Lee Javitch, ‘Giant’ supermarket chain former chairman, dies at 81
Lee H. Javitch, who turned his father’s meat market into a supermarket chain of 30 stores and then sold it to an international conglomerate, died April 19 at 81.
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Hedda Boshes, pioneering Israeli TV critic, dies at 79
Former Yedioth Ahronoth and Ha'aretz journalist Hedda Boshes, one of Israel's first TV critics, died April 15 at 79. (Update - corrects English spelling of her name. Thanks to her friend and colleague Sylvie Keshet (see below) for the heads-up.)
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Dennis Kay, mayor of Hudson Valley Town that fought ultra-Orthodox, dies at 65
Dennis Kay, mayor of the Hudson Valley, NY, town of Airmont, which reached a settlement with the US government in 2011 over a lawsuit over exclusionary zoning, died April 15 at 65.
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Computer pioneer Jack Tramiel dies at 83
Jack Tramiel, an Auschwitz survivor and founder of Commodore International, which pioneered low-cost home computers, died April 9 at 83.
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Mike Wallace, Israel, and the Jews - continued
Here are two more items to add to the “was Mike Wallace an Israel hater or self-hating Jew” debate that seem, insofar as the Eulogizer is concerned, to answer the question once and for all.
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Obits, Jewish obits, and the Grey Lady of New York
The New York Times Public Editor (also known as an ombudsman) wrote an excellent piece the other day about the hows and whys of the Grey Lady’s Obits section. Columnist Arthur Brisbane offered insights into the way the section’s writers approach the process, and went into some detail about who gets selected for obits and why:
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Mike Wallace and Israel—a complicated legacy
Legendary journalist Mike Wallace, who died this week at 93, was a passionate, provocative interviewer. He never hid his Jewish roots, but some have taken his reporting as anti-Israel. Is that so?
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Vermont retailer Louis R. Mazel dies at 99
Louis R. Mazel, who developed Vermont’s first local, discount department store, and who was a longtime prominent member of Burlington’s business and philanthropic communities, died March 28 at 99.
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Pioneering feminist poet Adrienne Rich dies at 82
Adrienne Rich, who grappled publicly, artistically, and graphically with her feminism, lesbianism, and Jewish identity for decades in her groundbreaking poetry and essays, died at 82 on March 27.
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James Endler, engineered WTC, West Point Jewish Chapel, dies at 82
Engineer James R. Endler, whose work included massive projects such as the World Trade Center, Disney’s Epcot Center, and such personal desires as the West Point Jewish Chapel, died March 24 at 82.
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