Current Funerals/Shivas

Funerals

When a death occurs, the whole Temple Micah community reaches out to the bereaved family to try to ease the pain, trauma and confusion at this difficult time. The Rabbi helps to make the funeral arrangements and the Temple Office notifies the congregation about the death. A Cemetery Trustee is available to help with various details and order food for the traditional light meal that follows internment. If the burial is to take place at the Temple Micah Cemetery, the Trustee assists the family with those arrangements.

Sitting Shiva

After the burial, Jews traditionally observe a week-long formal mourning period, called Shiva (the Hebrew word for seven). At Temple Micah, this observance varies. In consultation with the family, the Rabbi arranges for a service in the mourners’ home. The Office notifies the congregation about time and place.

Yahrzeits

For those who have provided information to the Temple, a Yahrzeit notice will be sent. Yahrzeits are commemorated on Friday evening and Saturday. Individuals who wish to make a brief oral presentation in commemoration of a loved one, should contact the Temple office about the availability of the desired date.

Yahrzeit will be observed for these relatives and friends of the Micah Community at the following Shabbat Services:

October 31 and November 1: Gilbert Altschul, Maurice Baron, Harry Benda, George J. Brown, Claudia Cairo, Susan Chartres, Alberta Corno, Julie Ann Effros, David A. Feldman, Geraldine Feldman, Morris Levin, Lila Lief, David Peters, Max Salzman, Sara K. Schuchat, Simon Schuchat, Jack Temchin, Ralph Weinheimer

November 7 and 8: Philip Altschul, Betty Arkin, Manfred Danzig. Benjamin Epstein, Paul Goldenberg, Libby Goldsholl, Sam Heftman, Annette Crystal Lang, Mary Leventhal, Anne Lewis, Robert Metz, Fay Mintz, Stanton Sender, Helen Spencer, Gussie Umansky, Joseph Weiss

November 15 and 16: Helen Arthur, Eli Blumberg, Phyllis Cohen, Bertha Goldberg, Diana Granof, Aaron M. Lefkovits, Anita Reinharz, Rose Gold Rosenbloom

November 21 and 22: Harold Claster, Herb Cohen, Evelyn Fingerman, Raul Fournier, Ira Funston, Helen Fine, Frank Gamble, Pauline Geldern, Sara B. Glick, Leon Goldberg, Arthur Gould, Peter Gutterman, Rebecca Katz, Sol Levine, Wallace London, June Lu, Lois Myers, Bette Spatz, Al Taylor, Maurice Weiner

November 28 and 29: Stanley Adelman, Rita Billet, Benjamin Bornstein, Isidor E. Eber, Lester Ellin, Lucy Feuer, Alex Fried, Abraham Goldberg, Celia Halpern, Cylli (Tsili) Helper, Betty Lovich Klayman, Paul Lublin, Regina Mallett, William Muchnick, Joan Muchnick, Harold Povill, Milton Shaw, Lee Shapiro, Rae Silverstein, Harry J. Stein

December 5 and 6: Ruth Jonas Bardin, Benjamin Bernhardt, Sylvia Faber, Jacob Fishman, Grace Fitz, Harry Gitlitz, Sylvia Jennis, Morris Lefko, Molly Park, James Burrell-Sahl, Jack Schiffman, Harry Schwartz, Hyman Shepatin, Julius Sokolow, Rose Stowe, Louise Werlin