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By MARCEL GASCÓN BARBERÁ
BUCHAREST (JTA) — When Michael Shafir moved to Israel from his native Romania as a teenager in the 1960s, it wasn’t because the Jewish teen was burning with Zionist fervor. Instead, it was the first country...
(JTA) — It is rare that one can say attending a funeral was an uplifting experience. Yet the funeral Thursday for Judah Samet — teacher of Torah at his Tree of Life synagogue, possessor of a unique and vigorous voice...
BERYL DAVID AMES , M.D., an internist, passed away after a lengthy illness. He was 91.
Dr. Ames is survived by the love of his life, Jacqueline Strauss Ames. They were married for 69 years and met through family connections...
Milton Fingerman, age 94, professor emeritus of biology at Tulane University, passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2022.
A native of Boston, he graduated from Boston College before attending Northwestern University, where he obtained his PhD. ...
SAMUEL E. RUBIN, M.D., died peacefully on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, after a hard-fought battle with cancer and Parkinson’s Disease. He was 84.
A native of Chicago, his family moved to Gulfport, FL, where he attended high school and began...
LILLIAN TELLER OPOTOWSKY, a wife, mother and volunteer for many local charities, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 31. She was 85.
Lillian’s true calling and passion was as a cook. Her recipes for baked goods – cookies, brownies and...
RICHARD CHARLES “DICK” BUCKMAN, an attorney who turned his love of real estate into the presidency of Latter & Blum, the largest real estate firm in the area, died peacefully at his home on Sat., August 27, 2022. He was...
BETTY BLOCH KOHN, a New Orleans philanthropist known for her elegant sense of style and fun-loving nature, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022 at the age of 98.
Along with her husband, she owned and operated The Leader...
SHIRLEY T. SEELIG died at her residence on Monday, August 8, 2022. She was 89.
She is survived by her husband of 69 years, Ralph Seelig, her children Linda S. Greenbaum (Mark), Samuel and Stanley Seelig and nine grandchildren.
Mrs....
(JTA) — It was the landmark 1993 handshake between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israel prime minister Yitzchak Rabin that inspired Eli Evans to invest, for the third time, in “Sesame Street.”
As an executive at the Carnegie Corporation in...
