Talmudical Academy

On April 11, 2003, SYLVIA LEVY (nee Miller); beloved wife of the late Isadore Levy; loving mother of Melvin Levy; loving mother-in-law of Bonnie Levy; adored grandmother of Larry and Cathy Levy, Howard and Sue Levy and Joy Levy, Eric and Jennifer Levin and Ross and Jennifer Levin; cherished Bubbie of Charity, Daniel and Paul Levy and Lauren and Adam Levin. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS, INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road, at Mount Wilson Lane, on Sunday, April 13, at 12 noon. Interment at Adath Yeshurun, 6700 Bowleys Lane.

On Sunday, October 23, 2005, LEONARD STEIN, beloved husband of Roselie Stein (nee Sears), devoted father of Stuart Mark Stein of Baltimore, MD, Barbara Ann Shoup of Eldersburg, MD, and Janice Arlene Durkee of Marriottsville, MD, father-in-law of Eric Durkee, loving brother of the late Charles and Benjamin Stein, caring grandfather of Carrie Leigh Durkee, Leah Michelle Durkee, Kenneth David Shoup and Susan Amanda Stein. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road at Mt. Wilson Lane on Thursday, October 27 at 11 A.M. Interment at Anshe Emunah Aitz Chaim Congregation Cemetery, 3901 Washington Boulevard.

Rabbi Jerome Yaakov Markowitz, whose career as a Hebrew school teacher spanned more than four decades, died of heart failure Feb. 28 at his Northwest Baltimore home. He was 77. Rabbi Markowitz was born in Syracuse, N.Y., and moved to Baltimore with his family in 1935. He attended City College and the Talmudical Academy of Baltimore. In 1950, he earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Baltimore, and was ordained as a rabbi after graduating from Ner Israel Rabbinical College.

On Friday, September 22, 2006, SADIE SCHUCHMAN (Nee Lichter); loving wife of the late Samuel Schuchman; beloved mother of Mordecai (Diana) Schuchman of Owings Mills, MD, Jacob (Deborah) Schuchman of Baltimore, Sidney (Lesley) Schuchman of Boca Raton, FL; devoted sister of the late Louis and Irving Lichter and Abe Schwom; loving grandmother of Howard and Wendy Schuchman, Tamara (Jeremy) Wilkins, Moshe Tzvi (Michal) Schuchman, Eitan (Ariella) Schuchman, Bryna (Yaakov) Handler, Ari Schuchman, Dani (Anna)

Gibbons rallies to defeat Calvert Hall, 68-61No. 10 Cardinal Gibbons picked the right time to get hot yesterday.Cardinal Gibbons, sparked by Steve Wojciechowski and Troy Queen, hit seven of 10 from the field and 12 of 16 from the line in the fourth quarter and rallied for a 68-61 victory over visiting and No. 11 Calvert Hall in a Catholic League and Maryland Scholastic Association Armstrong Conference A League game.Calvert Hall led 47-42 after three quarters and appeared in control. The Crusaders, however, made some adjustments for the final eight minutes.

When Dr. Aaron and Roz Goldberg were looking over the Jewish schools in northwest Baltimore two years ago, they wanted one that would pass along their values to their children. But what they found were schools at different ends of their religious spectrum.The Goldbergs, who are Orthodox, worried that their children would stand out from the majority of students in the non-Orthodox Jewish schools. They feared awkward moments over invitations to Saturday birthday parties, for example, from Jewish families who do not observe the Sabbath.

On September 11, 2005, JOYCE KATHLEEN CHIPPS, dear sister of James "Skip" H. Chipps; niece of Stacey Mackie; step daughter of Ethel Chipps; cousin of Patty, Butch and Mary; also survived by several other close relatives. All Services and Interment are private. COHEN (nee Schwartz), age 94, dear and beloved wife for 74 years of the late Max Leo Cohen; cherished and adored mother of Marilyn and Philip Berman and David S. Cohen and Kathleen C. Mannion; beloved grandmother of Trudye and Charles Weisberg and David H. Berman, Lauren K. Cohen, Amy and Joseph Uddeme; beloved Bubby of Brianna and Shanin Weisberg, Benjamin and Mitchell Berman; beloved sister of the late Betty Mofsovitz, Herman, Cecil, Sol, and Manuel Schwartz.

Baltimore resident Tamir Goodman of Takoma Academy, who recently accepted a full basketball scholarship to Towson University, suffered an ankle injury Tuesday night in a game against Bullis School and could be sidelined at least four to six weeks, his physician said yesterday.Goodman, who received national attention last season when he averaged 39 points for Pikesville's Talmudical Academy, suffered a severe sprain and partial torn ligament in his left ankle in the third period of a 65-62 loss to visiting Bullis of Montgomery County.

On August 10, 2004, NATHANIEL, SR. "CHEW-CHEW"Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Sunday after 10 A.M. where the family will receive friends on Monday 11:30 A.M. followed by funeral services at 12 noon. See www.marchfh.com FREEDMAN, beloved husband of the late Athalie Freedman (nee Markey); loving father of the late Karen Gerber and Harry Freedman; father-in-law of Melvin Gerber and Sharon Freedman; loving brother of the late Sylvia Abrahams, Morris Freedman, Eva Daniels, Ida Freedman and Sam Freedman; brother-in-law of the late Lionel Abrahams, Helen Freedman, Sid Daniels and Sarah Freedman; adored grandfather of Edward and Olivia Gerber, Jill and Dean Katz, Jeffrey and Kimberly Gerber, Lee and Allison Freedman, and Erin Freedman; great grandfather of Brennan, Ryan and Shannen Katz, Ashley and Harrison Freedman; also survived by three generations of loving nieces and nephews.

An emergency fund-raising effort has produced money to cover back pay for teachers at the Talmudical Academy through May 15, and at least one more paycheck will be coming soon, organizers say."We're moving along," said Rabbi Tzi Hersh Weinreb of the Shomrei Emunah Congregation in the 6200 block of Greenspring Ave. Rabbi Weinreb is leading the fund-raising effort.In two weeks, $265,000 of the $440,000 needed to pay teachers for the entire academic year has been collected.Dr. Michael J. Elman, new president of the school's board of directors, said efforts are continuing to resolve the school's larger financial problems.