Obituaries: November 6-12, 2009

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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Friday, October 23, 2009

Soupy Sales dead at 83

LATimes.com

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.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Marek Edelman, a hero

Leonard Fein

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.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Letter to Marek Edelman

Stan Levy

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.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Remembering Marek Edelman

By Shana Penn, JTA

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.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

William Safire, New York Times Columnist, Dies at 79

By Ron Kampeas

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.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Remembering Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk

By David Ellenson, JTA

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.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Larry Gelbart, Comedy Writer, 81

Larry Gelbart, the creative force behind the long-running hit television series, “M*A*S*H,” died Sept. 11 of cancer. He was 81.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Alfred Gottschalk, Reform Leader, 79

Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk, who led the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion for 25 years, died Sept. 12 at 79.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Army Archerd, Hollywood Columnist, 87

By Tom Tugend

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.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Army Archerd: January 13, 1922 - September 8, 2009

Variety.com

Army Archerd, whose 52-year run as a Daily Variety columnist made him unique among showbiz reporters, died Tuesday

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Pop music’s leader of the pack, Ellie Greenwich, dies at 68

HAARETZ.com via The Associated Press

Ellie Greenwich, who co-wrote some of pop music's most enduring songs, including Chapel of Love, Be My Baby and Leader of the Pack, died Wednesday, according to her niece. She was 68.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Kennedy seen as giant on domestic issues, Soviet Jewry

By Eric Fingerhut, JTA

U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) is being remembered in the Jewish community for his huge impact on domestic issues such as education and health care, but also as a giant in the Soviet Jewry movement.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Ted Kennedy Dead at 77

HAARETZ.com

U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a major figure in the Democratic Party who took the helm of one of America's most fabled political families after two older brothers were assassinated, died late on Tuesday at age 77.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Obituaries: August 28-September 3, 2009

Leonard Alper died June 16 at 76. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; daughter, Mindy; sons, Rick, A.J. and Steve; two grandchildren; and sister, Barbara Ginsberg.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Robert Novak: Feared political columnist, harsh critic of Israel

By Ron Kampeas, JTA

Robert Novak, the conservative columnist whose scoops broke many a career, made his reputation as a journalist by being unafraid to attack his ideological brethren.

The same dynamic underlay the contentious and at times ugly relationship he had with fellow Jews.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Columnist Robert Novak, Israel critic, dies at 78

by Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Robert Novak, the Jewish-born influential conservative columnist who often criticized Israel, has died.

Novak died Tuesday in Washington after a long struggle with brain cancer. He was 78.