Alex Jacobson

May 7th, 2025

Dear Sam – Please accept my sincere condolences. I wish you a lifetime of fond memories. If there is anything I (we) can do, please don’t hesitate.

Sending you strength,
Mark Pragliola

~Mark Pragliola
~Colleague of Sam’s, Phoenix, Arizona

May 7th, 2025

We loved having Sam and our son, Ian share their Bar Mitzvah date together. We were all good friends, and we were so proud of our sons up on the bimah together. We loved having long conversations , and I always will cherish our long talks and laughing around your kitchen table! Alex always was a good listener, and always had good advice. His great sense of humor was not lost on anyone, and he had an endless book of knowledge , which he was willing to share. Alex was a kind, caring and generous man who touched the lives of everyone who knew him. May he rest in peace.
Love, the Bortnick Family

~Diane Cary Bortnick
~friends, DELRAY BEACH

May 6th, 2025

The last time I saw him was at his .others funeral. they were good friends of my parents and the family.
Alex was devoted to Jewish activism and the Jewish Defense League together with my brother zl.

~Rabbi Eliakim aka Lenny Schwarz
~Friends an family friends, Chicago,Il

May 5th, 2025

For 40 years, Alex was my friend. He was supremely intelligent, generous, kind, and, of course, a person of rare humor. When we discovered a mutual love of the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons, we began addressing each other as Boris and Natasha and like that notorious pair, we were true comrades.
Alex’s first priority in life was always his family, Debbie (the best thing that ever happened to Alex), his children, and his grandchildren.
I will miss you, Boris, dahlink. Your passing leaves a hole in my heart.
Claudia Kasvin

~Claudia Kasvin
~Friend and colleague, Cincinnati, OH

May 4th, 2025

I am beyond devastated by this. Alex was one of my dearest friends. Even though we didn’t see one another much these past many years, he was always close in my heart. Alex has to be the most generous person I ever knew. If you ever said you liked something he had, he would try and give it to you. There are not many people I have known longer – we met when we both lived in Albany Park where I accidentally shot him with a dart gun in their apartment. He met me at my parent’s house in the early morning hours of Sunday in late November of 1973 to take me to meet Jack Weiner to order an engagement ring. This is when the infamous “Alex likes your oriental rug” incident occurred.

So many good memories, too little time. His memory will be a blessing to everyone who had the good fortune to know him.

My heartfelt condolences to Debbie and all the extended family.

~Joe Reich
~Friend, Lake Forest, IL