Obituaries

Bess Myerson, the only Jewish woman to be crowned Miss America, has died. Myerson, who also was a...

Norfolk —Alan J. Mand, 77, passed away on Friday, Jan. 2, 2014. He was a Norfolk native, Maury...

Norfolk —Ethel A. Katz, 97, passed away Thursday, Jan.1, 2015. She was the daughter of the late...

Portsmouth —Gerald Forman Kahan, age 85 of Tampa, Fla., died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. Mr. Kahan...

Portsmouth —Florence Bress Karp, 96, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 in her home. A Norfolk native,...

The parents of Steven Sotloff, the Jewish journalist who was beheaded by a member of ISIS, lit a...

Photographer Phil Stern, known for his candid shots of Hollywood stars and jazz musicians, has...

Norfolk—Marion Bette Segal passed away peacefully in her home on Dec. 5, 2014 in Long Grove, Ill....

Norfolk — Solomon Ponizovskiy, 82, died Nov. 28, 2014 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital from...

Virginia Beach —Harry Polay, 93, died Dec. 3, 2014. Mr. Polay was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. to the...

Norfolk — Gertrude “Trudy” Jacobs Friedman, 82, died Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 in her residence. She...

Mike Nichols, the Oscar-winning director of The Graduate who had escaped Nazi Germany as a boy,...

Mervyn Smith, president of the African Jewish Congress and a major anti-apartheid activist in the...

NORFOLK—Leon Saunders, 90, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 21 at Beth Sholom Home in Virginia Beach,...

Virginia Beach —Pat lost a two-year courageous battle against breast cancer on Dec. 1 at the age...

Virginia Beach —Dr. Murray Halpern, (Miechel ben Zvi Hersh v’ Chana), passed away on Monday, Nov....

NORFOLK—Anne Kaufman, 86, died peacefully Nov. 22, 2014. She was predeceased by her parents George...

Virginia Beach —Sidney P. Finkelstein, affectionately known to his grandchildren and many others...

Virginia Beach —Samuel Blum, 100, died Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 in his residence. He was a native of...

Norfolk — Melvin Sanford Barr, 91, died Nov. 12, 2014 in Palm Beach Gardens Fla. Mr. Barr was born...