Dr. Bernard "Bernie" Eisenstein, a resident of Birmingham, Michigan, died on March 31st, 2025 at the age of 96. Funeral services arranged by The Dorfman Chapel.

Location of Service:

The Dorfman Chapel- main chapel (map to our Chapel)

Date of Service:

Thursday April 3rd, 2025

Time of Service:

2:00 PM  

Interment at:

Adat Shalom Memorial Park Cemetery, 28500 6 Mile Rd, Livonia, Michigan

Officiant:

Rabbi Alicia Harris  

Shiva Information:

The family will be gathering on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the residence of Dr. David and Kate Eisenstein, 240 Harrow Circle Bloomfield Hills MI 48304 Phone: (248) 227-6331.

In addition, friends of Phyllis can visit her on Friday, from 11:00AM until 1:00PM at her residence: 624 Park St., Birmingham, MI 48009.

Religious services will be held at Kate and David's residence on Thursday at 6:30PM, on Friday at 3:30PM and on Saturday at 6:30PM.

Shiva Hours at Kate and David's residence:
Thursday- from 6:00PM until 9:00PM, Friday- from 3:00PM until 6:00PM, Saturday- from 6:00PM until 9:00PM.  
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Charitable contributions:

The Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network
6555 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
248-592-2687.

or
The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
6735 Telegraph Rd.
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301
Phone: (248) 642-4260  

Family Members:

Bernard Eisenstein was born in Radzanow, Poland on January 8, 1929, with the given name Berek. His parents, Yehuda Joseph and Chaya Dina were born in Radzanow and Bernard’s youthful years were spent among a large, traditional and economically secure family in Radzanow and in a nearby larger town, Mlawa, where he attended a Polish gymnasium, studying in Polish and in Hebrew. His mother, Chaya Dina Eisenstein, brought him to Canada with Bernard’s sister Hannah in the summer of 1935, following their father’s lengthy efforts to gain his family’s admittance to Canada. Their first year was spent at the Jewish prairie farming colony of Hirsch, Saskatchewan, near the U.S. border, where Bernard’s father’s role was rabbinic leader, teacher and ritual slaughterer. The family went to Yorkton, Saskatchewan, from which they moved to Vancouver, B.C. in 1945. There, Bernie attended King Edward High School. His resourcefulness in these years led him to work on a logging crew on the B.C. coast. After graduating from the University of British Columbia’s medical school in 1956he took a position as surgical intern at Grace Hospital in Detroit Michigan, having found it difficult for Jewish graduates to receive residencies in his home city in Canada. In the fall of 1958 he married Phyllis Pullberg, a Detroit-based singer and performer. They raised three children, Neill, David and Jody in West Bloomfield, Michigan with many holidays and memories spent at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Bernard was general surgeon, Chief, Ambulatory Patient Services, and Associate Medical Director, at William Beaumont Hospital, Troy Michigan, Birmingham, Michigan and Jupiter, Florida were his beloved retirement towns, enjoying the proximity to restaurants, shops and libraries in Michigan and the beauty of the ocean as well as a dedicated membership to Temple Judea in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Bernard was predeceased by his parents, by his sister Hannah and his younger brother Avrum.

Survivors include his wife Phyllis, son Neill and partner Kelly, son David and wife Kate, daughter Jody and husband Wesley/Noah; nephews Norman and David Ravvin (Shelley and Sara), Chaim and Yehuda Yoseph and niece Hena; grandchildren Megan (Gaebrial), Sascha, Elizabeth, Hannah, Jacob, Lily and Graeme.  

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