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Joan joined us in Hastings from San Francisco for our senior year. In 1995, during a trip to Israel, she was tragically killed in a terrorist attack. You can read about it here:
Joan Edelstein Davenny
A memorial service is planned for native San Franciscan Joan Edelstein Davenny, who was among five people killed by a suicide bus-bombing attack in Jerusalem on Aug. 21.
Ms. Davenny was buried in Israel. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 19 at Congregation Beth Sholom, 1301 Clement St.
Ms. Davenny, 47, a popular teacher at a Connecticut school for Jewish children, had just started a one-year sabbatical in Israel to study Jewish history and culture. She had been riding the bus to attend classes at the Hebrew University when the bomb exploded.
About 100 people were injured in the morning explosion on the crowded commuter bus.
Ms. Davenny, born at Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco, celebrated her 47th birthday Aug. 17.
She was a third-generation San Franciscan who attended Alamo Elementary School, Presidio Middle School and Washington High School.
She attended several colleges, including the College of Marin, UC-San Diego, the University of Arizona and the University of Massachusetts.
For the last 12 years, she taught social studies and language arts to sixth-,seventh- and eighth-graders at Ezra Academy Day School in Woodbridge, Conn. She also taught at the Makom Community Hebrew High School.
Ms. Davenny's grandparents George and Pauline Edelstein founded Temple Beth Shalom in San Francisco.
Her father, Burton Edelstein, owned and operated the Outside In clothing store at Mission and 22nd streets before retiring and emigrating to Israel in 1976. Her mother, Betty Edelstein, operated Minerva's Owl bookstore on Union Street.
Ms. Davenny was divorced from William Davenny, an artist and professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. They had a daughter, Maya, who survives her, along with her parents; sisters Nancy and Sally of Israel and Amy of New York City; her uncles Maurice Edelstein of San Francisco and Ed Kahn of Oakland; and six nieces and nephews.
Contributions can be made to the Joan Davenny Memorial Fund, c / o the Jewish Foundation, 360 Amity Road, Woodbridge, Conn., 06525 or the Joan Edelstein Davenny Garden, Jewish National Fund, 870 Market St., Suite 668, San Francisco, Calif., 94102.<
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Dorothy DeMichele
Joanie was in Hastings for our senior year. She lived with the Lipschitz family. She and Lolya had met at a summer camp, I believe. I spent a lot of time with them. Lolya and her family were such lovely, interesting people. Joanie and I became very close and after graduation, I went back to her home in San Francisco with her for a CA visit...when the Jefferson Airplane was getting started (went to a concert). We had a great time driving to LA and celebrating our new stage of life. Her very nice family had 4 daughters, and Joan was the eldest. Years later she and a sister came to visit me and my former husband in Germany. They were traveling about Europe for some time. She later visited NY again. Somehow through the years we lost touch. I'm shocked to know she passed so long ago! She liked the arts, something we shared, and loved to laugh and have fun.
Dorothy DeMichele
Oh, good heavens, I just saw the other post about how she died. She and her sister were spending quite a bit of time visiting Israel, and I think one lived there. I'll have to read the article now...