Norfolk—Andrew M. Fekete, MD, FACP, 89, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 9, 2019 with his...
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Ronald “Ron” Roy Anderson
Belhaven, N.C.—Ronald “Ron” Anderson, 68, of Belhaven, NC, formerly of Wheeling, West Virginia,...
Murray Polner, founding and only editor of Present Tense magazine
(JTA)—Murray Polner, the founding editor of the liberal Jewish magazine Present Tense who served...
Rita S. Meschel
Fairfax, Va.—Rita S. Meschel, formerly of Norfolk and Virginia Beach passed April 6, 2019 in...
Susan E. Maggiora
Tucson, Arizona—Susan E. Maggiora, 67, died suddenly on May 30, 2019. Susan was born on June 7,...
Marsha Ornoff Merkle
Portsmouth—Marsha Ornoff Merkle, 69, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, May 22, 2019. She was...
Shirley Belkov Lipman
Virginia Beach—Shirley Belkov Lipman, a secretary to two rabbis who, with her late husband,...
Barbara Goldstein Horwitz
Virginia Beach—Barbara Horwitz passed away Sunday, June 2, 2019, at the age of 92. She was born...
Laurel Kanner Gutterman
Philadelphia, Pa.—Laurel Kanner Gutterman of Philadelphia, passed away on June 4, 2019. She was...
Herman Wouk, legendary author who brought Judaism into the mainstream
BOSTON (JTA)—Herman Wouk, the bestselling Orthodox Jewish author whose literary career spanned...
Larry Melvin Saunders
Norfolk—Larry Melvin Saunders passed away at the age of 84 on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at Harbor’s...
Irene Mandel Blum
Virginia Beach—Irene Mandel Blum, 95, passed away on May 10, 2019 at Beth Sholom Village. Irene...
Patricia Leffew Ashkenazi
Virginia Beach—Patricia Leffew Ashkenazi, 70, passed away May 9, 2019 in Virginia Beach,...
Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, killed in Poway attack, said to have shielded rabbi from bullets
POWAY, California (JTA)—Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed in the attack at a Chabad synagogue near...
Michael Edward Terkeltaub
Virginia Beach—Mike passed peacefully on April 25, 2019 at Beth Sholom Village. Mike was born in...
Judith B. Kaufman
Delray Beach, Fla.—Judith Berlin Kaufman, 81, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 in Delray...
Gary Lee Haskell
Virginia Beach—Gary Lee Haskell, a long time native of Virginia Beach, passed away on April 23,...
Dr. Bernard Alper
West Bloomfield, MICH.—Dr. Bernard Alper, 76, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, died on April 12,...
Michel Bacos, pilot who refused to abandon Jewish passengers in Entebee hijacking
Michel Bacos, the Air France pilot who refused to leave his Jewish passengers behind after his...
Avi Lyon, former head of Jewish Labor Committee
Avram “Avi” Lyon, who was executive director of the Jewish Labor Committee from 1997 to 2008, died...