April 10, 2025
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Harry Lerner, the founder of Lerner Publishing and publisher of Kar-Ben Books, the largest publisher of Jewish-themed children’s books, passed away on April 8. He was 93. Lerner was born […]
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When Hoang Murphy started as the CEO of People Serving People, his introduction to his community engagement manager, Kristy Wesson, was when she barged right into Murphy’s office. “She came […]
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Uri Koppel, age 85, of St. Louis Park, MN passed away on March 10th, 2024 after a long battle with heart disease. He was preceded in death by his parents, […]
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Maria Onheiber, 90, passed away surrounded by her family in Golden Valley, Minnesota on December 8, 2023. Born in greater Mexico City on June 27, 1933, Maria de Los Angeles […]
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Dora Zaidenweber moved to Minneapolis in 1950, just a few short years after being liberated after surviving the Radom forced labor camp, Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen, and for 74 years after, […]
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Rabbi Hayim Herring came to Beth El Synagogue as an assistant rabbi to Rabbi Kassel Abelson, then became his associate rabbi and eventually succeeded Abelson as senior rabbi. But they […]
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Roberta (Bobby) Berwin (November 6, 1943 – February 24, 2023) grew up in West Los Angeles as the only child of Melvin and Frieda Lind. She met Harvey during high […]
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Dr. Edward Orman, age 93, of Minneapolis (formerly Green Bay, WI) passed away peacefully on October 21, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. Edward was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As […]
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In 2019, Harold Smith quipped that he had no one to golf with; after all, he was 101 years old. “We played 9 holes and he hit the ball down […]
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Harold Smith, age 104, of Saint Louis Park, and Boca Raton, Fla., passed away on Sept. 10, 2022. Preceded in death by wife, Mae “Mickey” Smith; parents, William and Fannie […]
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