Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
NameJudith Ann ZUKERMAN 
[2920]
[2920]Birthabt 1938, Chicago, IL
Death17 Mar 2017, Madison, WI Age: 79
Burialaft 17 Mar 2017, 2299 Spring Rose Rd, Verona, WI
MemoNatural Path Sanctuary Burial Ground
FlagsMITTMAN-1
FatherHerman Aron ZUKERMAN (1912-1987)
MotherDorothy SHACHNER (1913-1993)
Obituaries
From Judith Kaufman Obituary, March 17, 2017 - Cress Funeral and Cremation Services:
Judith Kaufman
December 9, 1937 — March 17, 2017
Judith (Judy) Zukerman Kaufman, our most beloved mother, wife, daughter, sister, grandmother, aunt, teacher, and friend, died of a heart attack at the Capitol Lakes assisted living community, where she was recovering from a staph infection. Judy was born in 1937 in Chicago and grew up in a rich and vibrant immigrant Jewish family. From her family, she gained a lifelong appreciation for music, graduating as a harp major from the University of Illinois-Champaign. In Champaign, she met her beloved husband of 53 years, Jerry, who asked her to sing Renaissance madrigals with him on their first date. She received a master's degree in education from Champaign, and with Jerry, she moved to the south side of Chicago, where she became active in the civil rights movement. Judith taught first grade at an African-American school and, with her own money, purchased books for the children that portrayed their own experience and history. She later worked for Catalyst for Youth, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping young African American and Latino high school students attend college.
In 1971, Judith moved to Madison with Jerry and her two young children, Ariel and Daniel. In Madison, she served as the director of the Head Start program. She also became a pillar of the Jewish community, dedicating herself to living Jewish religious and ethical precepts and transforming Jewish tradition to allow for the full and equal participation of women. She served as the first female president of Beth Israel Center, a ground-breaking role that influenced many women in the community. Afterwards, she attended the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, where she gained a second master's degree. More recently, Judith played a key role in founding Congregation Shaarei Shamayim, a Reconstructionist community in Madison. She tutored students for their Bar and Bat Mitzvah, beginning with her daughter, Ariel, until the end of her life.
A passionate lover of life, we know of no one who loved music, dancing, art, and literature more than Judith. In her fifties, she began learning Italian out of a lifelong love for the language and culture. She also began writing poetry, rooted in her life experiences and the immigrant Jewish world of her family. In 2004, she published a book of her poems, “Amsterdam Days,” about the two years she spent living in the Netherlands with Jerry. Those personal efforts were twinned with an unshakable commitment to social justice, rooted in the Jewish tradition of tikkun olam — an ethical concept that calls on people to try and “repair the world.” Even in the last few years of life, when she was battling many illnesses, she continued to volunteer: delivering meals to the elderly and those less fortunate, canvassing for political causes and candidates, and mentoring high school students at Malcolm Shabazz City School. She enthusiastically participated in the protests at the Capitol against Act 10 and other anti-worker measures.
We are bereft of her passing. Rest in peace, darling mother, sister, bubbe, and friend. Our grief is infinite, but we are comforted knowing that you will be lying beside your beloved Jerry forever.
Judith is predeceased by her parents, Chaim and Dorothy Zukerman, and her husband and life partner, Jerry. She is survived by her children, Ariel of Madison and Daniel of Brooklyn, NY; their spouses, Michael Kissick and Juliette Mapp; her cherished grandsons, Benjamin and Luca; and her sister, Elyse Zukerman of Chicago.
The funeral service will be held at Monona Terrace, 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison, on Monday, March 20, at 11 am. Burial will follow in Natural Path Sanctuary, Verona, WI.
In lieu of flowers, you may make a donation by check or online to any of the following organizations Judy loved: Malcom Shabazz City High School, 1601 N Sherman Ave Madison, WI 53704, www.shabazz.madison.k12.wi.us/support-shabazz; Woodland Pattern Book Center, 720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee, WI, www.woodlandpattern.org/support/; Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc., 302 N. Jackson St., Milwaukee, WI, 53202, https://www.plannedparenthood.org/.
Please share your memories of Judith.
Cress Funeral & Cremation Service
3610 Speedway Road, Madison
(608) 238-3434
Service
Monona Terrace
One John Nolen Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53703
11:00 AM
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Judith Kaufman, please visit our flower store.
