake,
Jordyn, Daniel, Maxine, Alec, Drew, and Carly
and her two great-grandchildren, Emmalin
and Cohen. Phylis was the beloved wife of
the late Robert Cohen. Philly and Bob will al-
ways be with us in our hearts. Contributions
may be made in Phylis’s memory to the
American Cancer Society or to the Abramson
Center for Jewish Life.

Rita Levitiss Beck, 99, passed June 23 at
Abington Hospital-Lansdale Hospice (PA).

Rita was born on December 1, 1918 in
Brooklyn NY to Anne (Voloshin) and Samuel
Levitiss. She was predeceased by her par-
ents; her son, Andrew Preston Beck Ph.D.;
her husband, Gustav Julius Beck, MD and her
brother Maurice Weiner. She is survived by
son and daughter in law Edward and Esther
Beck; grandchildren, Avi (Anat) Beck and Ris-
hona (Scott) Myers and Samantha (Rob)
Masabny and five great grandchildren, Elle,
Amanda, Michael, Sarah and Andi. Rita Beck,
COHEN educator, bacteriologist and immunological
Robert Cohen on June 30, 2018. Husband of
researcher, graduated from New York Uni-
the late Beverly (nee Pollack). Father of Fred
versity in 1938. She did post graduate train-
(Marla) Cohen and Hal (Brenda) Cohen.

ing and research in microbiology in the New
Grandfather of Jen, Emily (Jason) and Bryan.

York University College of Medicine where
Contributions in his memory may be made to
she was Senior Bacteriologist and Serologist.

Paul’s Run Retirement Community,
It was there she laid the groundwork for the
www.paulsrun.org immunologic method of detecting syphilis in
GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
the spinal fliud. She also perfected tests to
RAPHAEL-SACKS detect and differentiate different rheumatolo-
gical diseases. After her marriage and birth of
COHEN her two sons, participated in many continu-
Sylvia Cohen, on June 27, 2018, she resided
ing education courses from the Liberal Arts
in Delray Beach, FL. The former Sylvia
Extension Program of New York University
Olevsky, wife of the late Ronald Cohen,
and then went on to take graduate courses at
mother of Beth (Scott) Saline, Dr. Michael
Monclair State University where she de-
(Katy) Cohen and Neal (Rochelle) Cohen.

veloped pioneering sex education courses for
Grandmother of Maxwell, Sophie, Lauren,
adults which she offered through the Rut-
Rachael and Jonathan. Contributions in her
gers University Extention Program. As a
memory may be made to Pancreatic Cancer
member of the Jewish Community Center on
Research, 415 Crossways Park Drive, Suite
the Palisades in Tenafly, NJ, she endowed the
D, Woodbury, New York 11797 www.lust-
Andrew P. Beck Memorial Fund For Environ-
garten.org/donate mental Education. She was a patron of the
GOLDSTEINS' ROSENBERG'S
New York University College of Medicine, a
RAPHAEL-SACKS Trustee for the New Jersey Film Institute and
Bergen County Heart Association. She was a
active volunteer in the League of Women
Voters, a Founding Member of Temple Sinai
of Tenafly, NJ and the New Jersey Associ-
ation on Adult Education. In 1996 She and
her husband moved to Foulkeways in
Gwynedd PA, a continuing care facility where
she continued her volunteer activities. Rita
and members of the Beck family request that
in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to to
a fund that the family has established. It is
the Israel Speakers Education Fund of the
Jewish Community Relations Council of The
Jewish Community Foundation of Central
Pennsylvania. Details to contribute are at:
Judaism isn’t just what we believe, or the prayers we recite or the laws we
www.pajewishendowment.org/israeli-speak- ers-educational-endowment
charity of the way we live. How we interact with others. The
observe. It’s also or a about
your choice. Funeral service was held at the
values we
practice. The customs and traditions we embrace and pass down,
chapel at King Solomon Memorial Cemetery
in Clifton
New Jersey
on June
26, 2018.

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FREUDBERG DEATH NOTICES
DEATH NOTICES
COHN Dr. Robert Cohn died on July 10 th , in the hos-
pice unit at Bryn Mawr Terrace, following a
courageous and valiant 16 year battle with
cancer. He was 77 years old. Following
graduation from Gettysburg College and Yale
Medical School, he did his pediatric resid-
ency at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
(CHOP), followed by service in the US Army
Medical Corps. His medical career was spent
on the CHOP staff/ pediatric faculty of the U.

of Penna. School of Medicine. He served as a
member of the Division of Metabolism and
Director of the Clinical Labs at CHOP, wrote
several books on the biochemical basis of
metabolic diseases, and was a respected and
admired teacher of biochemistry to Penn
medical students, receiving several best
teacher awards. Bob’s first priority was his
family; beloved wife, Nancy, to whom he was
married for 50 years, and sons Eric and
Scott. He was devoted to his friends, and lov-
ingly remembered as a thoughtful and trus-
ted listener, who was never hesitant to share
his own life story. Moreover, when asked to
do so, he always offered important and help-
ful advice. He will be sorely missed yet al-
ways remembered.

JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS
ECKSTEIN Judith Eckstein (Cunningham) passed away
peacefully in her sleep on June 28th at Ne-
shaminy Manor Nursing Home. She was a
proud spiritual woman, who enjoyed the
company of friends and family. Judy relished
in hearing and telling the stories, accolades,
and meshugas of her children, grandchildren,
nieces and nephews. Her greatest enjoy-
ments were the company of friends and fam-
ily and the practice of Judaism. Beloved
mother of Adam (Cori) Eckstein, sister Shel-
ley Walsh (Frank), grandmother of Aiden and
Ruby Eckstein, aunt of Cheryl and Brian and
great aunt to four great nieces. In Lieu of
flowers, contributions in her memory may be
made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Soci-
ety, 30 S. 17th Street, Suite 800, Phila. PA
19103. GOLDSTEINS’ ROSENBERG’S
RAPHAEL-SACKS EPSTEIN
FASTAG KATZ
Jacobo “Jack” Fastag Katz Born in Mexico
City in 1964, Jack moved to the United States
in 1988 to attend Cornell University where he
earned his Master of Science Degree in 1991.

Prior, he earned his undergraduate degree in
Biochemical Engineering from the Instituto
Politécnico Nacional in Mexico City. In his
early life, Jack studied at the Peterson School
in Mexico and the Colegio Hebreo Tarbut, a
private Jewish school in Mexico City. Jack
worked his entire professional career (25
years) for David Michael & Company in Phil-
adelphia rising to the position of Senior Fla-
vor Chemist. Professionally, Jack served as
Past President of the Society of Flavor Chem-
ists, an organization devoted to the advance-
ment of the field of flavor technology and re-
lated sciences. Jack was also an adjunct Pro-
fessor at Cornell University and Drexel Uni-
versity. Jack was a member of Mensa Inter-
national and a member of Origami USA. Jack
loved acting, classical music and cooking. He
was a talented violinist, pianist and world
traveler. Son of the late Mario Fastag, sweet
and beloved Jack is survived by his mother
Miriam Katz of Mexico City; his husband Lee
Bryant Rosenfield and children Ethan and Eli-
ana Fastag Rosenfield of Hopewell, NJ; his
sister Monica and brother-in-law Lee Ponsky
of Cleveland, Ohio; his brother Alejandro
(Alex) and sister-in-law Karen Fastag of Mex-
ico City, six nieces and nephews and cousins
in the United States, Israel, Australia, Mexico,
and South America. Graveside services will
take place in Mexico City. A memorial ser-
vice will take place in New Jersey sub-
sequently. GAREFINO FUNERAL HOME
FINGLES Paige Fay Fingles, June 28, 2018 of North
Wales, PA. Beloved daughter of the late Her-
bert & Leila Fingles; dear sister of Ira Fingles;
cherished aunt of Ruby Rosen. Relatives and
friends were invited to Graveside Services Ju-
ly 18, 2018 at Roosevelt Memorial Park, Tre-
vose, PA. Contributions in her memory may
be made to CADASIL- Together We Have
Hope. www.cadasilfoundation.com
JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS
FINKELSTEIN David G. Epstein July 3, 2018 of Phila., PA.

Beloved husband of the late Betty Epstein
(nee Winneker); loving father of Robert Ep-
stein and the late Charles (Judith) Epstein;
cherished grandfather of Sunni (Erica) Ep-
stein; dear brother of Bernard Epstein, the
late Isabel Epstein Schecter and the late Le-
onard (Lana) Epstein. Relatives and friends
were invited to services Sunday, July 8,
2018, 10:30 am at Joseph Levine & Sons
4737 Street Rd., Trevose, PA. Int. Montefiore
Cemetery. Contributions in his memory may
be made to the Alzheimer’s Association
www.alz.org JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS
Herbert Finkelstein "AKA Nice Herbie", July 9,
2018 of Lafayette Hill, PA. Husband of the
late Elinor (nee Linchis). Father of Jane
(Steven Epstein) Finkelstein and the late
Susan Meltzer (Mathew). Grandfather of
Sarah (Greg), Danielle and Mikaela. Great
grandfather of Benjamin. Services and Inter-
ment were private. Contributions in his
memory may be made to the Woodmere Art
Museum. JOSEPH LEVINE and SONS
FREUDBERG Myra Freudberg (nee Sork) July 15, 2018 of
Bryn Mawr, PA. Beloved wife of the late Ray-
mond Freudberg; loving mother of Frank
Freudberg (Ellen Freudberg), David Freud-
berg and Seth Freudberg (Aura Freudberg);
cherished grandmother of Sarah, Halima and
Foster and dear daughter of the late Frank
and Jenny Sork and sister of the late Jerome
Sork and Milton Sork. Contributions in her
memory may be made to the Southern
Poverty Law Center www.splcenter.org
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