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Obituaries

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Retired attorney and chorus singer, Maurice L. Burk

MAURICE L. BURK, 82, a retired attorney died at his Kenner residence on Monday, June 10, 2013. A New Orleans native, he was a veteran of the United States Air Force and a longtime member of Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation.

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Avram Zeleznikow, mainstay of Melbourne Jewry, dies

SYDNEY (JTA) – Avram Zeleznikow, a Vilna Ghetto survivor and partisan fighter whose restaurant in Melbourne became a meeting place for the survivor community, has died. Zeleznikow, the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust, died on Saturday. He...

Writer and artist Rachel Adams dies at 62

(JTA) — Rachel Abrams, a writer, editor and artist who was married to U.S. diplomat Elliott Abrams, has died. Abrams died June 7 after battling stomach cancer for three years. She was 62.

She was a visual artist and sculptor, and...

Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli author and journalist, dies at 83

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Yoram Kaniuk, an acclaimed author and journalist who had the designation Jewish removed from his Israeli identification card, has died.

Kaniuk died Saturday night after fighting cancer for many years. He was 83.

Born and raised in...

Phyllis Bloom Bruchis Finger, housewife and mother

PHYLLIS BLOOM BRUCHIS FINGER, a housewife and mother who had a penchant for poetry, died in New Orleans on May 31. She was 90. Finger had been residing at the Willow Wood Living Center at Woldenberg Village on the West...

Byrde Berenson Haspel, community volunteer

BYRDE BERENSON HASPEL,  a housewife and community volunteer who worked most notably for the boards of Jewish Children’s Regional Service and Touro Infirmary, died peacefully in her sleep at her home on May 27, 2013. She was 96.

A native...

French singer, Georges Moustaki, dies at 79

(JTA) — Georges Moustaki, a French singer and songwriter known as “The Wandering Jew,” has died.

Moustaki’s Paris-based production company said he had died early Thursday at his home in Nice in southern France following a long illness, the French...

J. Philip Stein, attorney and businessman, succumbs

J. PHILIP STEIN, 82, an attorney and businessman died suddenly of a heart attack on May 9, 2013.  A lover of all things related to his adopted home of New Orleans, Stein was, at the time of his passing, a...

Joyce Brothers, TV psychologist, dies at 85

(JTA) — Joyce Brothers, the Jewish psychologist who achieved fame by dispensing advice on TV and radio, as well as winning the top prize on a 1950s game show, has died.

Brothers died Monday in New York. She was 85.

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Retired travel agent Howard Rosen dies at 86

HOWARD JACK ROSEN, a retired travel agent who lived and worked in Metairie, died at his residence on Sunday, May 12. He was 86. Well-known and well-liked in his industry, Rosen was a longtime member of Tikvat Shalom before it...