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Israel Stein Obituary
Rabbi Emeritus Israel Chaim Stein of Congregation Rodeph Sholom passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 23, 2017. Funeral services will be held at Congregation Rodeph Sholom on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. Shiva will be observed at the Inwood 3200 Park Avenue in Bridgeport, CT. Daily services will be at 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. through Friday morning.
Memories and Condolences
for Israel Stein
46 Entries
Hazzan Steven Hevenstone
September 18, 2019
Rabbi Stein was amazing. I always looked up to him and enjoyed his sermons. My first memory of him was coming to Rodeph Shalom after being members of B'Nai Torah in Trumbull and meeting the Rabbi who Juggled. He was and will always be my Rabbi Z"l. May his memory always be for a blessing. Hazzan Steven Hevenstone
Linda Montecalvo
October 8, 2017
Roz, I'm only now hearing of the passing of our dearest Iz. So shocked and you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. Words can no express how inspirational Iz was in my life as he played an instrumental role in welcoming me into the community. I was always amazed at how he remembered every name of his congregants. Somehow owed more to the depth of his caring than to his good memory. I know that the memory of Iz will be light for good in this world. He was known and loved my many including myself.
Jane & Jim Kerigan
September 28, 2017
Our condolences to your family. We enjoyed having you as our neighbors on Villa Ave. for many years. May he rest in peace.
Kerigan Family.
Michelle and Sandy Blechman
September 28, 2017
Dear Stein family,
We have warm, lovely memories of Rabbi Izzy's time at Moriah. Shortly after he arrived in Deerfield, my mother passed away, and although I was still a stranger to him, he offered me the kindest and most appropriate words of comfort. My favorite sermon of his was, "Be kind, be kind, be kind." His was a beautiful soul, and his memory will truly be a blessing.
September 27, 2017
Dear Rozzie,
Words cannot express how sad I am to hear of Izzy's passing. You know that he and I go all the way back to Camp Ramah in CT. And,of course, you and I are friends since Stern College.
Love, Ruthie Levovitz
Nancy Watson
September 27, 2017
To Roz and Family, I feel so blessed and honored to have met Rabbi Stein, you and your family. It was a special treat to see the Rabbi each morning while working at the Inwood Lobby. I will miss his smile and the chocolate he would slip to me occasionally as he was going out. My condolences to you and your family.
Michael Palmer
September 27, 2017
Dear Roz and family,
So sorry to learn that Izzy passed away. Izzy and I became friends going through Trinity together. It was so nice to chat again with Izzy after he led the Jewish prayer not long ago at our 55th reunion. We will all miss him.
Michael & Michele Palmer
September 27, 2017
Dear Stein family,
Izzy and I were friends in high school and played on the Weaver High tennis team together.
I saw his obit in the Hartfrod Courant and was saddened by his loss.
Please accept my condolences.
Sincerely yours,
Arnold Cohen
joy grama
September 27, 2017
We will miss you Rabbi Stein. Hello and condolences to your family. Joy G
September 26, 2017
My deepest condolences to you. Izzy was a good and kind man and so proud of his family. You were all so generous to welcome me into your family for holidays and shabbatot while I was in Connecticut. I so loved watching how he loved you all. May God comfort you.
Tziona Szajman, Ithaca, NY
Sharon Nelson
September 26, 2017
Dear Roz, Jeremy, Jay, Eli and Seth and family
I don't even know where to begin. I am so sad. Izzy was such as huge part of my life growing up (and he knew more about my family history than I did). I'm so glad he was there to marry my husband Michael and me and we remember the night we met with him the eve before Sept 11th happened and we talked about how important relationships and love was even if things were bad. I'll always remember many family gatherings and New Years eves going back to when I was a kid, including entertaining days at my parents house when Izzy would juggle for us. I am so glad for the memories and photos I have. He will always be cherished.
Love Sharon (Nelson) and Michael Karon
Sharon Nelson
September 26, 2017
Dear Roz, Jeremy, Jay, Eli and Seth and family
I don't even know where to begin. I am so sad. Izzy was such as huge part of my life growing up (and he knew more about my family history than I did). I'm so glad he was there to marry my husband Michael and me and we remember the night we met with him the eve before Sept 11th happened and we talked about how important relationships and love was even if things were bad. I'll always remember many family gatherings and New Years eves going back to when I was a kid, including entertaining days at my parents house when Izzy would juggle for us. I am so glad for the memories and photos I have. He will always be cherished.
