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John Herbert Adler (1959-2011) —
also known as John H. Adler —
of Cherry Hill, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
23, 1959.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state senate 6th District, 1991-2008; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 2009-; defeated,
1990.
Jewish.
Died while recovering from heart
surgery, in connection with a staph
infection, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 4,
2011 (age 51 years, 224
days).
Interment at Locustwood Memorial Park, Cherry Hill, N.J.
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Israel J. P. Adlerman (c.1879-1941) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born about 1879.
Democrat. Member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930; Justice of City Court in the
Bronx, 1933-41.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
3, 1941 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Rochelle Park, N.J.
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Jack Alter (1927-2007) —
of Fort Lee, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
21, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
business; mayor
of Fort Lee, N.J., 1992-2007; nominated, but died before the
election 2007; died in office 2007.
Jewish.
Died in Englewood Hospital,
Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., August
27, 2007 (age 79 years, 249
days).
Interment at Knollwood
Cemetery, Queens, N.Y.
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Harry Bacharach (b. 1873) —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
24, 1873.
Republican. Postmaster at Atlantic
City, N.J., 1901-11; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1912, 1916-20, 1930-35.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Bacharach and Betty (Nusbaum) Bacharach; married, September
16, 1901, to Hattie Hanstein. |
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Isaac Bacharach (1870-1956) —
also known as "Boardwalk Ike" —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Brigantine, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
5, 1870.
Republican. Real estate
business; lumber
business; banker;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1911; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1915-37; defeated,
1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Jewish. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., September
5, 1956 (age 86 years, 244
days).
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Nathan Barnert (1838-1927) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan, Poland),
September
20, 1838.
Democrat. Tailor;
clothing
manufacturer; real estate
business; mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1883-86, 1889-90; philanthropist.
Jewish.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., December
23, 1927 (age 89 years, 94
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Relatives:
Married to Miriam Phillips. |
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Abraham Bernstein (1918-1990) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state senate, 1961-90 (28th District 1961-65, 36th District 1966,
32nd District 1967-90); died in office 1990.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
One leg was
amputated in 1977 due to phlebitis.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Albert Einstein Medical
Center, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., March 4,
1990 (age 71 years, 307
days).
Interment at New
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Iselin, N.J.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth Schub and Gretchen Diamond. |
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Werner Michael Blumenthal (b. 1926) —
also known as W. Michael Blumenthal —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Oranienburg, Germany,
January
3, 1926.
Democrat. President, Bendix International, 1967-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1984;
chairman, Burroughs
(1980-86), and Unisys
(1986-90); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Jersey, 2008;
president, Berlin Jewish Museum.
Jewish. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Economic Association.
Still living as of 2020.
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Jeffrey Boss (b. 1963) —
also known as Jeff Boss —
of Guttenberg, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born May 20,
1963.
Candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2008, 2014 (NSA Did 9/11); candidate for
President
of the United States, 2008 (Independent), 2012 (NSA Did 9/11);
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 2009 (Democratic primary), 2013 (NSA Did 9/11).
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Campaign slogan
(2009): "No Tolls, Lower Taxes, Free College." |
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article |
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Michael Chertoff (b. 1953) —
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., November
28, 1953.
Republican. Lawyer; law
clerk for U.S. Judge Murray
Gurfein, 1978-79, and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice William
Brenan, 1979-80; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1990-94; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 2003-05; resigned
2005; U.S.
Secretary of Homeland Security, 2005-09.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Clarence Douglas Dillon (1909-2003) —
also known as C. Douglas Dillon; Clarence Douglass
Dillon —
of Far Hills, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Geneva, Switzerland,
of American parents, August
21, 1909.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1952
(alternate), 1968;
U.S. Ambassador to France, 1953-57; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1961-65.
Scottish,
French,
Swedish,
and Jewish ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Recipient of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on July 6, 1989.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
10, 2003 (age 93 years, 142
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George M. Eichler (1896-1967) —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.; Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., December
20, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1926, 1928; elected
(Wet) delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from Hudson
County 1933; candidate for New
Jersey state senate, 1934.
Jewish. Member, American
Legion.
Died December
16, 1967 (age 70 years, 361
days).
Interment at Beth
Miriam Memorial Park, Neptune Township, Monmouth County, N.J.
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Abram Isaac Elkus (1867-1947) —
also known as Abram I. Elkus —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
6, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member, New York State Board of Regents, 1911-19; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912;
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1916-17; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1919-20; defeated, 1913, 1920.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Committee; Freemasons.
Died in Red Bank, Monmouth
County, N.J., October
15, 1947 (age 80 years, 70
days).
Interment at Beth
Olom Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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Meyer C. Ellenstein (1886-1967) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
15, 1886.
Democrat. Dentist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1924
(alternate), 1940,
1948;
lawyer;
mayor
of Newark, N.J., 1933-41; candidate for Presidential Elector for
New Jersey.
Jewish.
Died February
11, 1967 (age 80 years, 119
days).
Interment at Oheb
Shalom Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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Emanuel Joshua Evans (1907-1997) —
also known as Emanuel J. Evans; E. J. Evans;
"Mutt" —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., May 2,
1907.
Democrat. President, United Department
Stores; chairman, Cape Fear Feed
Products; director, Wachovia Bank;
trustee, Watts Hospital;
mayor
of Durham, N.C., 1951-63.
Jewish. Member, Tau
Epsilon Phi.
Died February
8, 1997 (age 89 years, 282
days).
Interment at Durham Hebrew Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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Leonard Farbstein (1902-1993) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
12, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 4th District, 1933-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1957-71; defeated in
primary, 1970.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; American
Judicature Society.
