The Gifts
Magnificent Montague
March 18, 2004
From 1955 to 1967, Magnificent Montague was the most riveting rhythm-and-blues disc jockey in the nation, presiding over the birth of \”soul\” music.
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Old Stories
Escape to Shanghai Saved Refugee’s Life
Marc Ballon
March 4, 2004
At a time when the world shunned them, an estimated 20,000 Jewish refugees from Russia, Germany, Austria and elsewhere made their way to Shanghai before World War II.
Stuart D. Buchalter
Jewish Journal
January 22, 2004
Stuart D. Buchalter, a prominent Los Angeles corporate and securities attorney and philanthropist, died Jan. 7 at the age of 66.
Pastor Scott Bauer
Shimon Erem
December 4, 2003
Israel and the Los Angeles Jewish community have lost one of their most tireless supporters and good friends. Scott Bauer, senior pastor of the Church on the Way in Van Nuys, succumbed to a ruptured aneurysm on Oct. 24. He was 49.
Irv “Kup” Kupcinet
Jewish Journal
November 20, 2003
Irv Kupcinet, the legendary Chicago Sun-Times columnist for 60 years, died Monday, Nov. 10 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
Janet Polyak
Ilana Polyak
November 20, 2003
Janet Polyak was born in 1937 in Odessa, Ukraine. She came to the United States with her family in 1977 and first settled in Portland, Ore.
Fred Kort
Michael Aushenker
November 6, 2003
Fred Kort, Holocaust survivor, philanthropist and founder/CEO of Imperial Toy Corporation, died on Sept. 6. He was 80.\n
Samuel Oschin
Jewish Journal
October 30, 2003
An entrepreneur since the age of 10, Samuel Oschin lived a life of prosperity with a mind for community. He started out his business ventures working as a chimneysweeper. Before he had even finished elementary school, he had hired friends and transformed this small task into a growing enterprise. He died July 28, at the age of 89.
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