Tag: eulogy
Genevieve Mellman, 1935-2013
IJN Editorial StaffMay 02, 2013
The IJN family was always delighted to have Gen Mellman in our midst. Her gaze, so level and discerning, accepted us all with gentle equanimity. A highly intelligent...
Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013
IJN Editorial StaffApr 11, 2013
Like any political leader worth his or her salt, Margaret Thatcher earned a number of enemies along with her friends. We’re not talking about the obvious foes that...
Rabbi Dr. Stanley M. Wagner, 1932-2013
IJN Editorial StaffFeb 28, 2013
In 1972, when Rabbi Stanley M. Wagner, came to the BMH, the synagogue had not really recovered from the deaths of Rabbis Samuel Adelman (1966) and Charles Eliezer Hillel...
Bernard Springer, 1921-2013
IJN Editorial StaffFeb 28, 2013
Bernie Springer was an insurance agent and, from all accounts, a pretty good one. He was also a devoted community supporter — most notably for Beth Israel Hospital and...
Richard Gould, 1948-2013
IJN Editorial StaffJan 17, 2013
Shall we begin with the fact that rather than smoke dope, flee to Canada, take out a fake divinity school deferment or a fake medical report or hide behind conscientious...
Ralph Auerbach, 1932-2013
IJN Editorial StaffJan 10, 2013
It could be said of anyone. If you did not know someone in his prime, you cannot get a picture of him from his old age. Still, in the case […]
Sam Fireman, 1914-2013
IJN Editorial StaffJan 10, 2013
So gentle, so understated, so quietly outreaching, so unruffled, so kind. Who could ever guess that the late Sam Fireman lived through every imaginable hell during the...
Sen. Daniel Inouye, 1924-2012
IJN Editorial StaffDec 20, 2012
When Israel and the Jewish people lose a friend in the US congress due to the political process, it is unfortunate, but when such a friend is lost to death, […]
Jean Kauvar, 1918-2012
IJN Editorial StaffNov 21, 2012
Jean Kauvar left us this week in ripe old age after a valiant struggle with blindness. And struggle she did, to retain the wide range of her intellectual, social and...
Irving Hook, 1924-2012
IJN Editorial StaffSep 27, 2012
The Denver Jewish community lost one of its most distinguished denizens when Irving Hook died this week. He was a sterling representative of the Jewish people in all of...
