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
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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.
Mark Turenshine, NBA star, Life Alert general manager, 71
Jewish Journal
March 2, 2016
Mark Turenshine, a former NBA star who also was one of Israel’s top basketball players, died on Feb. 26. He was 71.
Bram Goldsmith, businessman and philanthropist, 93
Jewish Journal
February 29, 2016
Prominent Los Angeles businessman and philanthropist Bram Goldsmith, who served as board chairman and CEO of City National Bank and City National Corp. for two decades, died on Sunday, Feb. 28, at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 93.
Brian Hendler, award-winning photographer, dies
Jewish Journal
February 25, 2016
Award-winning photographer Brian Hendler, who served for many years as JTA’s staff photographer in Israel, has died.
Obituaries: Week of February 26, 2016
Jewish Journal
February 24, 2016
Rebecca Ann Adler died Jan. 26 at 51. Survived by husband Tony; sons Jacob, David; father Ronald Hopkins; mother Barbara Hopkins; brother Daniel Hopkins. Mount Sinai
Rabbi Yehoshua B. Gordon, Chabad of the Valley founder, community educator, 66
Ryan Torok
February 24, 2016
Rabbi Yehoshua Binyomin Gordon, founder and executive director of Chabad of the Valley and spiritual leader of Chabad of Encino for more than 40 years, died Feb. 8. He was 66.
Douglas Slocombe, British cinematographer who filmed Nazi invasion of Poland, dies at 103
Jewish Journal
February 23, 2016
Douglas Slocombe, the acclaimed British cinematographer who filmed the Nazi invasion of Poland, has died at 103.
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