Obituary for Shirley Kravitz Kravitz, Shirley, 94 of Aventura passed away September 6, 2018. Shirley was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 4, 1924. Her parents of blessed memory were, Solomon Malsky and Mollie Malsky.
She had two brothers, Murray Malsky (deceased)and Herbert Malsky of Belmont Massachusetts. In 1943 she met the love of her life, Herbert Kravitz. Herbert joined the Navy, went to serve in the North Atlantic, returned with little notice and as Shirley often said she “married a sailor on a three-day leave” on March 21, 1944.
It was the beginning of a great romance. They lived in Brooklyn for 14 years where they had their three children, Steven, Ellen and Marlene. The family moved to South Florida in 1958 where Herbert and Shirley raised their children, saw them each graduate college, marry and have their own children.
They were married for 37 years until Herbert’s untimely passing in 1981. Herbert and Shirley shared a passion for service to the Jewish community and the survival of Israel. They were founding members of Beth Torah Congregation where Shirley has been a congregant for 60 years They visited Israel for the first time during the Yom Kippur War.
That visit transformed them into lifetime activists in support of Israel. After Herbert’s death, Shirley continued this work on behalf of Israel, participated in missions to Israel and found her place in important leadership positions in the Jewish community in the years to come, where she received the honor of a Life Membership in the Women’s Board at the South Broward Jewish Federation. She was a great lady, always young at heart, with a great sense of humor and the kindest of dispositions.
She always cared for others with great compassion. In 2003. she was honored with the Eshet Chayil Award from the South Broward Federation.
She was a true Woman of Valor. But most of all, Shirley loved and cherished her family. Family was everything to her.
She was so proud of her children and their spouses. She adored her grandchildren each of whom she saw graduated from college and happily married. Most amazing and treasured by her were her eight great grandchildren two of whom she lived to see enrolled in college.
She was so fortunate to have these blessings, appreciate them, and share them every day in spirit with her beloved Herbert. She is survived by her three children, Ellen (Larry) Elbrand, Steven (Wendy) Kravitz, Marlene (Michael) Olin and six grandchildren, Mark (Jonathan) Kravitz, Joseph (Stephanie) Kravitz, Jennifer (David) Chase, Michele (Jarad) Scher, Jonathan (Lisa) Olin, Rachel (Ken) Levy and eight great-grandchildren. Donations in memory of Shirley may be made to: The Herbert and Shirley Kravitz Family Philanthropic Fund at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, 4200 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33137.
Chapel Service will take place on, Friday, September 7, 2018 at 12:00 pm at Levitt Weinstein North Miami Beach, 18840 West Dixie Highway, (305) 932-2700 with interment at Lakeside Memorial Park. Kravitz, Shirley, 94 of Aventura passed away September 6, 2018. Shirley was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 4, 1924.
Her parents of blessed memory were, Solomon Malsky and Mollie Malsky. She had two brothers, Murray Malsky (deceased)and Herbert Malsky of Belmont Massachusetts. In 1943 she met the love of her life, Herbert Kravitz.
Herbert joined the Navy, went to serve in the North Atlantic, returned with little notice and as Shirley often said she “married a sailor on a three-day leave” on March 21, 1944. It was the beginning of a great romance. They lived in Brooklyn for 14 years where they had their three children, Steven, Ellen and Marlene.
The family moved to South Florida in 1958 where Herbert and Shirley raised their children, saw them each graduate college, marry and have their own children. They were married for 37 years until Herbert’s untimely passing in 1981. Herbert and Shirley shared a passion for service to the Jewish community and the survival of Israel.
They were founding members of Beth Torah Congregation where Shirley has been a congregant for 60 years They visited Israel for the first time during the Yom Kippur War. That visit transformed them into lifetime activists in support of Israel. After Herbert’s death, Shirley continued this work on behalf of Israel, participated in missions to Israel and found her place in important leadership positions in the Jewish community in the years to come, where she received the honor of a Life Membership in the Women’s Board at the South Broward Jewish Federation.
She was a great lady, always young at heart, with a great sense of humor and the kindest of dispositions. She always cared for others with great compassion. In 2003.
she was honored with the Eshet Chayil Award from the South Broward Federation. She was a true Woman of Valor. But most of all, Shirley loved and cherished her family.
Family was everything to her. She was so proud of her children and their spouses. She adored her grandchildren each of whom she saw graduated from college and happily married.
Most amazing and treasured by her were her eight great grandchildren two of whom she lived to see enrolled in college. She was so fortunate to have these blessings, appreciate them, and share them every day in spirit with her beloved Herbert. She is survived by her three children, Ellen (Larry) Elbrand, Steven (Wendy) Kravitz, Marlene (Michael) Olin and six grandchildren, Mark (Jonathan) Kravitz, Joseph (Stephanie) Kravitz, Jennifer (David) Chase, Michele (Jarad) Scher, Jonathan (Lisa) Olin, Rachel (Ken) Levy and eight great-grandchildren.
Donations in memory of Shirley may be made to: The Herbert and Shirley Kravitz Family Philanthropic Fund at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, 4200 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33137. Chapel Service will take place on, Friday, September 7, 2018 at 12:00 pm at Levitt Weinstein North Miami Beach, 18840 West Dixie Highway, (305) 932-2700 with interment at Lakeside Memorial Park. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Shirley Kravitz please visit our Sympathy Store.
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