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Obituaries

Cool and Dashing, Paul Newman Was a New Kind of Jewish Star
Misha Berson | Thu. Oct 02, 2008
While in high school in the early 1960s, my older brother bore a fleeting, flattering resemblance to Paul Newman.
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Writer-Editor Ted Solotaroff, Literary Democrat
Max Apple | Tue. Aug 12, 2008
Ted Solotaroff, who died August 8 at the age of 80, was, among his many literary virtues, a good writer of obituaries. He had his finger on the pulse of his era, and the press could count on him to sum up the lives and works of key literary figures — Irving Howe, Meyer Schapiro, Allen Ginsburg, Alfred Kazin.
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June Walker, 74, Chaired 
Presidents Conference
Forward Staff | Thu. Jul 31, 2008
June Walker, chairwoman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and former national president of Hadassah, died July 29 after a seven-year battle with cancer. She was 74.
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