CHARLES BERKMAN

BERKMAN--Charles, July 2, 1928 - November 18, 2022. Beloved husband of the late Judith Cossin Berkman, and beloved father of Meredith Berkman (Daniel Mintz); Marna Berkman Tolchin (Robert Tolchin); and Johanna Berkman (Emanuel Weintraub). Adored grandfather of Noa, Caleb, Avital, Yael; Morielle (Akiva), Amalya (Benjamin), Ezri, Yehudit, Serah, Mekimi; Moses, Judy, and Nathaniel. A Coney Island boy, and the youngest of seven children born to Morris and Minnie, Charlie worked days in his father's junkyard, attending both Brooklyn College and Brooklyn Law School at night. A gifted litigator who was active in Brooklyn Democratic politics, he served as a New York City Tax Commissioner during the Beame and Koch administrations. A proud, lifelong Zionist, Charlie visited Israel for the first time in 1956, returning many times throughout his life, serving with Volunteers for Israel at the age of 78 during the Second Lebanon War. May his memory always be for a blessing - and may the tribe of which he was fiercely proud continue to increase.