Saul

Words are revered - literally - in Bee Season, a drama in which a couple's marriage unravels as their daughter advances in a national spelling bee. While such reverence for language is refreshing, and leads to some beautiful imagery (including an opening lifted straight out of Fellini's La Dolce Vita), the film ultimately is a letdown, leaving too many questions unanswered and ending in a gesture that doesn't really solve anything. But most problematic is the film's reliance on Kabbalah, a mystical offshoot of Judaism in which words are vested with a spiritual resonance.

On Sunday, September 18, 2005, SAUL RABIN, beloved husband of the late Etta Rabin (nee Eisen); devoted father of Jack Rabin of Harrisburg, PA and Philip Rabin of Owings Mills, MD; dear father-in-law of Sandra Rabin and Susan Rabin; devoted brother of the late Robert and Morris Rabin; loving grandfather of Daniel and Amy Rabin, Scott, Joshua and Benjamin Rabin. Loving great grandfather of Ava Grace Rabin. Services at SOL LEVINSON AND BROS & INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd at Mt. Wilson Lane on Monday, September 19 at 12 noon.

On August 17, 2005 MILDRED L. SAUL (nee Atkinson); dearest wife if the late Edward A. Saul; devoted mother of Edward E., David W., Richard P. and Jeffery M. Saul; beloved sister of Florence Johnson and Norma Dieter. Also survived by 15 grandchildren, five great grandchildren and many other loving relatives and friends. Christian Wake Service at the Charles L. Stevens Funeral Home, Inc., 1501 E. Fort Avenue, Locust Point, MD, on Thursday at 4 P.M. Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church on Friday at 11 A.M. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery.

Milton H.F. Saul, an attorney who served as an assistant city solicitor, a police magistrate and a state licensing official, died of heart failure July 18 at his Charles Street home. He was 87. Born in Virginia, he grew up in Baltimore, graduating from Forest Park High School in Baltimore. He earned a degree from the Johns Hopkins University and went into the Army during World War II. Mr. Saul achieved the rank of sergeant and served in India and Southeast Asia. He earned his law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law after he returned from the military and went into practice with his father, A. Walter Saul.

On Monday, July 18, 2005, MILTON H.F. SAUL; beloved husband of the late Anita Saul (nee Hitchcock); devoted father of Dr. A. Ross Cohen of Mesa, AZ. Also survived by three loving grandchildren. Funeral services and interment will be held at the Arlington Chizuk Amuno Congregation Cemetery, 4300 N. Rogers Avenue, on Thursday, July 21 at 10:30 A.M. Please omit flowers. Arrangements by SOL LEVINSON & BROS, INC.

Nobel laureate Saul Bellow, the towering American literary figure whose work reflected the angst, yearnings and moral ambiguity of post-World War II existence, died yesterday at 89. Mr. Bellow's friend and attorney, Walter Pozen, said that the writer of such vibrant, darkly comic works as Herzog and Humboldt's Gift, had been in declining health but was "wonderfully sharp to the end." Mr. Bellow died in Brookline, Mass., his wife and daughter at his side. Mr. Bellow was perhaps the most acclaimed of a remarkable collection of postwar American Jewish writers that included Bernard Malamud, Joseph Heller, Philip Roth and Cynthia Ozick.

On Monday, February 21, 2005, SAUL JOSEPH; loving husband of the late Edythe P. Joseph (nee Panner); beloved father of Jeffrey H. Joseph of Potomac, MD and Debra J. Diamond of Ruxton, MD; devoted father-in-law of Eileen Jospeh; beloved brother of Sylvia Newman of Beverly Hills, CA and Ethel Rosensweig of Cleveland, OH; loving grandfather of Jonathan and Jeremy Joseph, Daniel, Alexander and Jed Diamond. Funeral Services and Interment at the Beth El Memorial Park, Randallstown on Tuesday, February 22, at 3 P.M. Please omit flowers.

On May 21, 2004, EDWARD BASHOFF; loving husband the late Lottie Bashoff (nee Spector); beloved father of Saul Bashoff of Owings Mills, MD; devoted brother of Dorothy Leon of Baltimore, MD and the late Blanche and Louis Bashoff, Mary Levy, Mamie Mc Grane, Joseph Bashoff and Bessie Marks; loving grandfather of Genna Faye and Sheryl Rose Bashoff. Services and interment at Hebrew Friendship Cemetery, 3600 E. Baltimore St. on Sunday, May 23, at 9:30 AM. Please omit flowers. Arrangements by SOL LEVINSON & BROS, INC.22

On February 25, 2004 SAUL WIENNER beloved husband of Wilma Wienner (nee Jacobs); beloved father of Helaine Slatnick of Reisterstown, MD, Larry Wienner and Mark Wienner both of Owings Mills, MD; devoted father-in-law of Garry Slatnick and Jessica Wienner; devoted brother of the late Herbert Wienner; loving grandfather of Bradd and Heather Slatnick and Conner Wienner. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS. INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road at Mt. Wilson Lane on Thursday, February 26 at 12 noon. Interment Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Berrymans Lane.

On Monday November 17, 2003, SAUL E. DANENBURG, loving son of the late David (Tefky) and Dena (nee Snyder) Danenburg; beloved brother of Lucille Adler of Baltimore; devoted brother-in-law of Ira Adler; beloved uncle of Roy and Bradley Adler and Robin Greenspan; devoted great-uncle Jeffrey and Sean Greenspan, beloved cousin of Rhona (Sissy) Davis. Also survived by his best friend Ed Franz. Funeral Services and Interment at the Beth Jacob Anshe Veshear Cemetery, Rosedale on Wednesday, November 19, at 11 AM. In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be directed to The American Heart Association, 415 N. Charles St. (21201)