Saturday, October 31st 2026 |
Obituaries are published at the discretion of the CCJN and are free of charge. Obituaries are a product of the editorial department and are a story of a person’s life. Editorial policy may determine the length and content of an obituary. Death notices are submitted by family members and may, for example, fully list all survivors. Death notices are never edited, but are assessed a processing fee according to length. Photos for obituaries may also carry a processing fee of $18.00, which can be waived at the discretion of the CCJN. Payments for photos can be submitted to CCJN, 3810 Nashville Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70125 or paid securely through PayPal.
By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL
(JTA) — Abraham Zarem was 28 when he joined the Manhattan Project, the vast U.S. government effort to develop the atom bomb.
Engineers like him gathered in secret laboratories in New Mexico, California, New York City and elsewhere...
SHIRL ROSENBERG AXINN WATSKY, known as “Shirl the girl,” died early Sunday morning, March 12, 2023.
A native New Orleanian, she was raised in New Orleans, and attended LSU and the University of Alabama, where she received her bachelor’s degree. ...
By PHILISSA CRAMER
(JTA) — Richard Belzer wasn’t just a hard-boiled Jew who rose from a troubled childhood to the top of his field — he played one on TV.
Belzer, who died Sunday at 78, was a familiar face...
THOMAS B. LEMANN, a lifelong New Orleanian, died on Sunday, February 12, 2023, at the age of 97. He graduated from Metairie Park Country Day School in 1943. During World War II he served as...
DAVID ORECK, the founder and highly visible spokesman for the Oreck Corporation, the famous vacuum cleaner company, died on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at his home in Mississippi. He was 99.
Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Oreck seemed determined from his earliest...
JEAN “SWEETIE” HIRSCH FRANK passed away peacefully at home at the age of 99. Cherished wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, cousin, and friend to everyone she encountered in her full century of life, she was a beautiful, vivacious, caring person with...
By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL
(JTA) — Songwriter Burt Bacharach, who with his longtime lyricist Hal David turned out a string of hits in the 1960s and ’70s — including “Alfie” and “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head” — died on Wednesday...
(NEW YORK) – Rabbi Mark S. Golub, the founder, president and host of Jewish Broadcasting Service (JBS), a national Jewish TV network broadcasting over cable and live streaming services died on January 31 with family surrounding him. He was 77.
...
By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL
(JTA) — Ira “Bob” Born, the son of a Russian Jewish immigrant who founded the company that makes Peeps candies, has died. He was 98.
Born was the former president of Just Born Quality Confections, the 100-year-old...
By GABE FRIEDMAN
(JTA) — Barbara Walters, the iconic newswoman and celebrity interviewer who made history for women and Jewish anchors on mainstream American news television, died at 93 on Friday.
ABC News, where Walters regularly appeared on shows...
