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Dietician, artist Bettie Florence Stovall Rosenbaum dies at 87

BETTIE FLORENCE STOVALL ROSENBAUM, a dietician, who in her later years became known as an artist specializing in enameling, died on Monday, July 7 in Atlanta, GA after a long illness. She was 87.

She was pre-deceased by her husband...

Filmmaker Paul Mazursky dies at 84

(JTA) — Filmmaker Paul Mazursky, who captured the 1960s and ’70s counterculture with a string of successful movies, has died.

Mazursky, who grew up Jewish in Brooklyn but later became a proclaimed atheist, died June 30 in Los Angeles. He...

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi brought old world gravitas to New Age Judaism

By BEN HARRIS

(JTA) — Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, the father of the Jewish Renewal movement, has died at age 89.

A maverick rabbi from an Orthodox background who spent time in the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, Schachter-Shalomi transitioned over time toward a...

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, father of Jewish Renewal, dies

(JTA) — Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, the father of the Jewish Renewal movement, has died at age 89.

A maverick rabbi who started out in the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, Schachter-Shalomi transitioned over time toward a New Age, neo-Hasidic approach, gaining a substantial...

Homemaker Eileen Pulitzer Latter dies at 66

EILEEN PULITZER LATTER died peacefully at her New Orleans residence on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, following the prolonged effects of a stroke she suffered several months ago. She was 66.

A native New Orleanian, she graduated from Ridgewood School in...

Interior designer Dorothy ‘Dottie’ Mintz succumbs at 94

DOROTHY “DOTTIE” (NEE LIGHTMAN) MINTZ, an interior designer associated with her family business, Lafayette’s Carriage House, died on Wednesday, June 25, 2014. She was 94.

A native of Nashville, TN, she moved to New Orleans after marrying native New Orleanian,...

Blanche Steinman dies in MA; funeral this morning

BLANCHE G. STEINMAN, a mother and homemaker and lifelong resident of New Orleans until Hurricane Katrina, died in Brookline, MA on Wednesday, June 25, 2014. She was 87.

Steinman, a member of Congregation Beth Israel, was forced to relocate after...

Homemaker Bella Goldblum Goldman, 87, dies

BELLA GOLDBLUM GOLDMAN, a homemaker and mother, died on June 20, 2014. She was 87.

Predeceased by her husband Irvin A. Goldman, she is survived by daughters Linda Green (Michael Brown) and Toby (Issac) Hazen and son Gary Goldman(Judith...

Israel Prize-winning actress Hanna Maron dies at 90

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli actress Hanna Maron, who won the Israel Prize for her screen and stage career, has died.

Maron died last Friday in Tel Aviv. She was 90.

The 1973 Israel Prize recipient for theater also was recognized...

Dr. Saul Silverman, optometrist, dies at 86

SAUL SILVERMAN, an optometrist who worked both in New Orleans and Bogalusa for 65 years, died on Sunday, June 1, 2014, a mere two years since his second retirement. He was 86.

Dr. Silverman retired from his earlier private practice...