Running for life: 52 marathons in 52 weeks

By Rachel Heller
Published on February 27, 2013

Of all Julie Weiss’ memories of her father, his larger-than-life personality stands out most: Maurice Weiss was a drummer — a regular on the radio by age 5 — a bandleader, a stock broker, and a tennis and racquetball player who took up acting at the ripe age of 70.

Sally Ogle Davis, activists in Jewish arts and synagogue life, dies at 71

By Tom Tugend
Published on January 2, 2013

Sally Ogle Davis, a teenage television personality in Northern Ireland, chronicler of the famous and powerful in Hollywood, and activist in Jewish arts and synagogue life, died Dec. 11 in Seattle. She was 71.

Pancreatic Cancer Studies Hopeful, But Funding Lags

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on March 11, 2009

It’s the fourth deadliest cancer, which will claim an estimated 34,000 lives this year. There are no surefire methods for prevention or early detection. And it resists treatments found to be effective in other cancers.

Eulogies

Published on November 15, 2001

Eulogy

Spotlighting a Neglected Disease

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on November 18, 1999

When Pam Acosta's mother, Rose, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June of 1996, Acosta was at a loss. The only thing she knew about the disease was that it claimed actor Michael Landon's life. "The doctors offered no answers, no hope. Only a three- to six-month sentence," says Acosta. In anguish, she wondered, "If Michael Landon couldn't save himself, how can I save my mother?"