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Tamar Schwartz Kollek, the widow of Teddy Kollek to whom she was married for 70 years, died today in Jerusalem. She was 96.
Known as a dedicated volunteer, she served as chairman of ILAN, the association for handicapped children in...
NEW YORK (JTA) — Alvin Schiff, a pioneer in Jewish education and a prolific author, has died. Schiff died of unknown causes, Yeshiva University announced Monday. He was in his mid-80s.
At Yeshiva University, he established and directed the Graduate School...
LILLIAN PULITZER SMITH, the former owner of The Uptowner clothing store, died on Wednesday June 26, at the age of 92.
Orphaned at four years old, she grew up in the Jewish Children’s Home before making her way in...
MIRIAM CAHEN RADLAUER, a teacher in the New Orleans Public Schools system who also taught at Communal Hebrew School, died on July 1. She was predeceased by her husband Arthur Radlauer and her son Leonard Radlauer, of blessed memory. She...
CAROLYN FALK KATZ, who along with her husband Ralph Katz, was a merchant for more than five decades in Starkville, MS, died in Houston on Tuesday. She was 85.
Married for 57 years, she and her husband ran Katz’s Department...
CAROLYN RUBENSTEIN RUMM, a native New Orleanian who was a resident of the city for much of her life before taking up residence in Europe and Canada, died Wednesday, June 19 in Austin, Texas. Rumm, who was 86, had moved...
BABETTE “BOBBY” DESSAUER NEUWIRTH, a resident at the Vista Shores Assisted Living facility, died Sunday, June 16. Neuwirth, who moved to New Orleans in 2006 was 96 years old.
Neuwirth was born in Ft. Wayne, IN and enrolled at Northwestern...
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.
...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...
(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...
