Bella Eisenberg

My memories of Bella or Mrs Eisenberg as I called her. You see it was 1976 and I was 16 and this is how I was taught to speak to my friends' mothers... She always invited me to call her Bella. And I eventually did. Bella was elegant, gentle and carried a lightness of being that belied her personal history or rather illuminated her inner strength....more

Peace

Bella was the best!

I met Bella when Bob, Talia and Zev had their New York City interlude a good decade or two ago. The Eisenbergs used to have these big rambling gatherings with an enviably diverse group of interesting artists, thinkers, writers, poets, designers and techies all swirling together and exchanging ideas in their gorgeous airy apartment overlooking River...more

I met Bella a very long time ago through our mutual friend Eunice Denenberg. We clicked right away and remained good friends for at least 30 years. Every Friday we met at The Market Basket for lunch with other friends and for lunch and great conversations covering politics, art, movies, music and best of all - personal updates.. Sorry it h...more

Bella is one of a kind, so many memories... she’s the rock! Would be impossible for me to come up with a shining story, too many. What I can say is in the most random places I think of her, big smile, from picking up flowers to rotisserie chicken. Love, Moss

Dear Eisenberg family, my family..... It is hard for me to remember Bella without a smile....We had so many good times when she visited Vienna, first with little Bobby and Ervin, then without them. Although she was "only" a sister in law to the Eisenbergs we considered her a real sister - as my brother already mentioned! The last time she was in V...more

Most of my memories of Bella revolve around picking her up for concerts or to go to lectures. I always knew we would have good seats because Bella could find a way in even when we didn’t have tickets. It was always fun and interesting to be with her. We talked about all kinds of subjects including our grandchildren. Bella said more than once, “Enjo...more

Bless Bella, 45 years ago, my husband opened up his new dental practice. It was all we could do to afford to buy the equipment at the time. My husband asked me to help decorate the office with little to no money. I don’t remember knowing Bella before but I thought my dear mother had known her. Maybe she was in Pioneer Women (Na’amat), but I c...more

The first time I met Bella was in NY with Zev and Talia in 2008. I'll always remember how kindly she looked into my eyes and how she seemed to get me and understand me...instantly. At that time, I was going through a lot of turbulence professionally and was scared to pursue my art passions full-time. Bella and I spoke about this in detail and I ...more

Dear Talia, Hello! I am a friend of your father’s. I first met Bobby when he came to Boston to attend Harvard University. He had some amazing parties in Cambridge! We were both investors in BRK, him years earlier than me —thanks to Bella’s close friendship with Susie, WEB’s wife (may she, as well as the beloved Bella, rest in peace). I th...more

I volunteered for StoryCorps in New York for a while, looking for people who had compelling stories to tell. I had known Bob since high school, and I thought he should interview his mom. He agreed immediately, so one day I took them to the booth at the World Trade Center. The interview was incredibly moving. The stories Bella told were obviously di...more

I’ll start at the beginning. We had heard about Bella long before I ever met her from Dan Grossman a Stanford Business School friend of Mike’s who grew up in Omaha. Growing up he was a tennis player and gave lessons to Suzie Buffett and also was friendly with Bella. After business school he worked for Berkshire for a while before eventually movi...more

Bella was like a second mother to me. Bob and I have been friends since nursery school and we became close in grade school. We were as close as friends can be and we were like brothers. Beautiful Bella was always there with a lovely smile on her face and always dressed impeccably. And it always seemed like she had my back. Bob and I were partn...more

Bella and I met when my son Lance Margolin and Bobby went to Beth el bursary school We immediately formed a close friendship that lasted u til the time of her death We traveled together to Europe and in the United States. Bella was a brilliant woman and a great friend and I miss her greatly. Bakhe used to mind the gallery while Bella and I went ...more

Talia, what a wonderful gesture to create this page in Bella's honor, and to invite us to share our memories of her ! I met Bella - how else could it be - at one of Bob's parties in NY. Bella was in her room, graciously receiving people in a separate, quiet space, as if she was a queen (unassumingly) holding court. People came and left, and Be...more

