Losing Gammi

By Nolan Lebovitz
Published on April 24, 2013

Israeli Chief Rabbinical Council OKs eulogies by women

Published on June 12, 2012

Israel's Chief Rabbinical Council ruled that woman can deliver eulogies at funerals, but that it is up to the community rabbi to decide on a case-by-case basis.

Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf, Arthur Spiegelman

Published on December 31, 2008

Dr. David Leo Lieber z"l: To know him was a privilege

Published on December 25, 2008

Ed Guthman leaves legacy of fighting injustice

By Bill Boyarsky
Published on September 25, 2008

When Ed Guthman died Aug. 30 at the age of 89, the Los Angeles Jewish community lost one of its most distinguished members

Congressman Tom Lantos left behind human rights legacy

By Ron Kampeas
Published on February 14, 2008

Obituary for Congressman Tom Lantos.

Our Uri

By David Grossman
Published on August 24, 2006

Hours before the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect, Israel Defense Forces tank commander Uri Grossman, the son of acclaimed Israeli novelist David Grossman, was killed by an Hezbollah anti-tank missile. This is an excerpt of the eulogy David Grossman delivered at his son's funeral.

Naomi Shemer, Israeli Folk Musician, Dies at 74

By Dan Baron
Published on July 1, 2004

It was a sign of folk singer Naomi Shemer's importance to Israel's national psyche that her death relegated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the inside pages of the nation's newspapers.

Eulogies:Mark Schulman

By Roberta Holland
Published on September 5, 2002

Mark Schulman, philanthropist and entrepreneur, died July 20 at the age of 97.

Eulogies:Rabbi Marvin L. Labinger

Published on August 15, 2002

Rabbi Marvin L. Labinger executive director of the Pacific Southwest Region of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism from 1990-2000, died July 25, 2002 at the age of 66.

A Secular Life Gone Bad

By Judy Bart Kancigor
Published on June 27, 2002

It's the ultimate fantasy: You have a seat at your own funeral. Now imagine that while hovering in limbo between your death and burial, you have the power not only to witness the preparations and critique the eulogies, but also to eavesdrop on critical moments in your past for a reality check.

Eulogies:Rosalind Glaser Peters

By Herb Glaser
Published on February 28, 2002

Rosalind Glaser Peters died on Jan. 6, 2002, at the age of 91.

She was our "Aishes Chayil," woman of valor, elegance, strength and dignity. The unparalled, articulate, beloved matriarch of our family.

Eulogies:Benjamin Alan Eder

Published on February 14, 2002

Benjamin Alan Eder died on Dec. 11, 2001, lost at sea along with three other men aboard the F/V Nesika, at age 21.

Eulogies:Joyce Lipkis

By Kate Lipkis
Published on February 7, 2002

Eulogy

Eulogies: Rosalind Glaser Peters

Published on January 24, 2002

Rosalind Glaser Peters died on Jan. 6, 2002, at the age of 92.

Eulogies

Published on November 15, 2001

Eulogy

Eulogies: Sadie Scheiner, 102

Published on November 1, 2001

Sadie Scheiner, 102, matriarch of a family of pioneer Orthodox Jewish community leaders and ardent Zionists in her native St. Louis and later in Los Angeles, died peacefully on Oct. 22. She was the last surviving child of the Talmudist HaRav Levi Friedberg (nee Melamud), an early arbiter ("posik") of Jewish law in the Midwest at a time when Torah scholarship was limited primarily to the Northeast and Chicago. In Los Angeles, her children and grandchildren were among the founders and leaders of Young Israel of Northridge, Young Israel of Beverly Hills and B'nei Akiva. She and her husband, Sam Scheiner, were primarily responsible for the growth of a then-small Orthodox congregation in the fledgling Pico-Robertson area -- Anshe Emet (where her husband served as president for 15 years). Under their dynamic leadership, membership swelled in the 1950s and '60s and scores of Jews were attracted to the neighborhood.