Obituaries

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...

Norfolk — Kathy Axelrod, 67, longtime Norfolk, Va. resident, died Nov. 10, 2014 of complications...

The New York City clinic that treated comedian Joan Rivers made several errors, including not...

Rabbi Shmuel Azimov, one of the leaders of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement in France, has...

Virginia Beach—Malcolm Wasserman, 82, passed away surrounded by his family at his home in Virginia...

Norfolk —Gerald “Jerry” H. Stein, beloved husband of Arlene, of blessed memory, and cherished...

Virginia Beach—Martha Hatchett Owens was born at Virginia Beach Hospital on January 4, 1930. A...

Norfolk —Stewart Legum, 72, died on November 7, 2014. Stewart had been living in Palm Coast, Fla.,...

Virginia Beach—Justin Abraham Bangel, 34, died Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014 in Virginia Beach. He was a...