Shalom Precious Family of Beloved Bella, Although it has been ten years since our beloved precious Bella physically died in Omaha, NE, I very frequently warmly feel her awesome spiritual presence! For example, prior to the Pandemic, I regularly walked from my apartment on West 75th Street to the Jewish Community Center on Amsterdam Avenue and ...more

i only knew bella a brief period of time. the weeks before she passed away. i was staying in bob -her son - house. i dont remember now how it was but at the time there was a clear unspoken understanding among us that she was in her last days. we had many conversations and i told her things i had not ever told anyone. i was most impre...more

My most vivid memories of Bella are of her driving - holding up traffic driving slowly down the middle of Pacific street. Now Bob and Talia have taken on this role ;) She embodied peace, empathy and had so much wisdom. Whenever I was at Bobs, at a middle or high school party, there would be chaos and I would look for Bella. I enjoyed being around ...more

I met Bella around 1990. She was very soft spoken yet every delicate word that came of her mouth was powerful. I admired her for her love of travel and art. Her family was everything and my early memories of her was that she was always with her mother, wherever she went. They were two peas in a pod. She was also crazy about Talia and Zev. I wa...more

I have been wanting to share my memoirs about Beautiful Bella. When I think of Bella I always smile. There was the Thanksgiving day dinner that almost was turkey without the gravy. The top of the salt container fell off, emptying the whole container of salt into the gravy. There was no salvation I thought until Bella entered the kitchen. She look...more

Second Seder with Bella - remembered with love by Seth Bornstein & Diane Loughran Diane and I moved to Omaha in 1990 after the birth of our twin girls. I was at an event at the JCC - a kiddy holiday celebration - and this guy calls out to me, "Hey you're the new Jew in town." And so I was. Bob and Diane had traveled in the same demi-monde circl...more

When I tried to remember Bella, I suddenly realized that my late father, Rabbi Eisenberg, had a very similar first name. He was called in Hungary „Bela“. Of course, Bobby, Talia and Zev knew Bella better than me. But I will write a few additional notes: Two brothers of my father I never met. The others were, starting with the oldest: Sister Irene,...more

Bash was my father's (Mendek) cousin. He loved her very much, thinking back now I think he had a crush on her when they were kids in Poland. I remember Basia from the 1960's when she came to Israel to visit family members and volunteered for the IDF to cleans tanks and cannons to prepare them for battle. My sister Dalia thought that she was the mo...more

Dear Eisenberg family, my family..... It is hard for me to remember Bella without a smile....We had so many good times when she visited Vienna, first with little Bobby and Ervin, then without them. Although she was "only" a sister in law to the Eisenbergs we considered her a real sister - as my brother already mentioned! The last time she was in V...more

Bella is one of a kind, so many memories... she’s the rock! Would be impossible for me to come up with a shining story, too many. What I can say is in the most random places I think of her, big smile, from picking up flowers to rotisserie chicken. Have a great photo of her with your dad, speaks for itself. Moss

I liked Bella. She was much more-relaxed than my mom (Racky Newman), and seemed more accepting of us boys’ impish ways. Bella also struck me as one of the ‘butterflies' who escaped the camps. There was a famous book about the Holocaust in my parents’ library titled “I Never Saw Another Butterfly”. It had drawings and poems from children who had...more

Bella was one of the sweetest/kindest woman I ever knew. In spite of what she experienced in life, she ALWAYS had a smile and kind word to share. Her greatest love was Bobby, Talia' and Zev. ALWAYS connected and concerned about their wellbeing. Having her over for Shabbos dinners was a highlight for our family. She loved to sing zmiros and engag...more

Bella truly embodied the beauty of the human spirit. After enduring one of the darkest periods in history she immigrated to the United States and created a productive life dedicated to her family and community. She was inspirational to me, always emanating light, grace and humor which live on through her extraordinary son Bob and her lovely grandch...more

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