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Honore Schill Fox, homemaker and mother dies

HONORE SCHILL FOX died at her New Orleans residence late on Thursday, February 6, 2014. A homemaker and mother, she was the widow of the late Albert Fox.

Fox is survived by children Barry (Susan), Marcie Goldberg (Myron) and Ellie...

Peter Rothstein, 62, passes away and is buried in NJ

Temple Sinai released news that its member Peter Rothstein had passed away on January 20, 2014. He was 62. No further details were available.

Rothstein was survived by his wife of many years, Carole Haber, his son Noah and his...

Mildred Hyman Gitter, dies in Atlanta; burial in N.O.

MILDRED HYMAN (GITTER), a native New Orleanian, who was a dedicated community volunteer and homemaker both here and in her adopted home of Atlanta, died peacefully on January 27, 2014.

While still living in New Orleans, she became a life...

Harvey Fields, longtime rabbi at L.A. temple, dies

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Rabbi Harvey Fields, senior rabbi at the historic Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles for 23 years, has died.

Fields, who suffered a severe stroke several years ago, died Jan. 23 at his home in Los...

Peggy Cohen Bennett, med tech and mother dies in Dallas

PEGGY COHEN BENNETT, a medical technician who spent most of her lifetime raising a family in New Orleans, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 in Dallas. She was 84.

Bennett was a native and longtime resident of New...

Shulamit Aloni, fiery ex-leader of Meretz dies

(JTA) — Shulamit Aloni, a former Israeli minister and leader of the left-wing Meretz party, has died.

Aloni died Friday at the age of 86. She will be buried Sunday in Kfar Shmaryahu near the northern Tel Aviv suburb of Herzliya,...

Mary Byer Liswood, oldest Temple Sinai member, dies in TX

MARY BYER LISWOOD, who was the oldest member of Temple Sinai, succumbed on January 13, 2014 at the age of 105 in Katy, Texas, surrounded by her loved ones.

She was a teacher for all of her professional life and...

Exiled Argentine poet Juan Gelman dies

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — Argentine Jewish poet Juan Gelman, who was exiled for his activism against the country’s military governments, has died.

Gelman, the author of more than 40 books, died Tuesday in Mexico City.

He was born to...

Insurance agency CEO Hartwig Moss III rites held

HARTWIG MOSS III, an insurance broker who made a success as the founder of his own agency specializing in property and casualty insurance, died at Touro Infirmary on Saturday January 11, 2014. He was 69 years old. A lifelong resident...

Yosef Shapira, a founder of World Bnei Akiva, dies

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former Israeli government minister Yosef Shapira, who was one of the founders of World Bnei Akiva, has died.

Shapira died Saturday at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, near Tel Aviv, at the age of 87.

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