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DORLENE LAUFERSKI ALAYNICK, a longtime New Orleans resident and prominent community leader, passed away peacefully on January 16, 2021, following a brief illness. She was 91.
A past president of the Greater New Orleans Chapter of Hadassah, Alaynick was committed...
By DOMINIC MASSA, WWL-TV (Special to the CCJN)
NEW ORLEANS — Marilyn Barnett, who perfected the art of public relations for nearly four decades at the Royal Orleans, Roosevelt and Hilton hotels, where she developed friendships with movie stars, famous...
LAURIE DUBER ROSENBERG, passed away at her home on January 12, 2021 after an 11-year battle with cancer. She was 68.
A dedicated teacher, she had taught lower and middle school at St. Catherine of Sienna in Metairie and was...
HENRY GRANET, a retired antiques store owner, passed away quietly on January 4, 2021 at the Poydras Home after a long battle with cancer.
He is survived by his sister, Nicole Friedlander (Dr. Miles).
Granet was born in Paris, France,...
KAREN ZUCKERMAN SOLL, a lifelong resident of New Orleans, passed away peacefully in her home on January 12, 2021. She was 75.
A distinguished Lion of Judah, Soll was very active in the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, a...
MELVYN F. KOSSOVER, M.D., 87, passed away on December 31, 2020 in New Orleans due to complications of Parkinson’s disease. His remains were donated for medical research.
Kossover was in private practice as an internist with a specialty in Diabetolgy...
FAY ZUCKERMAN PARNES, a New Orleans native and former jeweler and Jewish educator, died on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2021. She was 83.
Parnes maintained a jewelry business within the J. Herman & Son store owned by her uncle....
MYRA LOIS MERSKY SOBOLOFF, a former board certified social worker, field instructor for the Tulane School of Social Work as well as the former assistant director of the Epilepsy Unit at Charity Hospital, passed away on Monday, December 28,...
SELMA GLORIA WEINSTEIN KRILOV, a beloved homemaker, wife and matriarch died on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 at the age of 96.
Krilov was a longtime member of Congregation Chevra Thilim, which was founded as Orthodox and later associated with the...
JUDY KAGAN BRESSLER, 85, a retired realtor, died on December 20, 2020.
She was associated with both Stan Weber and then Prudential Realtors with her husband.
Born in Wilno, Poland in 1935, she immigrated with her parents to evade the...