Judith Kaufman
December 9, 1937 — March 17, 2017
Judith (Judy) Zukerman Kaufman, our most beloved mother, wife, daughter, sister, grandmother, aunt, teacher, and friend, died of a heart attack at the Capitol Lakes assisted living community, where she was recovering from a staph infection. Judy was born in 1937 in Chicago and grew up in a rich and vibrant immigrant Jewish family. From her family, she gained a lifelong appreciation for music, graduating as a harp major from the University of Illinois-Champaign. In Champaign, she met her beloved husband of 53 years, Jerry, who asked her to sing Renaissance madrigals with him on their first date. She received a master's degree in education from Champaign, and with Jerry, she moved to the south side of Chicago, where she became active in the civil rights movement. Judith taught first grade at an African-American school and, with her own money, purchased books for the children that portrayed their own experience and history. She later worked for Catalyst for Youth, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping young African American and Latino high school students attend college.
In 1971, Judith moved to Madison with Jerry and her two young children, Ariel and Daniel. In Madison, she served as the director of the Head Start program. She also became a pillar of the Jewish community, dedicating herself to living Jewish religious and ethical precepts and transforming Jewish tradition to allow for the full and equal participation of women. She served as the first female president of Beth Israel Center, a ground-breaking role that influenced many women in the community. Afterwards, she attended the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, where she gained a second master's degree. More recently, Judith played a key role in founding Congregation Shaarei Shamayim, a Reconstructionist community in Madison. She tutored students for their Bar and Bat Mitzvah, beginning with her daughter, Ariel, until the end of her life.
A passionate lover of life, we know of no one who loved music, dancing, art, and literature more than Judith. In her fifties, she began learning Italian out of a lifelong love for the language and culture. She also began writing poetry, rooted in her life experiences and the immigrant Jewish world of her family. In 2004, she published a book of her poems, “Amsterdam Days,” about the two years she spent living in the Netherlands with Jerry. Those personal efforts were twinned with an unshakable commitment to social justice, rooted in the Jewish tradition of tikkun olam — an ethical concept that calls on people to try and “repair the world.” Even in the last few years of life, when she was battling many illnesses, she continued to volunteer: delivering meals to the elderly and those less fortunate, canvassing for political causes and candidates, and mentoring high school students at Malcolm Shabazz City School. She enthusiastically participated in the protests at the Capitol against Act 10 and other anti-worker measures.
We are bereft of her passing. Rest in peace, darling mother, sister, bubbe, and friend. Our grief is infinite, but we are comforted knowing that you will be lying beside your beloved Jerry forever.
Judith is predeceased by her parents, Chaim and Dorothy Zukerman, and her husband and life partner, Jerry. She is survived by her children, Ariel of Madison and Daniel of Brooklyn, NY; their spouses, Michael Kissick and Juliette Mapp; her cherished grandsons, Benjamin and Luca; and her sister, Elyse Zukerman of Chicago.
The funeral service will be held at Monona Terrace, 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison, on Monday, March 20, at 11 am. Burial will follow in Natural Path Sanctuary, Verona, WI.
In lieu of flowers, you may make a donation by check or online to any of the following organizations Judy loved: Malcom Shabazz City High School, 1601 N Sherman Ave Madison, WI 53704, www.shabazz.madison.k12.wi.us/support-shabazz; Woodland Pattern Book Center, 720 E. Locust St., Milwaukee, WI, www.woodlandpattern.org/support/; Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc., 302 N. Jackson St., Milwaukee, WI, 53202, https://www.plannedparenthood.org/.
Please share your memories of Judith.
Cress Funeral & Cremation Service
3610 Speedway Road, Madison
(608) 238-3434
Service
Monona Terrace
One John Nolen Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53703
11:00 AM
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Judith Kaufman, please visit our flower store.
Spouses
Obituaries
From Jerome L “Jerry” Kaufman (1933-2013) - Find a Grave Memorial: [2924], [2926]
Jerome (Jerry) Kaufman, our most beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, mentor, friend, and colleague, died peacefully at his home in Madison, Wisconsin, surrounded by his family, after a long, heroic struggle with cancer.
Jerry was born in 1933 in Middletown, Connecticut, and grew up in Corona, Queens, New York City, the son of immigrant parents from Eastern Europe. While living at home, he graduated from Queens College and later studied with the great urban planner Lewis Mumford at the University of Pennsylvania. He chose to become an urban planner, and his pioneering work on racial segregation, urban poverty, and urban agriculture has helped make the world a better place. From 1971 until his retirement in 2001, Jerry was a beloved professor at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at UW-Madison, where his protean interests inspired generations of students in ethics, racial inequality, poverty, central cities, urban education, and food systems. In that last phase of his professional career, he proved instrumental in helping develop and shepherd the Troy Gardens community gardens project in Madison. From 2000 until weeks before his death, Jerry served as president of Growing Power, a Milwaukee-based grassroots organization led by the visionary urban farmer Will Allen, a group created to help people grow and eat healthy food in impoverished areas of Milwaukee, Chicago, and other American cities. Other passions throughout his life include a love of music, especially playing the recorder, singing with the Madison Yiddish Choir, and listening to (and singling with) the arias of the Swedish tenor Jussi Bjorling. He gained great sustenance and friendship through participating in the Shaarei Shamayin Reconstructionist Synagogue.
