Former retailer, dance instructor Joyce Goldstein dies at home

JOYCE BRENER GOLDSTEIN, a former retailer and noted dance instructor, passed away peacefully at her residence on Friday evening, April 27, 2018. She was 91.

A native New Orleanian, Goldstein lived in New Orleans her entire life and was a faithful congregant of Temple Sinai, a life member of Hadassah and a loyal support er of Israel.

With a passion and talent for dance, she was featured in 1950 on the first local televised exercise program, “10 A Day With Brener Day” over WDSU-TV. She and her husband opened Dance-Ranch, a dance apparel and Western-wear store. In addition to the retail business, she taught dance in her own studio for 18 years and would, occasionally, host recitals in the Civic Theater.

Brandeis University National Women’s Committee saluted Goldstein’s contributions as a study group leader in 1984. She was an aspiring author, who loved writing.

She is survived by her husband of 73 years, Irving Goldstein, and her children Carolyn Joyce Loewenthal (Robert) and Sidney Leon Goldstein (Celeste),  her siblings Sandra Rosenthal Bucholz and Milton Brener, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. 

Relatives and friends attended services in the Feibelman Chapel at Temple Sinai, 6227 St. Charles Avenue, on Tuesday afternoon, May 1, 2018 at 1:00. Emeritus Rabbi Edward P. Cohn, Rabbi Matthew Reimer and Cantor Joel Colman officiated. Interment was private. Funeral arrangements are by Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home.