Mazal tov to Judie Biondi of Norwood, a member of the wait staff at the Jewish Home Assisted Living in River Vale, who is Employee of the Quarter for October through December. She has worked at JHAL since June 2007.

Miriam Spitz, daughter of Sandra and Henry Spitz of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Tommer Kahan, son of Adi Kahan and Rina Kahan, both of Herzilya, Israel, are engaged. Miriam’s grandmother is centenarian Mildred Spitz, a longtime resident of Teaneck and member of the Jewish Center of Teaneck.

The future bride received a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Cincinnati and a master’s in international business from Webster University Regent’s College in London. She made aliyah in 2007 and has been working in Tel Aviv as a marketing communications manager for international pharmaceutical companies. The future groom, born in Herzliya, graduated from law school and was a lawyer in the communications industry. He is working toward a master’s degree in marketing.

The couple will be living in Ramat Aviv and plan a spring wedding reception in Cincinnati and a summer wedding in Tel Aviv.

Miles Benjamin Neustein, 55, formerly of Paramus and Oradell, died on Jan. 28.

He received undergraduate and law degrees from Boston University, was a lawyer in Bergen and Morris counties, and a member of the New Jersey and New York Bar associations.

He is survived by his parents, Reva and Rod Fischer; a sister, Betsy Ross (Larry); a step-sister Helene Fischer; a step-brother, Mark Fischer; an aunt, Harriet Cohen; niece and nephew, Adam and Emma Ross; and cousins, Larry, Susan, Naomi, and Ruth.

Donations can be sent to Tomorrows Children’s Fund in Hackensack or the ASPCA.

Arrangements were by Robert Schoem’s Menorah Chapel, Paramus.

Estelle Schneider, née Slaff, nearly 94, formerly of Teaneck, Englewood, Tenafly, and Hackensack, died on Jan. 26 in Paramus.

She was a member of Temple Emanuel of Englewood for many years and Temple Beth El of Hackensack.

Predeceased by her husband of 39 years, Judge C. Conrad Schneider, she is survived by a son, Stephen; a daughter, Louise Schneider (Richard Adler); a brother, Bertram Slaff; and two grandchildren, Max Adler and Sophia Adler.

Donations can be sent to Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey or CARE.

Arrangements were by Gutterman and Musicant Jewish Funeral Directors, Hackensack.

Marcia Kestnbaum, née Dyckman, 92, of North Bethesda, Md., formerly of Demarest and Tenafly, died on Jan. 29 at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda.

Born in Newark, she is survived by three daughters, Amy, Suzanne, and Ellyn.

Arrangements were by Eden Memorial Chapels,
Fort Lee.

Judith Miriam Konarski, née Satekhin, 88, of Santa Clara, Calif., formerly of North Bergen, died on Jan. 28 at Optima Hospital in Santa Clara.

Born in Iran, she was predeceased by her husband, Stanislaw, in 1999, and is survived by nieces and great nieces. She was a member of the Hebrew Benevolent Society of North Hudson.

Arrangements were by Eden Memorial Chapels,
Fort Lee.

Jeanne Dorn, 91, née Oxhandler, of Rockleigh, died on Jan. 29 at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.

Born in Brooklyn, she was predeceased by her husband, Murray in 1999, and is survived by two daughters, Sandra Teitelbaum of Baltimore, Md., and Terry Gottlieb of Fort Lee; a son, Jeff of Englewood; a brother, Robert Oxhandler of Florida; and six grandchildren.

Arrangements were by Eden Memorial Chapels, Fort Lee.

Jesse O. Kahan, 82, of Ridgewood, died on Jan. 21. Born in Bronx, N.Y., he graduated from City College and received a master’s degree from New York University. A veteran of the Korean Conflict, he ran a musical instrument distribution company for over 30 years and was an actor who performed in community theater.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Naomi; two sons, Mitchell (Jennifer) of Ridgewood, and Clifford (Leslie) of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.; a daughter, Margo Steinmark (Daniel) of Flanders; and six grandchildren, Charlotte and Liam Kahan, Adam and Kira Steinmark, and Max and Ella Kahan.

Donations can be made to the Michael J. Fox Parkinson Research Foundation.

Arrangements were by Louis Suburban Chapel,
Fair Lawn.