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With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the tragic and extremely untimely passing of Aryeh (Jay) Levin, at the young age of 28.

Aryeh passed away tragically after drowning in White Lake, where he was swimming. Rescue personal searched for him for over 3 hours, until divers located him. Chesed Shel Emes was on the scene and made sure proper Kavod HaMes was given.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Aryeh (Jay) Levin, 28, OBM

With great sadness and deep pain we inform you of the tragic and extremely untimely passing of Aryeh (Jay) Levin, at the young age of 28.

Aryeh passed away tragically after drowning in White Lake, where he was swimming. Rescue personal searched for him for over 3 hours, until divers located him. Chesed Shel Emes was on the scene and made sure proper Kavod HaMes was given.

Originally from Long Beach, California the Levin family was a part of Chabad of Long Beach and members of Congregation Lubavitch. But Aryeh did not have an easy childhood, his father Fred, a commercial baker, passed away suddenly when Aryeh was just 3. A few years later Greg, Aryehs older brother passed away in tragic circumstances as well.

Despite having such a tough childhood Aryehs friends all remembers his as upbeat, and never sought sympathy, most didn’t even know about his though childhood.

Aryeh had been a long time member of the Aliyah Institute in Crown Heights, where he was very active, taking part in the social activities and Farbrenges.

A few years back he took his life in hands and got a job at the Women’s League Community Residences in Williamsburg, where he was a caretaker assisting adults with various degrees of mental retardation. The residences have rented out a bungalow colony for the patients in Sackette Lake, NY and they were out for a day on the lake in the nearby White Lake, NY.

According to his friends, they stopped the boat so that they can jump in the water for a swim, but Aryeh never returned.

Survived by mother Angie (California), and sisters, Hadasa (Heidi) Turner (Chicago), Michal Korf (Florida), and Shoshana Yarmak (Crown Heights).

The Levaya will take palace at 1:30pm (PST) in the Chabad section of Mt. Olive cemetary in Los Angeles, CA. He will be buried next to his father and brother.

Boruch Dayan Hoemes

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38 Comments

  • Levi

    I knew J for almost 20 years. He had a very hard life though he always had a positive attitude and had a great heart.

    He will be missed!!

  • best friend

    This was an amazing individual he was also an inspirational person not only wad he always there for his friends and coworkers he was an amazing baal tzedkak and unique insightful guy

  • MCK aliya member

    aliya member and israeli army veteran of nahal haradi pluga daled, jay as he is known to his freinds will be missd.

  • M.R.

    HE WAS SUCH A GREAT GUY! HAD AN EXCEPTIONAL GOOD HEART! ALWAYS THERE TO LEND A HELPING HAND! A REAL SPECIAL NESHAMA! A KIND ,CARING,AWESOME MAN! THERES NOONE THAT CAN SAY A BAD THING ABOUT HIM! HE TREATED EVERYONE WITH GREAT RESPECT! ARYE YOU WILL BE MISSED TO NO END AND WE WILL NEVER EVER FORGET U! ALL OF OUR FOND MEMORIES WILL BE FOREVER WITH ME! IM IN SHOCK AND SO SADDENED ,THIS IS A TRADGEDY! I MISS YOU ALREADY! HASHEM WE NEED MOSHIACH NOW!!! AD MOSAI!!

  • Shloime R

    Just met him this summer and spent some time with him at barbeques and other social events…Sweet kid exremely sad and shocking news……BDH im sure your in a better place than we are

  • klem

    just hung out with him last week motzei sabbath very friendly nice guy, this is very upsetting

  • Mushka

    Boruch dayon haemes.

    Don’t know him, but any Jewish soul taken from us is heartbreaking.

  • Gidon

    We were just looking at old pictures with you in them. You were an ever-present, always positive, genuine good person. Sleep well J.

  • anonymous

    I cannot put into words how i feel right now. Aryeh, im so sorry i misjudged you. Please be mochel me for what i said, loshon hara is a serious avaira, especially when you can’t ask the person for forgiveness. Your love for the kids in the home was tremendous. Even with the goodness in your heart, hashem felt it was your time. From what i have heard people have said about you as a person,i regret not spending more time with you, and getting to know you better. May hashem grant you olam haba.

  • aaron

    Boruch dayon haemes.

    Don’t know him, but any Jewish soul taken from us is heartbreaking.

