Gisele (Rosin) Green

Gisele Green passed away suddenly after a long illness. Born in France, she escaped the Nazi invasion as a young child and settled with her family in New York City. The family later moved to New Jersey, where Gisele attended Drew University. It was there, in the Chemistry Department, that she met her husband-to-be, Maurice. The chemistry between them lasted for 66 years.

With a persistently inquisitive mind, Gisele earned an M.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Arizona and, after raising two daughters, pursued a second M.S. in Microbiology at the University of Maryland. Following a decade in Israel, the family came to the Bay Area, where Gisele worked in several research positions, notably at Stanford, Clontech and Becton Dickinson.

Gisele loved traveling and the outdoors. She and Maury ventured far and wide, from Alaska to New Zealand. They especially enjoyed their visits to Kauai: At the seaside, Gisele was truly in her element.

After retiring in 2004, she devoted herself to translating her grandfather’s Yiddish-language book, On the Historical Day of Judgement, with the help of her teacher, the late Chayale Ash. The bilingual edition will be published on Amazon as a tribute to their memories.

Gisele is survived by her husband, Dr. Maurice Green of Palo Alto, her daughters, Sarah Green (Bill Wood) of Arcata and Tami (Yehuda) Demayo of San Jose, her sister, Naomi (Norman) Feinstein of Netanya, Israel, her brother Abe (Nancy) Rosin of Tucson, Arizona, her three grandchildren, Tahv, Matan, and Shalev Demayo and a large extended family in Israel and the U.S. Donations in her memory may be made to the League for Yiddish (New York City) or Congregation Kol Emeth (Palo Alto).

May her memory be as a blessing.