soul

of blessed memory

Jewish Journalist
Among 5 Killed In
Maryland Shooting

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ELAINE A. STEIN, 75
of Huntington Woods,
died June 20, 2018.
She is survived by
her beloved husband,
Bert S. Stein; daugh-
ter and son-in-law,
Jessica Anne and Kurt
Stein
Shlager; grandchildren,
c.1980
Deborah B. Shlager
and Daniel B. Shlager;
sisters and brothers-in-law, Wendy and
David Bodner, Caryn and Alex Hart;
brother and sister-in-law, Dr. Alan and
Nancy Askinas; many loving nieces,
nephews, other family members and
friends.
Mrs. Stein was the mother of the late
Joshua Michael Stein.
Contributions may be made to Gilda’s
Club. Arrangements by Dorfman Chapel

ROBERT “BOB” ZION STEINBERG,
79, of Hilton Head Island, S.C., formerly
of Detroit, passed away June 25, 2018,
at Memorial Health University Medical
Center in Savannah.
He was born on Jan. 20, 1939, in
Detroit to Faye Bernstein and Norman
Steinberg.

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Bob was a distinguished member of
the Hilton Head Island community and
a very successful businessman. He was
the founder of Hilton Head Business
Brokers and partners in ownership of
Heritage Plaza.
Mr. Steinberg is survived by his
beloved son, Paul Norman Steinberg
and spouse, Meredith Allain; grand-
children, Cory Joseph Steinberg, Sean
Nicolas Steinberg, Olivia Allain, Owen
Allain; great-grandchildren, Kaeden,
Bentlei and Cheslei; daughter, Laura Sue
Steinberg; brother, Allen Steinberg and
his wife, Shelly; niece, Jodi Gonterman;
stepdaughter, Gail Ball; cousin and busi-
ness partner, David Lichtenstein.
He was predeceased by his wife,
Carmell (Kaye) Delores Steinberg. He
was the uncle of the late Lisa Kindred.
A graveside service was held at Six
Oaks Cemetery. Arrangements by the
Island Funeral Home and Crematory,
Islandfuneralhome.com. •

CORRECTION

The obituary for Murray Feldman (June 28)
should have indicated that he is survived by
his son and daughter-in-law, Marc and Dr.
Lara Feldman.

TIMES OF ISRAEL

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ne of the five people killed last
Thursday in a shooting at the
Capital Gazette in Maryland
was Jewish editorial page editor Gerald
Fischman, who was described by the
paper as having a “brilliant mind, wry
wit and ‘wicked pen.’ ”
Fischman was gunned
ABOVE: Capital
Gazette editori- down, along with col-
al writer Gerald leagues Rob Hiaasen,
Fischman John McNamara, Rebecca
Smith and Wendi
Winters, when a man armed with a
shotgun and smoke grenades burst into
a newspaper office in Annapolis, in what
police described as a “targeted attack.”
First-degree murder charges were filed
Friday against the man who allegedly
targeted Maryland’s capital newspaper,
who shot his way into the newsroom.
The Baltimore Sun — which owns the
Capital Gazette — identified the sus-
pected shooter as Jarrod Ramos, who it
said had a long-running dispute with the
newspaper over a 2011 story “that cov-

ered a criminal harassment case against
him.”
Fischman, the editorial page editor
at the Capital Gazette, was an “old-fash-
ioned journalist,” a former editor of the
paper said.
Steve Gunn remembered Fischman as
“the master of AP style” who “made sure
everything was just right.”
“He was famous for working long days
and being very precise in his language
and always making sure the editorial
page reflected the heart of the newspa-
per,” Gunn said in an interview with the
Associated Press.
The newspaper wrote of him that “his
quirky, low-key demeanor belied a biting
sense of humor that charmed his col-
leagues.”
Colleagues said Fischman never com-
plained about anything, not even about
being the Jew who had to write an edito-
rial about Christmas every year.
Fischman had worked at the paper 26
years. •