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(JTA) — Comedian Bob Einstein, who often performed as the satirical daredevil character Super Dave Osbourne and played Larry David’s friend Marty Funkhouser on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” died Wednesday after a bout with cancer. He was 76.
Einstein was the...
By DOMINIC MASSA, WWL-TV
JOE CAHN, the comedic New Orleans cooking school teacher who ate his way across America bringing laughter at every stop as the self-professed commissioner of tailgating, died Monday, Jan. 31. He was 70.
Cahn’s wife Karen...
BETH WRIGHT BLOCH ISSACSON ROSENTHAL passed away at her home on December 28, 2018. She was 92.
Rosenthal was active in community affairs, including The League of Women Voters, the United Way, and the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund...
By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL
(JTA) — Amos Oz would often speak in the kind of tossed-off epigrams that come only with a lot of practice. But just when you wanted to smack him for his breezy erudition, he would redeem himself...
JOSEPH KONOPNY, an investment banker died on Saturday, December 22, 2018. He was 73.
Konopny was a resident of New Orleans since the 1990s and regularly attended services at the Uptown Chabad House.
Born in a Displaced Persons camp in 1945...
By MARCY OSTER
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rona Ramon, the widow of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who died on board the space shuttle Columbia, has died.
Rona Ramon, who became a public figure and established the Ramon Foundation to promote academic...
JACK CARON, 97, a former resident of New Orleans, passed away on December 14, 2018.
He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Shirley Caron; his children, Stan (Debbie) Caron, Ron (Maury) Caron and Minette (Cory) Hillebrand; his sister,...
GERALD SANDERS BERENSON, M.D., a leading researcher and internationally renowned academic specialist in cardiac studies and also acknowledged as one of the most dedicated New Orleans Jewish community leaders, died on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 22, 2018. He was 96.
Dr....
MAX Y. ROSENBERG, M.D., passed away at his home in Dallas on November 17, 2018. He was 89.
Originally from St. Louis, Rosenberg moved to New Orleans in 1954, where he began his medical career practicing obstetrics and gynecology. In...
LEONA BERSADSKY , M.D., died peacefully on Sunday, October 21, 2018 at her residence after a long battle with heart disease.
She was predeceased by her longtime companion, Dr. Dorothy Bratsas, and is survived by a number of nieces and...
