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NANCY ROBINSON MOSS, an arts enthusiast and photographer, who worked with what is now The Historic Collection of New Orleans on Royal Street, died peacefully at her home on Saturday morning, February 25 at her home.
A well-known photographer, she...
(JTA) — Physicist Mildred Dresselhaus, the daughter of impoverished Polish Jewish immigrants whose pioneering research into the thermal and electrical properties of carbon earned her the nickname “Queen of Carbon,” has died.
Dresselhaus, who also was an advocate for women in science fields,...
GAIL FANTL RUBIN, the former president of ProCreations Publishing Company, noted for its catalog of collectible posters and clothing sold at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Newport Jazz Festival and others worldwide, died peacefully at her home...
LEONARD “BOO” ABRAHAM KATZ, the retired owner of Katz Furniture, was buried today, February 9, two days after he passed away peacefully on February 7. He was 89.
A native of New Orleans, Katz was a graduate of Alcee Fortier...
(JTA) — Ari Rath, a prominent Austrian-Israeli journalist who served as editor-in-chief at the Jerusalem Post, has died.
Rath died Friday in Vienna, a week after turning 92, The Jerusalem Post reported. In recent years, he suffered from heart problems.
...IRWIN ISSACSON, JR., an engineer and consultant, who helped transform much of the New Orleans skyline and whose consulting engineering firm was considered one of the finest in the nation, died at Touro Infirmary today, Wednesday, January 11, 2017, of...
(JTA) — Miriam Harris Goldberg, the editor and publisher of the Intermountain Jewish News in Denver since 1972, has died.
Goldberg, a charter inductee of the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame who was honored frequently by the Jewish and general...
RAYMOND HENRY YARFITZ, a retiree from Atlanta, who moved to Reserve, LA. to become a resident of the Southeast Louisiana War Veterans Home there, died earlier today, Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. He was 93.
Yarfitz was a resident...
MIKHAIL GLOTSER, a hero of the Battle of Stalingrad who later immigrated to the United States and became a naturalized citizen almost two decades ago, has died. He was 95.
Glotser was a radio operator in the Soviet...
TEMPLE FLEMING SUTTON, a homemaker, passed away on Sunday, December 25, 2016.
Although she was born in Crandell, MS., Sutton lived most of her life in Metairie or New Orleans.
She is survived by her husband of many years, Joseph...
