Friday, 7/25/2003 - 25 Tammuz 5763
Candle lighting time is 8:41pm
Michael Kay, 79, died Tuesday, July 22, 2003 at Hospice of Louisville after a
long illness. Born in Vilna, Poland, he moved as a child to Paris, France, with
his parents. When Nazi Germany invaded France in 1940, he and his mother fled
south to Bourbon - L'Archambault to join his father. Two years later he had to
flee again when French police were rounding up young males for work camps in
Germany.
Eventually he wound up in Spain where he was arrested for entering the country
illegally. After his release he joined the British Army on Gibraltar and served in
World War II.
In 1949, he came to Louisville, where he graduated from the University of Louisville
in 1951. He received a master's degree in modern languages from Northwestern
University. He retired from Sears Roebuck and Co. in 1985 as a merchandise manager.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Joan Wood Kay.
His funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday (today) with interment
in Cave Hill Cemetery.
There will be no visitation.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Jewish Community Federation of Louisville.
Sunday, 7/20/2003 - 20 Tammuz 5763
Meyer Zauler, 83, died Friday at Four Courts Senior Center. He was retired from
Stratton and Terstegge Manufacturing Company after 35 years of service.
Survivors include wife, Eda Zauler; son, David Zauler and his wife, Gay; daughters,
Mina Tasman and her husband, Jerry; one sister in Israel; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday (today) with burial in Anshei Sfard
Cemetery, 721 Locust Lane. Visitation will begin at noon. Memorial gifts may go
to the J. Graham Brown Cancer Research Center.
Tuesday, 7/8/2003 - 8 Tammuz 5763
Henrietta Jacobs Simon, 90 died Sunday afternoon at Jefferson Place Nursing
Home. She was a former member of Anshei Sfard Congregation, Temple Shalom,
Hadassah and National Council of Jewish Women - Louisville Section.
She is survived by her daughters, Phyllis Fine and her husband, Jim, and Beverly
Levine of Cincinnati, Ohio and her husband, Dr. Charles; and grandchildren, Julia
Fine and Dr. Bradford Fine and his wife, Jamie of Hollywood, Florida.
A graveside service will be held today (Tuesday) at 10:00am at the Anshei Sfard
Cemetery, 721 Locust Lane.
Memorial gifts may be given to Anshei Sfard Congregation or to Temple Shalom.
Tuesday, 7/8/2003 - 8 Tammuz 5763
Edith Gladstein, 92, formerly of Rancho Mirage, California, died Saturday. She was
a former member of the American Red Cross and a philanthropist, having contri-
buted to the Indiana University Cancer Center as well as endowing the Harry and
Edith Gladstein Chair for Genetic Cancer Research at IU. She also contributed to
Eisenhower Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana, Abused Children of the Desert in
Palm Desert, California, and Technion-Israeli Institute of Technology in Israel.
She is survived by her sons, Andrew P. Gladstein and his wife, Marylnn, and
Steven Gladstein of Idylewood, California; and grandchildren, Sara and James
Gladstein.
A memorial service will be held at 7:00pm Tuesday (today) with visitation beginning
after 6:00pm. An inurnment will be held on Sunday at Palms Mortuary and Mausoleum.
Memorial gifts may be made to the American Heart Association.
Sunday, 7/6/2003 - 6 Tammuz 5763
Ryna "Re" Richlin 91, died Thursday. She was a longtime volunteer with the
American Red Cross and Easter Seals, a supporter of the Louisville Orchestra
and a member of Congregation Adath Jeshurun, its sisterhood and Hadassah.
She was preceded in death by her husband Maurice "Richie" Richlin.
She is survived by her daughters, Margaret Johnson and her husband,
James Coles, of Vancouver, British Columbia and Wilma Antman and her husband,
Stuart of Bethesda, Maryland; sister Ann Black of Silver Spring, Maryland; her brother
David Feldman of Mt. Vernon, New York; and grandchildren, Rachael and Melissa
Antman and Laura and Eric Johnson.
A memorial service will be held at noon today (Sunday) in the Four Courts Senior Center
Chapel. There will be a private graveside service in Adath Jeshurun Cemetery.
Memorial gifts may go to the Re and Richie Richlin Athletic Scholarship Fund at the
Jewish Community Center.
Thursday, 7/3/2003 - 3 Tammuz 5763
Jay Levine, known to decades of Male High School graduates as the
personification of school spirit and caretaker of the traditions of the
147-year-old school, died yesterday at Jewish Hospital after a brief illness.
He was 57. "If you wanted to know anything about the history of Male
High School, you call Jay," alumni director Joyce Day said yesterday.
"He remembered everybody, all the kids," Day said, and they remembered him.
"The one person people always ask about was Jay Levine. ... I can't put into
words what he did for Male because of his love for Male." Levine was a 1964
graduate who returned to Male as a history teacher in 1970. He also sponsored
the student newspaper, "Brook 'N' Breck," for which he had written as a student,
and the yearbook, "The Bulldog," and he was an adviser to student government.
Levine became athletic director in 1972, and the school named its athletic complex
after him when he retired in 1996. "His skill in attracting coaches there made it
the powerhouse athletics program that it is today," said 1985 graduate Jay Blanton,
who works in Metro Mayor Jerry Abramson's communications office. "A lot of
that can be attributed to his stewardship." Levine also once served as the track
and volleyball coach. "There is a whole generation of kids who went through
Male High School for whom Jay Levine is synonymous with Male ... (but) he was
a teacher first," Blanton said. "I've never run across anybody that loved their
school more than he did," said Ted Boehm, who was principal of Male from 1979
to 1992. In 1983, Levine initiated the resurrection of Male's alumni association,
which for the most part had been dismantled. He became an executive board
member and later served as president. He also initiated the Hall of Fame program;
he was inducted in 1994. "Louisville Male High School meant so much to me as a
poor youth who lived six blocks away," he wrote in his acceptance letter. "My
parents gave me love and encouragement, the instructors and coaches at LMHS
the `tools' to become a college graduate. "I hope through service I have repaid
them all over the years. My professional objective has been to try and be a role
model for young people. ... I hope in some small way my years of service" have
added to "this great institution that still has a promising future, but oh, what an
illustrious past!" Levine earned his bachelor's degree from the University of
Kentucky and his master's degree from the University of Louisville. Within
about six months of retiring from Male, Levine became a full-time youth director
at the Jewish Community Center. He had been a youth advisor there from 1970 to 1975.
He also edited the community center's newsletter and served one year as Louisville
editor of the Jewish Post and Opinion. He was also a member of Congregation Adath
Jeshurun.
He is survived by his wife, the former Diane Rubenstein, and daughter,
Shannon Levine.
Funeral services will be held today (Thursday) at 2:00pm with visitation
beginning after 12:45pm. Interment
will be in the Adath Jeshurun Cemetery,
2926 Preston Highway.
Memorial gifts may be given to the Jewish Community Center, Cari Kleinman
Memorial Fund at Congregation Adath Jeshurun or to the Male Alumni Association.
