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By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL
(JTA) — Peter Yarrow, one-third of the hit-making 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, and a Jewish activist who promoted Israeli-Palestinian coexistence and other progressive causes, died Tuesday at age 86.
The longtime resident of Manhattan’s...
By PHILISSA CRAMER
(JTA) — As a teenager, Agnes Keleti’s athletic pursuits were interrupted by the Nazis, who murdered her father along with more than 500,000 other Hungarian Jews.
As a centenarian, she became a global sensation for not only...
ANN LOWENSTEIN BURKA, a community activist and volunteer, died peacefully on Wednesday, Dec. 25, at the revered age of 100.
Burka was a native of Mobile, Alabama, but relocated to New Orleans, when she was just 20 to join the...
JOSEPH BERNSTEIN, a native and former longtime resident of New Orleans who was a prominent attorney and businessman, passed away peacefully at his home in Dallas on December 5, 2024. He was 94.
Bernstein practiced law in New Orleans, getting...
LYNETTE LONDON FRIED, an office manager for her husband’s manufacturer’s representative business, died on Saturday, December 14. She was 91.
A native of Huntington, W.V., she graduated from Huntington High in 1951 and followed her older brother down south to...
MARTHA ROSEN SANDS, a former business owner and community volunteer passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 27, 2024. She was 88 years old.
A native New Orleanian, she was a graduate of Isidore Newman School and attended the University...
RUTH SIMON ROSENTHAL, a former real estate agent for Latter & Blum, died peacefully in her sleep on November 13, 2024. She was 100.
Born in Montgomery, Alabama, she attended Newcomb College and, following her marriage, moved to New York...
DORIS ROSS NORMAN, a housewife, died at Touro Hospital on Thursday, November 7, 2024. She was 78.
Norman, the longtime wife of community and Touro Synagogue leader William David Norman, Jr., was an active member of Touro Synagogue and a...
SHARON WEISLER LEADER, passed away on Friday, November 8 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 73.
A native New Orleanian, she loved the food, culture, music, character and people of her hometown. She received her masters in Social...
DEAN ESTEN BRANSON, a software engineer who lived in Mandeville, died on October 29, 2024. He was 76.
Born in Harrisburg, PA., Bramson worked in Canada and eventually moved to the Greater New Orleans area.
He is survived by his...
