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BENJAMIN “BEN” KATZ, a former retail merchant and longtime volunteer as the commander of New Orleans’ Jules Lazard Post # 580 of the Jewish War Veterans of America (JWV) passed away on January 2 after an extended illness. He was...
ALVIN SOLOMON CAPLAN, the retired co-founder of Industrial Machinery Company, died on Shabbat, December 29. Caplan, 97, was a livelong resident of New Orleans and died at Lambeth House, an assisted living facility and retirement home. During World War II...
SETH EDWARD FINGERMAN, an employee for Cook’s Pest Control in Birmingham and a former outstanding student athlete, who helped lead his high school to back-to-back Alabama state championships in basketball, died unexpectedly on December 23, 2012. He was 25. At...
POLA BOJMAN BORENSTEIN, a former retail seamstress, sales clerk, grocer and housewife, died December 18. Borenstein, the widow of the the late Isak Borenstein to whom she was married for 57 years, enjoyed sewing clothes throughout her lifetime, a skill...
ANNE UHRY, DDS., a dentist and longtime New Orleans area member associated with many community organizations died Thursday, December 6. She was 74. In recent years Uhry had been a regular attendee at the Northshore Jewish Community, but was held...
REBETZIN MIRIAM GORDON, widow of the late Rabbi Sholom Ber Gordon of Maplewood, NJ, died the evening of December 3 after a lengthy illness in New Orleans, surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She was 87.
Gordon was known as...
RAY KLINGER RAYMOND, a housewife who dedicated her life to the raising of her children and her marriage, died on Saturday, November 24. She was a New Orleans native and the widow of the late Robert A. Raymond. She is...
RUTH SILVERMAN MEISEL, a native and lifelong resident of New Orleans until her forced relocation following Hurricane Katrina, passed away in Branford, CT on Wednesday, November 14, after a lengthy illness. She was 93. Meisel was a cleric and administrative...
DAVID H. LEVIN, a retired furniture store owner, died Thursday, November 8 at a hospice in Hammond. He was 85 years of age. With his brother-in-law, Levin ran the L and D Furniture Store for decades.
An avid sportsman and...
Rabbi Ethan Linden of Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation has announced with sadness the sudden passing of Dr. Peter Gesund, the father of newcomer Keren Gesund and a member of his synagogue. Dr. Gesund, an anesthesiologist died in Las Vegas, NV...
