{"id":20572,"date":"2014-12-13T17:41:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T23:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=20572"},"modified":"2017-07-05T08:28:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T14:28:54","slug":"julius-jules-sobel-retired-federal-and-tulane-worker-dies-at-98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/julius-jules-sobel-retired-federal-and-tulane-worker-dies-at-98\/","title":{"rendered":"Julius &#8216;Jules&#8217; Sobel, retired federal and Tulane worker, dies at 98"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JULIUS \u201cJULES\u201d SOBEL, a retired specialist for the General Services Administration and a retired secretary for the Tulane University School of Medicine, died peacefully at Touro Infirmary surrounded by family after a brief illness on December 13, 2014. He was 98.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20573\" style=\"width: 246px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a title=\"Julius &quot;Jules&quot; Sobel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Jules_Sobel1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20573\" class=\"wp-image-20573 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Jules_Sobel1-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jules_Sobel1\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Jules_Sobel1-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Jules_Sobel1.jpg 431w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 236px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 236\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20573\" class=\"wp-image-20573 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Jules_Sobel1-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jules_Sobel1\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Jules_Sobel1-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Jules_Sobel1.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-20573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julius &#8220;Jules&#8221; Sobel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sobel, who was an accomplished pianist and artist, was a lover of the arts and a devotee of opera and classical music. He frequently invited close friends and family to his home on Saturday afternoon teas at which he would perform at the piano. He enjoyed rendering artwork that copied the styles of other masters and bestowing the final works upon family and friends. An avid reader and a lover of history, Sobel reveled in his work as a volunteer docent for the Friends of the Cabildo and the NO\/AIDS Hotline.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Manhattan, he was the youngest of six children and spoke only Yiddish until he was five years old, learning English when he was enrolled in primary school. He graduated from New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn. The son of a tailor, he employed his considerable sewing skills as a young man and worked at Bernstein\u2019s Department Store in New Orleans for three years. Returning back to New York, he enlisted in the U.S. Army prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor and was in training at Fort Benning, GA when the nation declared war on Japan. Sobel fought in two theaters of war, beginning his career in the South Pacific in Hawaii. Later, his unit was transferred to fight with the Allies in Germany and France, where he offered his services as an interpreter and a stenographer. He received injuries from shrapnel in battle in France and was given a Purple Heart in recognition of his service. A rifle marksman, he rose to the rank of sergeant and was honorably discharged in 1945 following the end of the war.<\/p>\n<p>Moving back to New Orleans, Sobel worked for a short time for United Theaters, a period when he made acquaintance with Etta Katz, to whom he was wed in 1948. Together they owned and operated Katz Furniture on Rampart Street for 15 years, while raising their family of five children.<\/p>\n<p>Sobel later became a civil service employee for the federal government, first working at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans before transferring to the General Services Administration in Manhattan, where he worked for 19 years. After returning to New Orleans, he found employment at Tulane, where he remained until his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Sobel was a longtime member of Touro Synagogue, but enjoyed attending religious services at Temple Sinai and was a regular attendee at the Trinity Artist Series, where he enjoyed listening to choral music.<\/p>\n<p>Sobel was predeceased by his wife and a daughter, Sally Sobel Smason. He is survived by his children Phyllis Feran, Annie Sobel Elsas (Byron); Steven Sobel (Vicki) and David Sobel (Pamela) of Sydney, Australia; his son-in-law Alan Smason; eight grandchildren and one step-granddaughter; three great-grandchildren; and his neighbor and longtime devoted friend, Phelan Hawn.<\/p>\n<p>Services were held on Tuesday, December 16 at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel at Temple Sinai, 6227 St. Charles Avenue. Services were officiated by Rabbi Ed Paul Cohn and Cantor Joel Colman. Interment followed at Hebrew Rest Cemetery # 3, 2100 Frenchmen Street at Pelopidas Street.<\/p>\n<p>In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are suggested to the charity of your choice.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Julius%20%27Jules%27%20Sobel%2C%20retired%20federal%20and%20Tulane%20worker%2C%20dies%20at%2098\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,19],"tags":[8790,8795,6503,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20572"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20572"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37249,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20572\/revisions\/37249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}