A graduate of Duke University Law School, David served as a managing editor of the Duke Law Journal and was a founding member of the Congress of Racial Equality. He went on to a distinguished career as an attorney and businessman and later earned an Executive M.B.A. from Colombia University.
David was deeply proud of his Sephardic heritage. He became actively involved with Project Sepharad, when the King of Spain revoked the Edict of Expulsion.
A writer and poet, David was the author of Remembrances and Other Observations, a work of non-fiction that tells the true stories of non-Jewish heroes and heroines of the Holocaust.
David is survived by his beloved wife of 61 years, Michelle: his daughters Elizabeth and Sharon: and his son-in-law, Scott Bryant. He was a devoted grandfather of Ruth Evelyn, Madeline, and Deborah, who were the pride and joy of his life. David will be remembered with love and respect by his family and many friends.
A Funeral Service will be held at Riverside-Nassau North Chapels, 55 North Station Plaza, Great Neck, NY 11021, US, on November 13, 2026, from 12:00 pm to 12:45 pm. A Committal Service will follow at New Montefiore Cemetery, 1180 Wellwood Ave, West Babylon, NY 11704, US, on November 13, 2026, from 1:30 pm to 2:15 pm.
