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FRANCES “FRANKIE” SONTHEIMER WOLFF of Dedham, MA., formerly of New Orleans, died peacefully at her home on October 6, 2021 with her family by her side. She was 93.
A New Orleans native, she enjoyed living in New Orleans for...
(JTA) — Alan Kalter, his rabbi said, was a “mensch,” a past temple president who dutifully Zoomed into services throughout the pandemic.
Kelter died Monday at 78 at at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut, surrounded by his wife and daughters. His...
RICHARD SCHORNSTEIN, JR., a financial advisor, died peacefully at his home on October 3, 2021. He was 93.
A native New Orleanian, he was a successful businessman whose career spanned over seven decades. He loved building relationships with his clients...
By DOMINIC MASSA, Courtesy of WWL-TV
IRWIN MARCUS, M.D., a renowned New Orleans psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and author who spent more than 65 years in the treatment and study of mental illness and its effects on children and adults, died Sunday,...
BRIAN ROUSSEL FRIEDMAN, a writer and radio journalist, passed away on August 29, 2021. He was 44.
Friedman attended Isidore Newman School from kindergarten through 12th grade and received many academic honors. While at Newman, he was very involved in...
ANNETTE SMITH SMASON, the music maven of Smith’s Records, who helped transform a small card and gift shop into one of the best-stocked and highly-regarded record stores in the nation, passed away on Sunday, September 19 in a Dallas hospice...
GEORGE HAAS, a retired mechanical engineer who had called New Orleans his home for more than a half century, died at his summer residence in Chautauqua, New York on Thursday, September 9. He was 90.
As a retiree, Haas was...
WILL SAMUELS, the former executive director of Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation, and the business owner of King Cake Hub, Pizza NOLA and La Dolce NOLA, died after a protracted battle with cancer on September 7, 2021. He was 52.
A...
By Dina Kraft
TEL AVIV (JTA) — On a blistering summer day a few years ago, journalist Joshua Mitnick and his Palestinian translator, Nuha Musleh, were out reporting a story about an East Jerusalem village.
The Palestinian residents were protesting...
By RON KAMPEAS
(JTA) — Ed Asner, who trademarked a gruff, flawed, and loving persona as Lou Grant in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and in a spin-off series about journalism, has died at 91.
“We are sorry to say...
