Sid Caesar on “Your Show of Shows” with co-star Imogene Coca (Wikimedia Commons)
Read more: http://www.jta.org/2014/02/13/news-opinion/sid-caesar-tv-and-comedy-pioneer-dies-at-91#ixzz2tEslJNrS NEW YORK (JTA) — Sid Caesar, regarded as the founding father of American Jewish comedy and live original sketch comedy, has died. Caesar, who reportedly has been in failing health for a year, died Wednesday at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 91. He is best known… Read more »
Abe Chanin, a former publisher of the Arizona Jewish Post, longtime Arizona Daily Star sports editor, University of Arizona professor, author and historian, died Feb. 1 in Albuquerque, N.M. He was 92. Mr. Chanin co-published the Arizona Post, as it was then known, with his wife, Mildred, from 1956… Read more »
Bernyce Simon, 79, died Jan. 23, 2014. Born in Paterson, N.J., Mrs. Simon was active in many community and civic endeavors. Mrs. Simon was preceded in death by her brother, Albert Kamine. Survivors include her husband of 58 years, Donald; children, Michael (Lynn) Simon of North Caldwell, N.J., and… Read more »
Lester Morton Goldsmith, 79, died Dec. 25, 2013. Born in Chicago, Mr. Goldsmith was a graduate of Northwestern University. While in high school, he began working at one of Chicago’s first television stations. He later was a campaign videographer for John and Robert Kennedy. He was a story development… Read more »
Louis Norman Rib, 85, died Dec. 18, 2013. Raised in the Bronx, N.Y., Mr. Rib was part of the Kingsmen club at the Young Men’s Hebrew Association during high school. He attended New York University earning a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a master’s degree in meteorology (sponsored… Read more »
Rena Susanne Blum, 83, died Dec. 28, 2013. Born and educated in New York, Mrs. Blum married in 1951 and worked as a real estate agent. She was active in Hadassah. She and her husband retired to Boca Raton in 1989 and moved to Tucson in 1998. Mrs. Blum… Read more »
Herbert Julius Schwager, 88, died Jan. 3, 2014. Born in New York, Mr. Schwager moved to Tucson in 1943. He worked as a stock broker at E.F. Hutton. He was a member of Temple Emanu-El, Congregation Anshei Israel and Congregation Young Israel. Mr. Schwager was preceded in death by… Read more »
Ernest Allen “Ernie” Cohen, 76, died Jan. 8, 2014. Originally from Brooklyn, Mr. Cohen and his wife, Marsha, raised three children in Teaneck, N.J. before moving to Tucson in 1986. He served as president of the Teaneck Political Assembly, a non-partisan organization. He ran as a Democratic candidate for… Read more »
In January 1985, as a colonel in the Israeli Air Force, I was running a course for high-ranking officers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), focused on lessons from Israel’s wars. One of the case studies to be discussed was the battle of Um-Katef/Abu-Ageila, in the Six-Day War, when… Read more »
Selma Davis, 96, died Dec. 17, 2013. Mrs. Davis and her late husband, former Tucson Mayor Lewis W. Davis, supported many community endeavors. Mrs. Davis was preceded in death by her husband Lewis W. Davis. Survivors include her children, Robert (Elaine) Pratt of Florida and Andrea Davis of Tucson;… Read more »
Bernard “Bernie” Evenchik, 83, died Dec. 14, 2013. A Tucson resident for more than 40 years, Mr. Evenchik was born in Elyria, Ohio. He ran Rigbee’s Toy Store in Elyria and managed Chateau Apartment-Hotels in Tucson. He was an officer in the U.S. Air Force and a volunteer “cuddler”… Read more »
Edgar Bronfman, philthropist and Jewish communal leader, dies at 84. NEW YORK (JTA) — Edgar Bronfman, the billionaire former beverage magnate and leading Jewish philanthropist, died Saturday at the age of 84. As the longtime president of the World Jewish Congress, Bronfman fought for Jewish rights worldwide and led the successful fight to secure more than a billion dollars… Read more »
Joshua Benjamin Bynes, 20, died Dec. 10, 2013. Mr. Bynes was an apprentice electrician. Survivors include his parents, David and Ana Bynes; brother; Eli Bynes; grandparents, Jack and Roberta Bynes and Roy and Amelia Ortiz; and great-grandmother, Gertrude Shankman, all of Tucson. Services will be held at East Lawn… Read more »
Norman Neipris, 85, died Oct. 15, 2013. Born in Malden, Mass., Mr. Neipris graduated from Malden High School and attended one year at the University of New Mexico. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Three weeks after he was discharged, he married his wife, Judith,… Read more »
Mitchel (Mickey) David Berens, 83, died Oct. 7, 2013. Raised in Chicago and Whitehall, Ill., Mr. Berens graduated from high school and briefly attended college. He started an automobile dealership business that expanded into four dealerships, then moved to Tucson in 1970. Survivors include his wife of 58 years,… Read more »
Barbara K. Shore, Ph.D., 92, died Oct. 23, 2013. Raised in Pittsburgh, Dr. Shore earned a BS in social work at Carnegie Tech (now CMU), graduating summa cum laude, and an MS in social work from the University of Pittsburgh. She married Jack Shore in 1942 and they left… Read more »
Theodore H. (Ted) Silverman, 83, died Oct. 10, 2013. Mr. Silverman was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and a member of Temple Emanu-El. He enjoyed sculpting in marble and alabaster and displayed his works in his studio and throughout Tucson. Survivors include his wife of 60… Read more »
Louise Shapiro, 84, died Oct. 4, 2013. Mrs. Shapiro was born in Alabama. Her family moved to New York City, where she graduated from Hunter College. She received her master’s degree in education from the University of Arizona. She met her husband, Norman, while working as a camp counselor… Read more »
Liba Feurstein, 76, died Oct. 2, 2013 in California. Mrs. Feurstein worked as a teacher. She was preceded in death by her parents, Rabbi Marcus and Bertha Breger and her husband, Seymour. Survivors include her children, David (Dalia) Feurstein of Sherman Oaks, Calif., Judy (Slone) Citron and Esther Netter;… Read more »
Monte Seymour, 94, died Oct. 1, 2013. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mr. Seymour was the son of Russian immigrants. At a young age, he sold newspapers during baseball games at Ebbets Field and concessions at Madison Square Garden. Mr. Seymour enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps, part of the… Read more »
