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By GABE FRIEDMAN
(JTA) — Jewish communal mourning was defined in large part this year by Oct. 7. But other notable losses occurred throughout the year, of people who have left outsized legacies on politics, the arts, sports and everything in...
By ANDREW LAPIN
(JTA) — Norman Lear, the Jewish TV pioneer behind iconic comedies of the 1970s and 1980s that helped bring social commentary and Black characters into the mainstream, has died at 101.
Lear’s death was announced by a...
NEIL P. LEVITH, an attorney associated with Bayou Title Company, died on Wednesday, November 22. He was 73.
A graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School, Levith was the president (Sigma Rho) of the Theta Theta Chapter of Sigma Alpha Rho...
JOAN ALLENBERG GIRAUD, a former art appraiser and visual artist, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, November 18, 2023, with her family at her side. She was 93.
A lifelong resident of New Orleans, Giraud heroically held her...
FANNETTE SOMMER BLUM, a former matress manufacturer, died recently. She was 95.
She was predeceased by her husband Stanford Blum in 2004 with whom she was a partner in the business.
She is survived by her daughters Susan Blum Klastorin...
RICKI FISHER, an architect and consultant in construction services, died in Baltimore yesterday in a hospice in Baltimore, MD. He was 66.
Fisher, a New Orleans native graduated from De La Salle High School before enrolling at Louisiana State University,...
STAN LEVY, the gregarious Magazine Street antiques collector noted for his broad, big smile and his famous little wife, passed away peacefully on October 23, 2023, surrounded by his family. He was 88.
A native of Rochester, NH, Levy grew...
DONALD “DON” SIEGEL, who worked for 35 years for investment firm Howard Weil, passed away on September 27, 2023. He was 87.
A New Orleans native and lifelong resident, he graduated from Tulane University. He enlisted in the U.S. Army...
By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL
(JTA) — Joanna Merlin, a famed acting coach and casting director who early in her career as an actress created the role of Tevye’s daughter Tzeitel in the original Broadway production of “Fiddler on the Roof,”died Sunday...
MARJORIE ISSACSON BISSINGER, a major native New Orleans Jewish community leader and volunteer, peacefully passed away peacefully on October 6, 2023. She was 96.
Affectionally known as Moo, shewas a popular nursery school teacher at the Jewish Community Center for...
