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Eulogies:Jonathan “J.J.” Greenberg

Jonathan \”J.J.\” Greenberg, the executive director of the Jewish Life Network, died Saturday in Israel after his bicycle was struck by a car a day earlier.

Eulogies:Ira Yellin

Ira Yellin, recognized throughout Los Angeles as an urban pioneer for his tireless efforts to rebuild the city\’s historic core, and most recently a principal of real estate development company Urban Partners LLC, died Sept. 10 at his home in Los Angeles from lung cancer. He was 62.

Eulogies:Mark Schulman

Mark Schulman, philanthropist and entrepreneur, died July 20 at the age of 97.

Eulogies:Rabbi Philip Schroit

Rabbi Philip Schroit, beloved rabbi of B\’nai David-Judea for 44 years and rabbi emeritus for 10 years, died Aug. 12 at the age of 79.

Squirrelled Away

They call themselves the "Lunch Bunch." They\’re a playful, bright, caring, deliciously mad group of superannuated Jewish elves.

Eulogies:Rabbi Marvin L. Labinger

Rabbi Marvin L. Labinger executive director of the Pacific Southwest Region of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism from 1990-2000, died July 25, 2002 at the age of 66.

Eulogies:Maurice R. Commanday

Maurice R. Commanday, an innovative engineer in the aircraft industry, a veteran of World War II and Israel\’s War of Independence, and an active supporter of the Freedom of Religion movement in Israel, died July 23 at the age of 84.

Eulogies:Elizabeth Mormorston Horowitz

Elizabeth Marmorston Horowitz, founding director of the USC Law School paralegal program and a Juvenile Court mediator, died July 21 of cancer. She was 72.

Eulogies:Irwin M. Weinstein

Irwin M. Weinstein, one of the founders of the National Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) and its Los Angeles chapter, died July 21 of a stroke and kidney failure. He was 76.

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