Obituaries: Week of April 15, 2016
Jewish Journal
April 13, 2016
Mendel Alpert died March 2 at 98. Survived by son Van (Nancy); daughter Susan (Richard) Williamson; 4 grandchildren; sister Miriam Bier. Mount Sinai
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Obituaries: Week of April 8, 2016
Jewish Journal
April 6, 2016
Shirley Benjamin died Feb. 29 at 94. Survived by sisters Ruth Savin, Pauline Einstein; 3 nephews; 4 nieces. Mount Sinai
Steven B. Sample, Former President of USC, 75
Ryan Torok
April 6, 2016
Steven B. Sample, who served as president of the University of Southern California for nearly two decades, died March 29 at 75.
Marjorie Pressman, rebbetzin and philanthropist, 94
Michael Berenbaum
April 5, 2016
Marjorie Pressman, a notable communal leader and rebbetzin par excellence of Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles, where her husband, Rabbi Jacob Pressman, served as rabbi from 1950-1985, died at home April 4 after a period of declining health. She was 94.
Obituaries: Week of March 18, 2016
Jewish Journal
March 16, 2016
Charlotte Alber died Feb. 7 at 101. Survived by son Irwin (Lana); 3 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; sister Dorothy Decker; 1 niece. Mount Sinai\n
Obituaries: Week of March 11, 2016
Jewish Journal
March 9, 2016
Myra H. Abramson died Feb. 5 at 90. Survived by daughters Nancy (Steven Weinstock) Schwartz-Weinstock, Susan Soffer; 5 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; sister Frances Young. Mount Sinai
Alfred E. Mann, Jewish philanthropist, medical device-maker, 90
Avishay Artsy
March 4, 2016
Alfred E. Mann, a pioneer in biotechnology and medical devices, died Feb. 25 in Las Vegas of natural causes. He was 90.
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