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November 18, 2009
Sy Syms, the founder of a discount retail clothing chain and a major philanthropist, has died.
Obituaries dating between Aug. 14 and Sept. 21, 2009
William Ganz, M.D., an internationally recognized leader and inventor in heart medicine, died of natural causes on Nov. 10 at the age of 90. Ganz was a co-inventor of the Swan-Ganz catheter for measuring heart conditions and was a pioneer in thrombolysis, in which enzymes are injected into the bloodstream to break down clots that block vessels.
Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel, who won the 2003 Belmont Stakes with Empire Maker, has died after a long bout with cancer. He was 68.
Rabbi Sidney Guthman, rabbi emeritus of Shir Chadash (formerly Temple Sinai) in Lakewood and Temple Shalom in Seal Beach, died Oct. 21 at 98.
Wallenberg Endowment recipient and renowned Holocaust survivor, William Basch, whose story was told in Steven Spielberg’s 1998 Academy Award-winning documentary, “The Last Days,” died Oct. 26 at 82.
Obituaries ranging from June 27-Sept. 14, 2009
Obituaries dating from May 7, 2009- September 11, 2009
Seymour Fromer, founder of the Magnes Museum in California, has died.
Claude Levi-Strauss, considered by many to be the father of modern anthropology, died in Paris at the age of 100.
Obituaries ranging from June 4-Aug. 29, 2009
Even though the occasion is sad, there is something oddly bracing in setting out to write about a man who called himself "Soupy." We need more Soupys in this self-important, don't-you-dare-throw-that-pie world -- and now there is one less, Soupy Sales having died Thursday at the age of 83.
June 30 - Aug. 19, 2009
Obituaries: July 20-Aug. 8, 2009
Let us speak of heroes. Not, mind you, the voguish kind, whether the super-powered sci-fi heroes of the NBC television show or the very nice people nominated for United Jewish Communities’ current folly, “Jewish Community Hero of the Year.” I mean the real kind, the kind before whom we stand in awe.
This is a letter from Lech Walesa to Marek Edelman dated April 17, 1988. When Poland first offered to recognize Solidarity as the official state union, one of their conditions was that they expel Marek Edelman from its Exec. Committee. Lech Walesa refused and instead wrote this letter to Marek on Passover 1988, the 45th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
Marek Edelman could be said to embody both Poland’s Holocaust history and its modern Jewish revival. The last surviving leader of Warsaw’s ghetto uprising, a man credited with “awakening” Poland’s postwar generation to its proud Jewish legacy, Edelman was a hero to Polish Jews and gentiles.
Obituaries dating between July 15 and Aug. 5, 2009
William Safire, the Nixon speechwriter-turned-New York Times political columnist, died of pancreatic cancer at 79 in a Maryland hospice on Sept. 27. He was known for making an art of at once embracing and poking the Washington establishment.
For me, and for the nearly 2,000 rabbis, cantors, educators, communal professionals and scholars trained during his tenure as president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, no rabbi commanded greater respect and awe than our teacher and rabbi Alfred Gottschalk, who died Sept. 12. His life and accomplishments were legendary. His deepest commitments were to humanity, the Jewish people and the State of Israel.
Larry Gelbart, the creative force behind the long-running hit television series, “M*A*S*H,” died Sept. 11 of cancer. He was 81.
Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk, who led the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion for 25 years, died Sept. 12 at 79.
Army Archerd, the veteran show biz columnist often described as “the most trusted voice of Hollywood,” died Sept. 8 at 87, but the lengthy obits and eulogies made little mention of his Jewish and Israeli ties.
Army Archerd, whose 52-year run as a Daily Variety columnist made him unique among showbiz reporters, died Tuesday
Obituaries June 12-July 11, 2009
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