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MILDRED DAITCH ZOLLER, a retired medical practice worker when she lived in New Orleans, died in Phoenix on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 12:00 a.m. She was 99 years old.
Born in Edgefield, South Carolina, she was the youngest of...
By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL
(JTA) — In 2016, Jack Feldman’s 10-year-old great-grandson asked him about the number tattooed on his skin. Their conversation became the basis of the short HBO documentary “The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm,” an introduction to the Holocaust...
FRED HIRSCH, a Sheriff’s Deputy for Jefferson Parish, passed away in Metairie on Thursday, December 16, 2021. He was 84.
Born in Cluj, Romania, Mr. Hirsch fled to the U.S. after WWII and grew up in Chicago. He moved to...
By SHIRA HANAU
(JTA) — Abraham Schumer, the father of Sen. Chuck Schumer, died Wednesday in a Long Island hospital after recently undergoing surgery for heart problems. He was 98.
Sen. Schumer remembered his father as a hard-working member of...
SYLVAN JULIAN STEINBERG, an attorney, civic and Jewish community leader, passed away on Friday, November 5. He was 88.
Steinberg was incredibly generous with his time and his talents, serving on numerous volunteer organizations across a...
By SHIRA HANAU
(JTA) — Mort Sahl, a Jewish satirist who was credited with making caustic political and social satire popular in stand-up comedy, died Tuesday at 94.
Often walking on stage holding just a rolled up newspaper, Sahl liked...
SYLVIA BRONFIN EMERMAN, an office worker and community volunteer, died on Monday, Oct. 25. She was 96.
A New Orleans native, she graduated from Henry Allen High School and was married in 1945 to Joel Emerman, a native of Canton,...
JOSEPH SUTTON, a retired retailer, passed away at his New Orleans residence on Sunday, October 24. He was 92.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y, Sutton was raised in New Orleans and received his bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University. As...
By RON KAMPEAS
(JTA) — When Jay Black wanted The New York Times to understand that he was a hell-raiser, he said he was thrown out of New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn.
When he made the same point to...
By RON KAMPEAS
(JTA) — Neal Sher, who as the U.S.’s chief Nazi hunter established the formula that led to the deportation of dozens of Nazis, has died at 74.
Sher, who led the Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations...
