Obituaries: Sept. 23-29, 2011
Jewish Journal
September 21, 2011
Frances R. Anson died Sept. 6 at 89. Survived by daughter Wendy; sons Jeffrey (Honglin Liu), David (Renae Jacobs); 3 grandchildren. Mount Sinai
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Army Archerd: January 13, 1922 – September 8, 2009
Jewish Journal
September 9, 2009
Army Archerd, whose 52-year run as a Daily Variety columnist made him unique among showbiz reporters, died Tuesday
Obituaries
Jewish Journal
November 9, 2006
Marlene Sherman Altman died Oct. 19 at 70. She is survived by her husband, Harvey; son, Jason; daughter, Sharon; and two grandchildren. Groman
French Views Split on Halimi’s Murder
Brett Kline
March 9, 2006
Some French remain convinced that the barbaric torture and murder of Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old Jew, was not an anti-Semitic hate crime.
The kidnap murder has been declared an anti-Semitic act by Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy but also a violent crime whose motive was money. Since Halimi was found abandoned in a suburban train station Feb. 13 and died on the way to the hospital, the affair has been the talk of France.
Wasserstein Chronicled Modern Women
Avigail Schwartz
February 2, 2006
Playwright Wendy Wasserstein, known for wry portrayals of strong, conflicted, contemporary women in prizewinning works such as \”The Heidi Chronicles,\” died this week in New York.
While not always overtly Jewish, her characters still bore the mark of the playwright\’s traditional Jewish upbringing in New York.
Later in her life, the feminist writer became a Jewish mother, although perhaps not in the way her own Jewish mother pictured.
Obituaries
Jewish Journal
December 29, 2005
Cecile Abers , died Nov. 26 at 90. She is survived by her husband, Emanuel; daughter, Laurie; one grandchild; and sister, Beverly Sloane. Malinow and Silverman
Obituaries
Jewish Journal
December 15, 2005
Samuel Dinin, who helped lay the foundation for Los Angeles\’ Jewish education system, died in his home in Westwood on Dec. 8. He was 103.\nComic actress and \”Bosom Buddies\” star Wendie Jo Sperber lost her fight with breast cancer on Nov. 29. She died at age 47 at her Sherman Oaks home.\nDavid S. Saxon, who was once fired for refusing to sign a loyalty oath but later rose to become president of the University of California system, died Dec. 8 at age 85.
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