Jerry is predeceased by his father, Louis Kaufman, his mother, Norma Grant (Grantzitzy) Kaufman Gofberg, and his brother, Arnold Kaufman, who greatly influenced his interest in the civil rights movement and the pursuit of social and economic justice. He is survived by his life partner of 53 years, Judith Zukerman Kaufman; his two children, Ariel, of Madison, and Daniel, of Brooklyn, NY; their spouses, Michael Kissick and Juliette Mapp; his beloved grandsons Benjamin and Luca; and his sisters Elyse Zukerman and Betty Kaufman.
As Jerry lay dying, a friend remarked that his eyes always radiated humanity and kindness. Those eyes still burned brightly even when ill, revealing his gentle spirit, wisdom, and compassion for all people. He lives on inside all those who knew and loved him. Rest in peace, our sweet man…we love you so much.
The funeral service will be held at Monona Terrace on Monday, January 14, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, you may donate to the Growing Power Vertical Farm, a project close to Jerry’s heart that will be named in his honor. Contributions may be made through the Growing Power website, www.growingpower.org, or by mailing a check to Growing Power, 5500 West Silver Spring Dr., Milwaukee, WI 53218, with "Vertical Farm" written on the memo line.
Jerome (Jerry) Kaufman, our most beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, mentor, friend, and colleague, died peacefully at his home in Madison, Wisconsin, surrounded by his family, after a long, heroic struggle with cancer.
Jerry was born in 1933 in Middletown, Connecticut, and grew up in Corona, Queens, New York City, the son of immigrant parents from Eastern Europe. While living at home, he graduated from Queens College and later studied with the great urban planner Lewis Mumford at the University of Pennsylvania. He chose to become an urban planner, and his pioneering work on racial segregation, urban poverty, and urban agriculture has helped make the world a better place. From 1971 until his retirement in 2001, Jerry was a beloved professor at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at UW-Madison, where his protean interests inspired generations of students in ethics, racial inequality, poverty, central cities, urban education, and food systems. In that last phase of his professional career, he proved instrumental in helping develop and shepherd the Troy Gardens community gardens project in Madison. From 2000 until weeks before his death, Jerry served as president of Growing Power, a Milwaukee-based grassroots organization led by the visionary urban farmer Will Allen, a group created to help people grow and eat healthy food in impoverished areas of Milwaukee, Chicago, and other American cities. Other passions throughout his life include a love of music, especially playing the recorder, singing with the Madison Yiddish Choir, and listening to (and singling with) the arias of the Swedish tenor Jussi Bjorling. He gained great sustenance and friendship through participating in the Shaarei Shamayin Reconstructionist Synagogue.
Jerry is predeceased by his father, Louis Kaufman, his mother, Norma Grant (Grantzitzy) Kaufman Gofberg, and his brother, Arnold Kaufman, who greatly influenced his interest in the civil rights movement and the pursuit of social and economic justice. He is survived by his life partner of 53 years, Judith Zukerman Kaufman; his two children, Ariel, of Madison, and Daniel, of Brooklyn, NY; their spouses, Michael Kissick and Juliette Mapp; his beloved grandsons Benjamin and Luca; and his sisters Elyse Zukerman and Betty Kaufman.
As Jerry lay dying, a friend remarked that his eyes always radiated humanity and kindness. Those eyes still burned brightly even when ill, revealing his gentle spirit, wisdom, and compassion for all people. He lives on inside all those who knew and loved him. Rest in peace, our sweet man…we love you so much.
The funeral service will be held at Monona Terrace on Monday, January 14, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, you may donate to the Growing Power Vertical Farm, a project close to Jerry’s heart that will be named in his honor. Contributions may be made through the Growing Power website, www.growingpower.org, or by mailing a check to Growing Power, 5500 West Silver Spring Dr., Milwaukee, WI 53218, with "Vertical Farm" written on the memo line.
Marriage14 Jan 1960, Cook County, IL [2927]
ChildrenAriel Lee (1968-)
Daniel Benjamin (1970-)