Love Sharon (Nelson) and Michael Karon
Sharon Nelson
September 26, 2017
Dear Roz, Jeremy, Jay, Eli and Seth and family
I don't even know where to begin. I am so sad. Izzy was such as huge part of my life growing up (and he knew more about my family history than I did). I'm so glad he was there to marry my husband Michael and me and we remember the night we met with him the eve before Sept 11th happened and we talked about how important relationships and love was even if things were bad. I'll always remember many family gatherings and New Years eves going back to when I was a kid, including entertaining days at my parents house when Izzy would juggle for us. I am so glad for the memories and photos I have. He will always be cherished.
Love Sharon (Nelson) and Michael Karon
meryl aaron-stewart
September 26, 2017
I am so very sorry to hear about the loss of Rabbi Stein. He was a wonderful and caring soul, and wisely helped and guided all of us who attended Rodeph Sholom.
With all our sympathy,
Meryl Aaron-Stewart, and sons Ian Berkeley Stewart, and Graham Tyler Stewart.
Jerry & Clare Strochlic
September 25, 2017
To the Stein Family, our deepest sympathy. Rabbi Stein officiated at the Bar Mitzvah of our son & Bat Mitzvah of our daughter. He traveled to NJ on Father's Day to officiate at the wedding of our son 10 years ago. A dedicated & inspirational Rabbi who will be truly missed!
Lucy Briks
September 25, 2017
Thank you for all the years my family came to Rodeph Sholom because of you, your sermons and your dedication to your congregants.
Sandy Golove
September 25, 2017
I'm just learning of Izzy's passing. Growing up, he was a frequent visitor at our home in Plainville. My late brother Barney and Izzy were students together at Trinity College. A dozen or so years later, Rabbi Izzy married Fred and me at Bayside Hills Jewish Center in Queens. Fifteen years later, he remarried us in our home surrounded by family and friends. Rabbi Izzy was a unique, independent, creative, compassionate, learned and inspiring man and great friend and will be sorely missed. RIP dear friend, your memory will certainly be for a blessing. Baruch Dayan Emet and give my brother a hug!
Sandy Sneideman Golove
Sara and Rob Sturtz
September 25, 2017
We add our deepest condolences, Roz, to those so beautifully expressed here. Rabbi Stein's and your presence during his time at Moriah was a treasure. The world is a little less bright today, but what a legacy! May his memory always be for a blessing and may you and your family be comforted with the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Henry Rosenberg
September 25, 2017
I remember Rabbi Stein's kindness at the time that I lost my father. Also, he helped me to come to terms with the closing of Congregation Adath Israel, my grandparents' "Old Shul" on E. Washington Avenue.
Steve Stage
September 25, 2017
Seth and Family
My thoughts and prayers are with you. Sorry for your loss.
September 25, 2017
Baruch Dayan Emet. Just heard this difficult news. My deepest condolences to the entire Stein family. I was privileged to spend much time in the Stein home and will always treasure that time. May the family find comfort in his memory.
Bob Barnes
September 24, 2017
To Roz and the Boys,
A mensch of the first order has left us. The world is a lesser place without him.
But as Izzie once said in condolence to my late Father-in-Law, Sam, after losing his beloved Lillian,
"Someone wants her more".
Aleph Sholom
Marjorie Becker
September 24, 2017
Izzy Stein was one of my very favorite teachers at the Emanuel Synagogue in Hartford. I was so very sorry to read of his passing away....my thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Sallie Kraus
September 24, 2017
Dear Roz- Rabbi Stein was a source of strength and kindness to our family through the years. He was a scholar, activist and true "rodeph sholom," seeker of peace. Our deepest sympathy to you and the family.
Martha Greene, Libby Schwartz and Sallie Kraus
Jill Jacobs
September 24, 2017
We are so sorry to hear of Rabbi Stein's passing. He was so special to us.
Rabbi Stein married us and named both our children. He was always an inspiration to me, growing up and well into adulthood an I have always had a special place in my heart for Izzy.
I met him first, when my father passed away in 1981, and his words and good counsel had a tremendous affect on me. This was particularly true during the time I was saying Kaddish for my dad at the synagogue.
Izzy always loved to hear me sing, and was so happy when David Srebnick and I led High Holiday services. He always made a point of sharing that with me.
Over the years, I stayed in touch with Izzy, especially if there was something that I needed to discuss with him, or if I needed the occasional "spiritual" guidance I did not find with our local rabbis in Boston.
Every year around the Yom Tovim, I would call and check in with him. My husband Fred and I will miss him so much.
We offer our deepest condolences to his wife Roz, and all their children and grandchildren.
We hope and pray that the many wonderful memories his family has of their life with him, sustain them in the many difficult days and months ahead.
May his memory be for a blessing.
