Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Obituaries: Jan. 27-Feb. 2
Obituaries. . .
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Shirley Levine, education icon, dies at 80
By Ryan Torok
Shirley Levine, a leader in Jewish education who founded Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School in Northridge, the first non-denominational Jewish. . .
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The passing of an educational giant: Shirley Levine / An appreciation
by Jan Goldstein
The Jewish community as well as the larger Los Angeles area has lost a giant in education in the passing this week of Shirley Levine. In an age where. . .
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Pro-Israel philanthropist Newton Becker dies at age 83
By Ryan Torok
Philanthropist Newton Becker died on Sunday, Jan. 2, and with his death, the pro-Israel and Jewish community has lost one of its biggest supporters.. . .
Monday, January 2, 2012
Jewish friend who influenced Pope John Paul dies
by Philip Pullella, Reuters
Jerzy Kluger, the Polish Jewish boyhood friend of the late Pope John Paul who had a major influence on the pontiff's revolutionary relations with. . .
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Polish journalist Leopold Unger dies
JTA
The Polish journalist and commentator Leopold Unger has died at the age of 89.. . .
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Robert M. “Bob” Brookman dies at 88
Robert M. “Bob” Brookman, born July 3, 1923, in New York City, died Dec. 15 at 88.. . .
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Marvin Saul, Junior’s Deli founder dies at 82
By Lauren Bottner
Marvin Saul, proud founder of Junior’s Delicatessen in Westwood, died of a heart attack Dec. 8 at 82. Known by his son David as the “Mayor of. . .
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Maynard Wishner, national AJC leader, dies at 88
JTA
Maynard Wishner, a past national president of the American Jewish Committee who also headed other Jewish groups, has died.. . .
Friday, December 16, 2011
Miss Sixty founder dies
JTA
Wicky Hassan, a Libyan-born Italian Jew who founded the popular Miss Sixty fashion brand, has died in Rome.. . .
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Paula Hyman, Jewish feminist and scholar, dies
JTA
Noted Jewish feminist Paula Hyman, who served as the first female dean of the Seminary College of Jewish Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary,. . .
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Shelley Ventura-Cohen, Israel advocate, 74
Shelley Ventura-Cohen, clinical psychologist and tireless activist on behalf of Israel, died on Nov. 30 at 74.. . .
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Obituaries: December 16-22
Obituaries. . .
Friday, December 9, 2011
Sir Zelman Cowen dies
JTA
Australia's Jewish former governor-general, Sir Zelman Cowen, has died.. . .
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Obituaries: December 9-December 15
Obituaries. . .
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Obituaries: December 2-December 8
Obituaries. . .
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Obituaries: November 25-December 1
Obits. . .
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Nov. 21-Nov. 27
Obituaries. . .
Monday, November 14, 2011
Evelyn Lauder, breast cancer’s pink ribbon pioneer, dies at 75
JTA
Evelyn Lauder, who pioneered the pink ribbon as the symbol of breast cancer awareness, has died.. . .
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Rabbi Nosson Tsvi Finkel, head of MIr Yeshiva, dies at 68
JTA
More than 100,000 people attended the funeral of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the head of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem.. . .
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Shmuel Ben Artzi, father of Sara Netanyahu, dies
JTA
Educator and writer Shmuel Ben-Artzi, the father of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara, has died.. . .
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
John O. Varble, Brandeis-Bardin ranch manager dies at 83
by Rabbi Lee Bycel
The legacy of John O. (Johnny) Varble, who died on Oct. 19 at 83 on the Brandeis-Bardin Campus of American Jewish University, will live on forever.. . .
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Obituaries: Nov. 4-10 2011
Obituaries. . .
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Obituaries: Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2011
Obituaries. . .
