Furstenberg has been an iconic writer and editor in Israeli and American publications for decades, including for the L.A. Jewish Journal, and her death, even at the age of 90, on the eve of Rosh Hashana, deeply moved Jerusalemites who knew her.
In Loving Memory, 1930–2026
Calling Auschwitz her “best classroom,” Edith used the inner resources she developed in hell to help others.
In 1973, he founded Synagogue for the Performing Arts, drawing the likes of Walter Matthau, Ed Asner and Joan Rivers.
Neil Sedaka was born March 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Mac and Eleanor Sedaka. His father was Sephardic and his mother Ashkenazi; Sedaka was a transliteration of the Hebrew “tzedakah.”
Marvin Schotland—who passed away Jan. 7 at the age of 78—led the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles for 33 years.
Delug not only donated generously, he also opened his Elm Street home in Beverly Hills to numerous events.
We lost a towering Jewish figure on Dec. 16 when Norman Podhoretz died only a month shy of 96.
Podhoretz’s pro-Israel, pro-democracy outlook made him an intellectual forebear of the neocon movement.
