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Monday, November 16, 2009

Hall of Fame horse trainer Bobby Frankel dies at 68

By JewishJournal.com

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.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Rabbi Sidney Guthman died at 98

By JewishJournal.com

Rabbi Sidney Guthman, rabbi emeritus of Shir Chadash (formerly Temple Sinai) in Lakewood and Temple Shalom in Seal Beach, died Oct. 21 at 98.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

William Basch, Holocaust Survivor dies at 82

By JewishJournal.com

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.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Obituaries: November 13-19, 2009

Obituaries ranging from June 27-Sept. 14, 2009

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Obituaries: November 6-12, 2009

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Obituaries dating from May 7, 2009- September 11, 2009

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Seymour Fromer, Magnes Museum founder, dies at 87

JTA

Seymour Fromer, founder of the Magnes Museum in California, has died.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Claude Levi-Strauss, father of modern anthropology, dies at 100

JTA

Claude Levi-Strauss, considered by many to be the father of modern anthropology, died in Paris at the age of 100.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Obituaries: Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2009

Obituaries ranging from June 4-Aug. 29, 2009

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

Obituaries: October 23-29, 2009

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June 30 - Aug. 19, 2009

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Obituaries: October 16-22, 2009

Obituaries: July 20-Aug. 8, 2009

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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Obituaries dating between July 15 and Aug. 5, 2009

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

Obituaries September 25, 2009

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

Obituaries: September 11-17, 2009

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

Obituaries: Issue date -September 4-September 10, 2009

Obituaries June 12-July 11, 2009