As COVID-19 infections continue to spike and the statewide death count exceeds 1,500, volunteers from the Orthodox Jewish community of hard-hit central Phoenix are committed to maintaining burial ...

Melissa Abramovicz died Aug. 11 at 69. Survived by daughters Jeannette Martin, Erin; son David; sisters Svellen Martensson, Charleene Feldman; brother Charles Feistman. Mount Sinai Carolyn Linda Adler ...

Rachel Abraham died Aug. 4 at 90. Survived by daughters Jeannine, Sonia Wegge; son Shalome; 3 grandchildren; brother Aaron Sassoon; sister Tabby Joseph. Chevra Kadisha Sol Altman died Aug. 10 at 88.

Several unclaimed bodies, including those of 22 victims of the Sinai fire tragedy, are still at the City Mortuary. It has been eight months since the slum fire incident, which claimed more than 100 ...

Scottsdale – Maxynne "Cooky" Tarkoff, 84 of Scottsdale, AZ, formerly of Chicago, IL passed away March 17, 2019. She is survived by her daughter Terri Abalos (Richard), sons Dan Tarkoff and Jack ...

(JTA) In Los Angeles, the Jewish funeral homes cannot keep up with the bodies. Some family members are being forced to wait a week or even longer for burials. The city’s largest Jewish funeral home, ...

BEATRICE KATCHER Loving mother of Marcia Tanenbaum and Steven (Judith) Katcher; cherished grandmother of Janet (Jack), Michael and Brad; adoring great grandmother of Steven, Sean, Myranda and Morgan.

“I have never seen anything like this personally, and I have been in the business for 24 years,” said the manager of one Scottsdale cemetery. (JTA) — In Los Angeles, the Jewish funeral homes cannot ...