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JOYCE GOODWIN WIDOWSKY, a former chemist for Dow Chemical and a homemaker, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, June 9, 2018. She was 80 years old.
She is survived by her husband of over 58 years, Bernard Widofsky,...
PEARL FELDSTEIN SACKETT, a long time resident of New Orleans, passed peacefully in her home on the morning of June 6, 2018. She was 91.
Sackett, who was a native of Chicago, earned a degree from Northwestern University before embarking...
BERNARD “BERNIE” MARCUS, an attorney and noted Jewish community leader, died on June 2, 2018. He was 94.
Marcus was a noted labor attorney, who concentrated on antitrust matters and related labor laws. His previous experience had him working as...
NANCY KOODISH KOHLMEYER, a homemaker, died after a very lengthy illness at Poydras Home on May 29, 2018, of Alzheimer’s Disease on May 29, 2018. She died two days shy of her 84th birthday.
A native of Cincinnati, she graduated from...
JACKIE PRESSNER GOTHARD, the former president of Congregation Beth Israel, who was acknowledged as the person most responsible for saving the flood-damaged Orthodox congregation following the flooding associated with Hurricane Katrina, died as a result of heart failure following emergency...
DANNIE SETH KLEINBERGER, a regional account executive in medical sales, initially trained as a nurse and a cardiopulmonary therapist, died suddenly on Monday, May 14. He was 60.
A native of New Orleans, Kleinberger was a 1976 graduate of De...
ELISE GREENWALD JACOBS, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, May 11, 2018 at the age of 104.
A native of Patterson, Mississippi and longtime resident of New Orleans, Jacobs was a congregant of Temple Sinai for over 90 years. At...
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN
NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi Andrea Weiss, an associate professor of Bible at the New York campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and its incoming provost, remembered the joy that Rabbi Aaron Panken brought to his work. Weiss...
JOYCE BRENER GOLDSTEIN, a former retailer and noted dance instructor, passed away peacefully at her residence on Friday evening, April 27, 2018. She was 91.
A native New Orleanian, Goldstein lived in New Orleans her entire life and was...
MARGOT STRAUSS GARON, a leader of the New Orleans Jewish community, died on April 13, 2018, two weeks after her 91st birthday.
A tireless worker and Jewish community volunteer, she held numerous local, regional and national positions of leadership...
