Obituary
RABBI Yosef Yitzchak Kazen, Director of Chabad Lubavitch in Cyberspace and considered by many to be the pioneer of Jewish education on the internet, died last month, aged 44…
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Obituaries & funerals, 1999
41 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 3
OBITUARY Ellis Cordell
ELLIS Cordell, who had a lifetime of involvement in communal causes, died recently at the age of 86. Born in Manchester in 1912, he and Merna…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Obituary Michael Hirschfeld
THE Wellington Town Hall was packed recently for the funeral of Michael Hirschfeld. Five of his friends spoke about his life. His activities spanned politics, literature, theatre,…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Obituary Frances (Gershwin) Godowsky
THE 75th anniversary of George Gershwin’s birth was celebrated in 1973 with a recording of For George and Ira by the Gershwins’ 67-year-old sister Frances…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Obituary Edna Jacobi
BORN in Melbourne on March 5, 1902, Edna Jacobi died in Melbourne recently aged 96. Born to a prominent Melbourne family who could be traced back to the founding of the…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Obituary David Aronson
THROUGH 50 years in practice, David Aronson became one of Victoria’s most distinguished plantiffs’ lawyers and a mentor to generations of Labor lawyers. Aronson, who…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Death of a Rose A great artist who was a man of compassion with a sense of humour and complete lack of bitterness. This is how colleagues remember Joe Rose, who died recently in Hobart at 83. This story by Shira Sebban
DESCRIBED by a critic as “one of the great surrealists of our time”, Joe Rose preferred to see himself as a “mystical and spiritual painter”, his daughter, Dr Ruth Redom, told the Australian Jewish News…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Obituary Herta Foltyn
FORMER Czechoslovakian Army nurse Herta Foltyn died recently after a prolonged illness. She was 76. Praised for her determination and…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Kremlin Denies Health Concerns at Yeltsin Funeral
MOSCOW, Wednesday: Preparations continued in Russia today for the May 25 poll on the Russian presidency. In a move…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Obituary We Bio Slim Dusty a Sad Farewell
The Chaser wishes to remember Australian country music legend Slim Dusty, who passed away quietly on Wednesday. Born David…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Obituary Michael Oyzer Berkowicz
MICHAEL Oyzer Berkowicz was bom the fifth of seven brothers (one sister died in childhood) on June 3, 1912, in Wolanow, Poland, the son of Reb Shimon and Rachel Berkowica, the…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Obituary Baroness Batsheva de Rothschild
A MEMBER of the French branch of the Rothschild family, Baroness Batsheva de Rothschild, died in Tel Aviv recently aged 84. She was Israel's leading patron of modern…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →letters Slim Dusty Obituary
Dear Editor, I came across a copy of your first edition of The Chaser and was disturbed to read an obituary for Slim Dusty…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Obituary Daryl M. Somers Entertainer
The Australian entertainment world was ever so slightly interested to learn that Daryl Melvin Somers, host of Nine's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death of Israeli industrial giant
JERUSALEM: Raphael Recanati, founder and chairman of IDB Holding Corporation, one of Israel’s massive corporate conglomerates, died in New York last week…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Obituary Dr Felix Gutmann
ONE of the World War II wave of migrants who contributed greatly to Austalia’s intellectual development over the past six decades, Felix Gutmann, died recently in Sydney at the age of 90. He was born in Vienna, where his education included a…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →feature Making donations When NSW residents apply for a driver's licence, they are asked whether they “consent to the removal after death” of their organs. How should Jews respond? Medical Professor Bernard Tuch says yes, Rabbi Moshe Gutnick says no. Both are members of the ethics subcommittee of the Australasian Jewish Medical Federation, NSW Division. Shira Sebban reports
AUSTRALIANS are dying because of a lack of organs. And it is a fallacy that Judaism prohibits the donation of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Obituary Cornelius Crane 'Chevy' Chase (1948-1999)
Chevy Chase, former star of Saturday Night Live and National Lampoon's Vacation Movies, passed away on Tuesday night, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Obituary: Mick Molloy
SYDNEY (Sunday): The Australian entertainment industry was mourning the loss of Mick Molloy last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Obituary Odds
Why not join The Chaser and bet on a future obituary? First bet on how Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, JFK's only remaining heir, will die…
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