Obituaries: Week of September 18, 2015
Susanna Baratat died Aug. 20 at 86. Survived by daughters Adrienne (Stephen) Bunting, Lynn Bunting; 2 grandchildren. Hillside\n
Susanna Baratat died Aug. 20 at 86. Survived by daughters Adrienne (Stephen) Bunting, Lynn Bunting; 2 grandchildren. Hillside\n
Much has been written about the life — and the Sept. 6 death — of actor Martin “Marty” Milner, who starred in the 1960s television hit series “Route 66” and “Adam-12,” but the obit writers overlooked two important facts.
On Yom Kippur, as we focus on our personal faults, how do we acknowledge those shortcomings that are more communal?
From the Reader’s Kaddish to Ralph Waldo Emerson, a new set of High Holy Days prayer books for the Reform movement is filled with an eclectic mix of texts.
I remember how my vision turned black, how my knees buckled and my body collapsed — a thud onto the bimah like the drop of a heavy curtain.
The beginning and end of each year are times that stimulate all of us to think. Even those who are not in the habit of making a daily “accounting of this world” (Bava Batra 78b) tend to do so at these moments, these days that are so conducive to examining, summing up and planning.
Bernard Aronson died Aug. 16 at 98. Survived by daughters Marcy (Al) Welland, Laurie (Chuck) Mondrus; 6 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Hillside
So what is the “high” of the High Holy Days, exactly?