Friday, October 30th 2026 |
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ANN KLUMOK BENNETT, a former social worker and community leader, passed away on September 24, in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She was 94.
A native of Moohead, Misissippi, she graduated from high school there as valedictrorian. She moved to New Orleans...
By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL
(JTA) — Captain Bill Pinkney, a Jewish sailor who became the first African American to sail around the world solo, died Thursday. He was 87 and had suffered a fall.
Starting in 1990, the Chicagoan’s 22-month, 27,000-mile...
CAROLYN STEINBERG YUSPEH, a former teacher and rolyn Steinberg Yuspeh peacefully passed away surrounded by family on the eve of her 85th birthday, Friday, September 1, 2023 at the age of 84.
JOHN GEORGE ROHEIM, M.D., a retired pediatrician, passed away on August 20, 2023 in Slidell. He was 65 years old.
Born in the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, his family moved to New York City, where he graduated from Roselyn...
HENRY RYNSKI, a Holocaust survivor originally from Sosnowiec, Poland, died on August 26, 2023, surrounded by family members in New Orleans.
Rynski immigrated to the United States in 1950 and lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he met...
LOUIS STERN, M.D., a noted pathologist and cancer researcher, passed away early Monday morning in New Orleans at Lambeth House. He was 91.
A native of Shreveport, he possessed a curious and scientific mind, a diligent...
By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL and BEN HARRIS
(JTA) — Nechama Tec, a Holocaust survivor and historian whose book about a group of Jews in Belarus who successfully defied the Nazis was made into the 2008 film “Defiance, “ died Aug. 3...
LEIB (LOUIS) MOSKOWITZ, a survivor of the Shoah, died last Saturday, August 5. He was 94. (The following was written by his son, a regular contributor to the CCJN.)
My father was a towering figure, and a role model for...
SALLY O. SOLOMON, a former flight attendant, leasing agent and telemarketer, died on Saturday, July 29, 2023. She was 78.
She was a native of Jacksonville, FL. and a longtime resident of Metairie. She was a former flight attendant, leasing...
DOROTHY SINGER “DOTTY” JACOBS passed away on Sunday, July 23, 2023 at home. She was 90.
A native of Cleveland, she grew up in Miami, Florida. She moved to Nashville for her college studies and met her future husband there....
