22 | DECEMBER 26 • 2024 

Dr. Arnold 
Markowitz, a 
nationally prominent 
physician and 
pioneer in the 
treatment of AIDS/
HIV and other 
diseases, passed 
away on Sept. 25 at 
the age of 79. 

Collete Salon 
Rosner, musician, 
teacher and 
longest-serving 
employee in the 
history of Temple 
Beth El, passed 
away on Sept. 17 at 
age 93. 

Yitzhak Yifat, 
central figure in 
the most iconic 
photograph of 
IDF paratroopers 
entering Jerusalem 
during the Six Day 
War, passed away 
on July 6 at the age 
of 81.

Rhea Brody, local 
community leader 
and philanthropist, 
passed away on 
Aug. 5 at the age 
of 94. 

Matthew Miller, 
first student from 
the University of 
Michigan to appear 
on College Jeopardy 
television programs 
and local Jewish 
organizational lead-
er, passed away on 
Aug. 21 at age 55. 

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

Dr. Ira Konigsberg, 
professor emeritus 
of English language 
and literature 
and Professor 
Emeritus of Film 
and Video Studies 
at the University of 
Michigan, passed 
away on June 17 at 
the age of 89. 

Dr. Mitchell 
Meisner, civil rights 
activist, teacher 
and partner at 
Honigman law firm, 
passed away on 
June 20 at the age 
of 80. 

Myron “Mike” 
Winkelman, notable 
expert pharmacist 
and adviser to 
corporations, 
legislators and 
prosecutors, passed 
away on June 22 at 
the age of 86. 

Sgt. First Class 
Yakir Shmuel 
Tatelbaum, IDF 
soldier who was 
born and raised 
in Detroit before 
making aliyah at 
age 5, died in 
combat in Gaza on 
June 30 at the age 
of 21. 

JUNE
Memoriam

2024

IN

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22 | DECEMBER 26 • 2024 

Dr. Richard D. 
Budson, renowned 
mental health 
specialist, professor, 
adviser to national 
political figures and 
musician, passed 
away on July 17 at 
the age of 89. 

Larry Michael 
Rockind, designer 
and architect, 
professor and active 
Jewish communal 
leader, passed away 
on July 25 at the 
age of 90. 

JULY

OUR COMMUNITY