Jill Jacobs and Fred Haber
Hazzan Steven Hevenstone
September 24, 2017
I was deeply saddened to hear the news of Rabbi Stein passing. He was one of my inspirations to live my life and career in Judaism. May his memory, his teachings, and his amazing Neshama always be a blessing to his family and those of us who knew and loved him.
September 24, 2017
Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Stein family. Rabbi Stein was a special man in my life, as well as, in my parents life. He spent time visiting with my Mom, Avis, at the Home and has been there for all our life events. He was a Spiritual Force that will be sadly missed. So sorry for your loss.
Karen & Todd Holson
Avis Dannenberg
Janice Mininberg
September 24, 2017
Rabbi Stein and my father, Felix Mininberg, were good friends. Felix talked highly of him. Rabbi Stein presided over my parents 50th Anniversay wedding. He brought joy and wisdom to our family. My deepest condolences to the Stein family.
September 24, 2017
Rabbi Stein (and his dear Roz) are so special. We were congregants at Moriah during both of his terms there. He was a remarkably caring rabbi and someone we thoroughly enjoyed. I still remember several of his sermons during his terms, and they were very impactful. We were so sad to hear this news. Love to the family from Chicago. Bobbi & Jeff Kwall
Eric Berman
September 24, 2017
My most sincerest condolence on the passing of Rabbi Stein. He had so many redeeming qualities and as a child made myself and everybody else feel like the most important person in the world. He taught my the beauty of Judaism and will always be the best Rabbi ever in my eyes.
Marsha and Joseph Goldman
September 24, 2017
Our thoughts and prayers are with your family. Please accept our condolences. Rabbi Stein was our rabbi, our teacher, our friend. May his memory be for a blessing.
Meems Ellenberg
September 24, 2017
Condolences to the Stein family. Rabbi Stein was one of the greats and he will be deeply missed. May his memory be for a blessing always.
Maxine, Leslie & Danny Cooper
September 24, 2017
To Roz and the entire Stein Family,
Rabbi Israel Stein was a special man who impacted our lives with love, friendship, humor and true inspiration for many years. Starting from Bayside, Queens and beyond. He will be truly missed
Elliott & Elissa (Schoen) Donn
September 24, 2017
Dear Roz and Family,
Our hearts and prayers are with you at this very sad time. You and Izzy were close friends during our time at WHS, and we are so sorry that circumstances prevented us from being with you today. Izzy was a true mensch and a most scholarly one at that. Everyone whose lives he touched share your loss.
May his memory forever remain a blessing, and may he rest in peace.
September 24, 2017
To the Family of Rabbi Stein,
My condolences & prayers to you. He was a great person with a wonderful sense of humor. May he rest in peace.
Jo-Ann Pavone
Daniel Cooper
September 24, 2017
Dear Roz and the rest of the Stein Family,
Rabbi Stein was a remarkable and inspirational figure not just in my life and my family's life, but to anyone who was lucky to have met him!
He will be missed dearly!
Judith Simons
September 24, 2017
Dear Roz and Family,
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Judy Byron Simons
Lori Indenbaum
September 24, 2017
I will always remember his kindness to my family and be so grateful for the caring and acceptance he showed my mother after my father died. He was so approachable, engaged and fully present when we needed support. May his memory be a blessing and a comfort. Lori Indenbaum
Rachel & Howard Spiro
September 24, 2017
Dear Roz and the entire Stien family. Our hearts are hurting today upon hearing the loss of our dear friend and Tzadek, Iz. Howard and I learned so much from Team Stein. You both are in our hearts forever.
September 24, 2017
Roz,
Our hearts and thoughts are with you and all your dear ones.
Dan and Arlene Missan Neiditz
Wendy Rainville Gabriel
September 24, 2017
My deepest sympathy for your loss. Rabbi Stein touched my heart.
Keith Bell
September 24, 2017
He was an inspiration to my father and mother and to me as well. May you be comforted at this difficult time.
Linda-Jo Greenberg
September 23, 2017
Roz, my heart is with you and the boys at this sad time. I treasured his advice and guidance and caring for all these years. He shaped my observance and the world is not as bright with him gone.
Martha Keefe
September 23, 2017
Roz I just heard. May his memory be a blessing! Izzy always took time to talk to me and he had such a great sense of humor. I will always remember him and I walking in our socks in the hallways of CJHS. You were both responsible for my introduction to the Jewish community. God bless you and yours.
♡
September 23, 2017
He was a mench
Ira and Carol Robbin
September 23, 2017
A Rabbi of great caring and understanding whose legacy lives on in the Jewish identity he imparted to our children. His sermons were inspired and learned - every word touched us. May his memory be for a blessing.
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