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Obituaries

In Remembrance of Ringerman

Carin Davis February 26, 2004

A mentor to many, Jerry Ringerman left his handprint on California\’s education, music, camping, environment and Jewish life.

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.

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.

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.

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

Sean’s Last Ride

Aaron Kemp September 18, 2003

\”Do you need a ride home?\” he asked me. Those were the last words he spoke to me. I can still feel the grip of his handshake, and his voice still rattles around in my head.

Fred Kort

Michael Aushenker September 11, 2003

Fred Kort, Holocaust survivor, philanthropist and founder/CEO of Imperial Toy Corporation, died on Sept. 6 at the age of 80.\n\nKort, like fellow philanthropists Jona Goldrich and Max Webb, survived the Holocaust to become one of Jewish Los Angeles\’ most prominent and impassioned supporters, as well as a big giver to secular humanitarian organizations. Kort gave millions to dozens of Jewish causes, including Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, Bar-Ilan University, the Anti-Defamation League and Israel Bonds. He was a founding donor of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and contributed to Goldrich\’s L.A. Holocaust Memorial.

Victor Haim Perera

Alexandra J. Wall July 3, 2003

The author of \”The Cross and the Pear Tree: A Sephardic Journey,\” a nonfiction work largely about that curse, died in Santa Cruz on June 14. He was 69.

Stanley Hirsh

Rob Eshman March 27, 2003

Stanley Hirsh shared a vision of a newspaper that could serve as a kind of hub for an increasingly diverse and far-flung community.

Stanley Hirsh, Journal Publisher, Dies at 76

Naomi Pfefferman March 27, 2003

\”This was a really opinionated, obstinate guy,\” said Frank Maas, secretary of The Jewish Federation. \”And yet, he was the most generous man when he saw a person in trouble.\”

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