  • Sim

    I grew up with him. I have no words as I am shocked and as teenagers he was always there to hang out with when we had no school. I feel so bad as I should be at the funeral as I was there for him throughout most of his life but as I am too far I would never make it. I feel so bad for the family as his father passed away young, his brother passed away young and as they had no kids of their own the name of the family has stopped unless their are brothers or cousins of his father which have the same name. This is an extremely tragic story as this is someone I grew up with but Hashem has his ways and we are not the ones to question it. As they say in Tanya there is good in evil but we just cant see it in this world. May hashem comfort him amongst Zion and may his neshamah have a quick aliyah into shamayim. Aryeh you will be missed, You were a great person and we will all miss you.

  • Kat

    we miss you my friend, with a deeply saddned heart and comfort to your family and friends.

    Your friend
    Kat

  • WE NEED TO DO TESHUVA!

    oh my goodness, BARUCH DAYAN HAEMES!!!
    this is so sad. HASHEM, BRING MOSHIACH NOW!!!!! WE DON’T WANT TO KNOW ANYMORE SUFFERING!!!
    we all need to do TESHUVA especially since we are in ellul. we need to have more AHAVAS YISROEL, ahavas CHINAM, need to be more TZNIUS (women AND men) , speak nicer to other people, STOP SAYING LASHON HORA….
    Hashem should watch over us and give us the opportunity to make the right decisions. may we see the opportunity, and grab it

  • A dear friend.

    “18. anonymous wrote:

    I cannot put into words how i feel right now. Aryeh, im so sorry i misjudged you. Please be mochel me for what i said, loshon hara is a serious avaira, especially when you can’t ask the person for forgiveness.”

    Eh, he was the type of guy you had to get to know to understand. He would whole 100% forgive you. He was awesome like that!

    Feel free to contact people to heart stories of his kindness. The boy had a heart of gold.

    And to the Nachal guys. He really added to every event. You were lucky to get to know him the way you did.

  • all teared up

    BDE

    i didnt know Jay at all heard about him first here

    too bad sometimes it happens that way we hear of great people after they are gone

    it seems that he was a gem of a guy

    may you see the great light in heaven and plead fort hose you left behind to be reunited again very soon

    TO # 8 you bring tears to my eyes as i read your comment
    how do we confess to someone that cant answer but need to ask forgiveness to admit the wrong doings

    sad

  • Friend from San Diego

    Jay your time with us was very short, through this short time you have touched many lives. I can remember vividly many times hanging out, you always had a smile on your face, and was fun to be with.

    I know your in a better place, cuz only the good die young!

    you will be sorely missed by many good friends across the globe!

  • i was saddened by the tragic news~shalom

    i shared a apartment with him and I remember him as a tough, principled guy who would survive if he had a way.
    may he rest in peace and as king solomon wrote “the memory of the righteous is blessed” shalom

  • AD MOSAI?????

    no way!!! we need MOSHIACH NOW!!! AD MOSAI AD MOSAI AD MOSAI?????????????? TILL WHEN???? WE DONT WANT TO HEAR ANYMORE SAD NEWS,!!

  • His mother is going straight to Gan Eden

    And very high up too. There is no words that can begin to describe how much suffering she has been through in her life. May hashem show her and her familiy menucha in this time of sorrow.

  • Bracha

    Very sad, my kids and family knew him well and his mother and father were very special people who I adored… his father had brothers, still what is in a name… he will be missed by many for his smile and warmth and may his family be comforted among the man mourners of Zion..

  • Anonymous

    Aryeh always greeted me with a big ol’ smile and a sheepish grin. I always felt tremendous warmth exuding from him when around him. Such a beautiful Neshama!! I’m so sorry for all the pain he has been through in his life.. What a tragic loss.
    My sincere condolences to his family & loved ones.

    We all need to look deep within ourselves and do teshuva!

  • NO WORDS

    As I sit here and write this, tears are streaming heavily down my face…Aryeh I will never forget you and that beautiful smile of yours…your smile could light up a room…you were the nicest, sweetest, kindest person I have ever met…I remember all the times I used to see you at your sisters house, there was always a smile on your face and you were always willing to help anyone in need…I know everything happens for a reason but g-d I can’t take it anymore…how many more young neshamas have to be taken before it stops AD MOSAI? my heart is broken from the thought of the pain and suffering you mother and siblings are going through…you had such a hard life, you lost your father at 3 and then your brother passed away…yet u still managed to always walk around with a smile…how did u do it? I look up to you so much for your strength and courage…everyday we sit and complain about the dumbest things, yet you who lost your father and brother still managed to walk around happy & with a smile…may your neshama have an immediate aliya and may your mother, siblings, and all who loved you be relieved of the pain from your loss immediately MOSHIACH NOW!!!