Jewish food historian Gil Marks dead at 62
(JTA) — Gil Marks, an acclaimed Jewish food writer and historian, has died.Marks, who had been battling lung cancer for three years, died last Friday in Jerusalem. He was 62.He was the author of...
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(JTA) — Gil Marks, an acclaimed Jewish food writer and historian, has died.Marks, who had been battling lung cancer for three years, died last Friday in Jerusalem. He was 62.He was the author of...
JACK POLLACK, a local furniture industry representative, died Thursday, December 5 at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston after a brief battle with leukemia. He was 65.
Pollack, who ran his company, Bottom Line Sales, originally hailed from Pittsburgh, and received...
FAYE DAUBE MILLER, died at her residence in Metairie on Friday, November 28, 2014. She was 64.
Miller was a housewife and mother and a member of the Greater New Orleans chapter of Hadassah as well as a long time...
FRANCES “FRANKIE” MILES WITTENBERG, a realtor and instructor passed away on Sunday, November 2, 2014 from complications due to COPD. She was 73.
An adjunct professor at Loyola University, Wittenberg was associated as an instructor for Skillpath, Inc.,...
JULIUS E. ISSACSON, JR., M.D., a retired surgeon with a thriving private practice, who was on staff at Touro Infirmary and St. Charles General Hospital, died on Friday, November 7. He was 87.
A native of New Orleans, Issacson was...
BERNARD HARRIS BERINS, a longtime resident of Metairie, died at his home of cancer on October 29, 2014, surrounded by loving family. He was 75.
Berins graduated from Tulane University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1959 and went on...
RUTH ROSEN WEISLER, a housewife and mother, died yesterday, Wednesday, October 2014. She was 90.
At the time of her death, she was a resident of Lambeth House. A lifetime member of Greater New Orleans Chapter of Hadassah and a...
STANLEY DAVID BLEICH, M.D., a renowned cardiologist and chair of the board of cardiology at East Jefferson General Hospital, died on October 21, 2014, while visiting family in the Boston, MA area. At the time of his passing,he was surrounded...
DOROTHY RYCKMAN CAPLAN, a homemaker and wife, died on Sunday, October 12, 2014 at Lambeth House, where she was a resident. She was 100.
Predeceased by her husband of 75 years, Alvin Solomon Caplan, she is survived by her children...
CHARLES ZUCHER, a clothing manufacturer’s representative for firms like Wembley Tie, Equire’s, Glazer’s, Grossman’s Manufacturers and others, died on Saturday, October 11. He was 89.
Zucher, who has been a resident of New Orleans since 1975, previously lived in Texas...