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Tsvi Epstein 1944 - 2021

Tsvi Howard Epstein of Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon United States was born on July 5, 1944 in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, CA, and had a sister Barbara Saltzman. He was married to Navah Epstein, and they were together until Tsvi's death on March 12, 2021. He had children Lily Epstein Halem, Jenny Epstein Kessem, and Dorothy Epstein. Tsvi Epstein was buried in 2022 at Kesser Israel Cemetery 6509 SE Nehalem St, in Portland.

Tsvi Howard Epstein

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Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon United States

July 5, 1944

Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, United States

March 12, 2021

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Introduction

Tsvi called himself a seeker of truth (as we all are,) defining his approach as being free of emotional elements which might sully the truth as he saw it.
07/5

1944

Birthday

July 5, 1944

Birthdate

Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California United States

Birthplace

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Early Life & Education

Attended Cal State LA. Tsvi had degrees in physics.
Baptism

Tsvi was not baptized
Religious Beliefs

He was raised as a secular Jew, but discovered his strong Jewish spiritual path with Navah when they were newly parenting three girls. They have been through Navah’s conversion to Judaism, and have re-married each other twice, once to have a Conservative Jewish wedding and later to have an Orthodox wedding when Navah had an Orthodox conversion to Judaism. He was passionately committed to observant Jewish practice, and was very active in two Portland, Oregon orthodox communities, and prior to that several Orthodox and Conservative Jewish communities in Silicon Valley, CA. He was a founding member of Bar Yohai in Sunnyvale, California, and Beit Yosef in Portland, Oregon. He found soul connection with the joy of Breslov Chasidim, and via Rabbi Shelly Lewis found teachers in Rabbi David Zeller of beloved memory, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach of beloved memory, and Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum, among many others. His latest Breslov find has been Rabbi Shlomo Katz. His soul spirit was passionately committed to chasiddik flavored observant Jewish practice. Wherever he found himself in worship, he wanted to bring all to dancing in holy celebration. He was an oddball, famous for roller skating with Navah to synagogue in the 1980’s to observe Shabbat while also attending a shul that was 7 miles away. He loved dancing on Shabbat, to the delight and embarrassment of his fellow Orthodox shul-goers. He could not carry a tune, and never became fluent in Hebrew, but he insisted on singing every word of every prayer he could, even as he struggled with the Hebrew and the melody. He refused to have shame about his social awkwardness and his enthusiasm for Judaism came from a very pure place.
Military Service

He would look for, circle, and share notices of persons serving in Vietnam, a service he was not called for due to a critical skills deferment for designing transducers and accelerometers that went into the first moon launch. He would also stop and thank anyone he saw on the street who had Vietnam service vestiges. World War II veteran obituary notices were also pointed out.
Professional Career

He designed transducers and accelerometers that went into the first moon launch. His career in Research and Development following degrees in physics were spent mostly at Hewlett-Packard in Silicon Valley and derivatives Agilent and Lumileds. He was a physicist and engineer, and was awarded multiple patents, some in motion control for printers, and was part of Lumileds first commercial application of LEDs in street traffic signals. He was involved in the development of colored LEDs, including the LEDs now used in traffic lights. HP and its spin off companies hold his many patents. He retired at age 60 and very soon after learned he had cancer, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.
Personal Life & Family

He had been living with cancer and other health challenges for 17 years. As he said, he far outlived his expiration date by refusing the mainstream treatment of cancer and instead doing his own cancer research, and pioneering his own treatment journey, which has involved very low doses of western meds alongside herbal oncology protocols. Other doctors and patients now follow his successful path of cancer treatment, including his middle daughter Jenny Epstein Kessem. Tsvi is survived by his wife of 55 years, Navah Bonnie Epstein; daughters, Lily Epstein Halem, Jenny Epstein Kessem, and Dorothy Epstein; sons-in-law, Daniel Halem, David Kessem and Juan Epstein Cagampang; and grandchildren, Avi Halem, Hanna Halem, Raya Kessem, Wilder Kessem, Sidney Epstein, and Zachary Epstein. He is also survived by his sister, Barbara Saltzman. One-year memorial services will be held for Tsvi Howard Epstein following his passing March 12, 2021, in Portland, Oregon, after years of fighting leukemia. This one-year posting is an honoring of the time and devotion Tsvi spent reading obituaries in The Oregonian and elsewhere. The placement of a marker at his burial site in Portland will take place this summer of 2022 at the Kesser Israel Cemetery.
03/12

2021

Death

March 12, 2021

Death date

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Cancer

Cause of death

Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon United States
Death location

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2022

Gravesite & Burial

2022

Funeral date
Kesser Israel Cemetery 6509 SE Nehalem St, in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon 97206, United States
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