http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/ en eulogizer@jta.org Copyright 2012 2012-02-21T16:52:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/21/3091772/fashion-world-fixture-zelda-kaplan-dies-at-95 Alan D. Abbey http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/21/3091772/fashion-world-fixture-zelda-kaplan-dies-at-95 New York fashion world “fixture” Zelda Kaplan died Feb. 15 at 95 after collapsing while attending a runway show during the city’s annual Fashion Week. The New York Times said Kaplan “exited this world much as she had lived in it for the last four decades or so of her 95 years - as an inimitable fixture on fashion’s front lines and an inveterate clubgoer in Manhattan.” 2012-02-21T16:52:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/19/3091743/hebron-massacre-survivor-yaakov-castel-dies Alan D. Abbey http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/19/3091743/hebron-massacre-survivor-yaakov-castel-dies Yaakov Castel, described as one of the last remaining survivors of the massacre of Jews in Hebron in 1929, died Feb. 16. His age was not available. 2012-02-19T16:18:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/13/3091653/journalist-jeffrey-zaslow-dies-in-car-crash-at-53 Alan D. Abbey http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/13/3091653/journalist-jeffrey-zaslow-dies-in-car-crash-at-53 Journalist Jeffrey Zaslow, whose “beat” at The Wall Street Journal was the way people navigate the transitions in their lives, died Feb. 10 at 53 in a car accident on a snowy road in northern Michigan on his way home from speaking about his newest book, “The Magic Room: A Story About the Love We Wish for Our Daughters,” about the clientele of a bridal store. 2012-02-13T18:55:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/09/3091597/soft-core-filmmaker-zalman-king-dies-at-70-or-maybe-69 Alan D. Abbey http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/09/3091597/soft-core-filmmaker-zalman-king-dies-at-70-or-maybe-69 Commercial “soft-core” filmmaker and one-time actor Zalman King, called variously an “erotic cinema maestro,” a “brilliant and noble soul,“ and much in between, died Feb. 3 at 70 (although some reports had him at age 69, which made some obit writers quite happy). 2012-02-09T16:24:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/08/3091580/roman-halter-shoah-survivor-artist-dies-at-84 Alan D. Abbey http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/08/3091580/roman-halter-shoah-survivor-artist-dies-at-84 Roman Halter, who turned his experiences during the Holocaust as a slave laborer, death camp survivor and death march escapee into searing art, died in London on Jan. 30 at 84. 2012-02-08T18:22:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/06/3091533/jane-ising-110-editor-harry-coen-67-actor-ben-gazzara-81-not-jewish-but Alan D. Abbey http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/06/3091533/jane-ising-110-editor-harry-coen-67-actor-ben-gazzara-81-not-jewish-but In case you had seen a headline and were wondering, the subjects of this item, supercentenarian Jane Ising, 110, British editor Harry Coen, 67, and actor Ben Gazzara, 81, all of whom died in the last week, were not Jewish. But their stories are worth noting. 2012-02-06T07:41:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/06/3091532/oklahoma-oil-exec-and-philanthropist-jack-zarrow-dies-at-86 Alan D. Abbey http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/06/3091532/oklahoma-oil-exec-and-philanthropist-jack-zarrow-dies-at-86 Jack Zarrow, a Tulsa, Okla., oil and gas supply company CEO and philanthropist whose foundation supported education, mental health and Jewish charities, died on Feb. 2 at 86. 2012-02-06T07:36:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/02/3091481/bill-mardo-sportswriter-who-pushed-for-integrating-baseball-dies-at-89 Alan D. Abbey http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/02/3091481/bill-mardo-sportswriter-who-pushed-for-integrating-baseball-dies-at-89 Bill Mardo, a longtime sportswriter for the Daily Worker who was one of the leading voices for integrating baseball in the 1940s, died Jan. 20 at 89. 2012-02-02T16:15:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/01/3091461/ayelet-galena-2-year-old-whose-plight-moved-thousands-dies Alan D. Abbey http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/02/01/3091461/ayelet-galena-2-year-old-whose-plight-moved-thousands-dies This is almost too sad to report, but her short life and tragic end have been public: Ayelet Galena, who had suffered from a rare bone disease, died Jan. 31. 2012-02-01T16:36:01-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/01/31/3091424/vade-bolton-volunteers-for-israel-head-dies-at-72 Alan D. Abbey http://blogs.jta.org/eulogizer/article/2012/01/31/3091424/vade-bolton-volunteers-for-israel-head-dies-at-72 Vade Bolton, president of the board of Volunteers for Israel, died Dec. 26, 2011, at 72 after complications from knee surgery. 2012-01-31T07:18:00-05:00