Tag: Obituaries
Professor David S. Wyman Z”L, 89, scholar and mensch
Almost every time David S. Wyman delivered a lecture related to his remarkable book, The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941-1945, someone in the audience would ask: Why would you, a Christian,...
Stephen Hawking one the brightest stars in the field of science died at 76
Stephen Hawking, one the brightest stars in the field of science has passed at 76, according to a statement released by his family today morning. The decease occurred at his home in Cambridge.
A pioneer...
Tens Of Thousands Attend Funeral Of Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach
Tens of thousands of people arrived in Jerusalem to attend the funeral of Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach, who was head of an extremist ultra-Orthodox community known as the Jerusalem Faction.
The funeral commenced in Jerusalem at...
German Jewish swing star, camp survivor dies at 93
German Jewish guitarist Coco Schumann, who had a more than seven-decade-long career in swing and jazz music and survived several Nazi concentration camps, has died aged 93, his music label said Monday.
“Not only his...
Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin, founder of one of the largest Reform congregations in the country,...
Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin, who founded Los Angeles' Stephen Wise Temple, one of the largest synagogues in the country, has died at age 97.
Zeldin died peacefully Friday night at his home in Palm Desert surrounded...
Hollywood’s oldest working actress Connie Sawyer dies at 105
Connie Sawyer, Hollywood’s oldest working actress, died at 105 on Monday at a retirement home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
The actress starred in hundreds of roles on television and film throughout her career, from “A Hole...
Holocaust Survivor And Inventor Of Kosher ‘Meals On Wheels’ Program Dies
Yehoshua Hershkovitz, who started the first kosher “Meals On Wheels” program out of his Brooklyn kitchen, died Monday, the New York Times reported. He was 92.
In 1975, Hershkovitz founded Tomche Shabbos (“supporters of the Sabbath”)...
Rabbi Zushe Yosef Blech, Z”l
Rabbi Zushe Yosef Blech, z”l, widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on kashrus issues in modern food production and technology, was niftar suddenly Erev Shabbos, 3 Shevat. He was in his mid 60s.
For decades, Rabbi Blech...
Holocaust survivor Leah Goltzman dies at 79
Holocaust survivor Leah Goltzman spent her time in Corpus Christi sharing stories of moving from place to place to survive during World War II.
Goltzman, who frequently volunteereed helping the Jewish community, died Dec. 29,...
Generosity and Fortitude. Eugene Applebaum (1936-2017)
Eugene Applebaum, a man known as much for his business acumen and philanthropy as his positive attitude and perpetual smile, died Dec. 15, 2017, at his home in Bloomfield Hills. He was 81.
Born into...