Died, of advanced heart
disease, at New York Downtown Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
9, 1993 (age 91 years, 28
days).
Interment at Cedar
Park Cemetery, Paramus, N.J.
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Howard Melvin Fast (1914-2003) —
also known as Howard Fast; "E. V.
Cunningham"; "Walter Ericson" —
of Teaneck, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
11, 1914.
Communist. Novelist;
in 1950, suspected of sedition,
he was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee,
where he refused to name fellow members of the Communist Party; convicted
of contempt
of Congress and sentenced to three months in prison;
awarded the Stalin
Peace Prize in 1953; American Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1952.
Jewish.
Died in Old Greenwich, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., March
12, 2003 (age 88 years, 121
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Philip Forman (1895-1978) —
of New Jersey.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1928-32; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1932-59; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1959-61.
Jewish. Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died August
17, 1978 (age 82 years, 260
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Barney Frank (b. 1940) —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., March
31, 1940.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1973-80; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1981-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish. Gay.
Admitted
in 1990 to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male
prostitute, for sex, subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal
assistant, and getting 33 parking tickets dismissed for him; Gobie
also used the congressman's apartment for prostitution. A move to expel
Frank from the House of Representatives failed on a 38 to 390 vote; a
motion to censure
him failed 141-287; finally, the House voted to reprimand
him by a vote of 408 to 18.
Still living as of 2014.
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Abraham Lincoln Freedman (1904-1971) —
also known as Abraham L. Freedman —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
19, 1904.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1961-64;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1964-71; died in
office 1971.
Jewish.
Died March
13, 1971 (age 66 years, 114
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Abraham J. Gellinoff (1902-1994) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born November
18, 1902.
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1961-76.
Jewish.
Resigned
during an inquiry
into the appointment of his
son-in-law as an arbitrator.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1994 (age 91 years, 64
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Saddle Brook, N.J.
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Benjamin Gladstone (1896-1935) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
16, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 5th District, 1934-35; died in
office 1935.
Jewish. Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., December
13, 1935 (age 38 years, 362
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Saddle Brook, N.J.
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Benjamin Martin Golder (1891-1946) —
also known as Benjamin M. Golder —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Alliance, Salem
County, N.J., December
23, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1917-25; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1925-33; defeated,
1940; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Jewish.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
30, 1946 (age 55 years, 7
days).
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Gary Edward Greenblatt (1949-2010) —
also known as Gary E. Greenblatt —
of Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born December
1, 1949.
Democrat. Real estate
broker; lawyer;
candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly 1st District, 1975; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1976;
director and vice-president, Covenant Bank;
board chairman, Landis Savings
Bank.
Jewish.
Died in Vineland, Cumberland
County, N.J., April 8,
2010 (age 60 years, 128
days).
Interment at Alliance
Cemetery, Norma, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Newton Greenblatt and Ruth (Rosenbaum) Greenblatt; married, March
25, 1979, to Barbara Cheryl Konell. |
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Nelson Gerard Gross (1932-1997) —
also known as Nelson G. Gross —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.; Saddle River, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born January
9, 1932.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1962-63;
candidate for New
Jersey state senate District 13, 1965; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1968;
chair
of Bergen County Republican Party, 1969; New Jersey
Republican state chair, 1969; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1970; real estate
developer; restaurant
owner.
Jewish.
Indicted
in May 1973 on charges
of falsifying
a $5,000 contribution to the 1969 campaign of Gov. William
T. Cahill, conspiring to commit tax
evasion by disguising the contribution as a business expense, and
counseling a witness to commit perjury;
convicted
in March 1974, and sentenced
to two years jail;
served six months.
Kidnapped in Edgewater, N.J., robbed of $20,000, taken to New York,
and stabbed
to death, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
17, 1997 (age 65 years, 251
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Gross. |
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Harry Frank Guggenheim (1890-1971) —
also known as Harry F. Guggenheim —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in West End, Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
23, 1890.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining and
smelting
business; U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1929-33; co-founder, with his wife Alicia, of
Newsday, the daily newspaper
of Long Island, New York.
Jewish.
Died, of cancer,
in Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
22, 1971 (age 80 years, 152
days).
Interment at Salem
Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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David Harrison (1900-1969) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Poland,
October
4, 1900.
Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1937.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died in July, 1969
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Harrison and Sarah (Grossberg) Harrison; married 1930 to Belle
R. Roemer. |
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Charles Samuel Joelson (1916-1999) —
also known as Charles S. Joelson; Chuck
Joelson —
of New Jersey.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., January
27, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1961-69; defeated,
1954; state court judge in New Jersey, 1969.
Jewish.
Died, at the CentraState Medical
Center, Freehold, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
20, 1999 (age 83 years, 205
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur George Klein (1904-1968) —
also known as Arthur G. Klein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
8, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1941-45, 1946-56 (14th District
1941-45, 19th District 1946-56); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1957-67; famously ruled, in
1963, that the novel Fanny Hill was not obscene.
Jewish.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
20, 1968 (age 63 years, 196
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Fairview, N.J.
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Herbert Charles Klein (b. 1930) —
also known as Herb Klein —
of Clifton, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 24,
1930.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1972-75 (District 14-A 1972-73,
34th District 1974-75); defeated, 1975; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 8th District, 1993-95; defeated,
1994.
Jewish.
Still living as of 1998.
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Abram Klenert (1869-1943) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., February
16, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1907;
defeated, 1909; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1913;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1928.
Jewish. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in his apartment at the Alexander Hamilton Hotel,
Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., March 8,
1943 (age 74 years, 20
days).
Interment at Mt.
Neboh Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Victor Klenert and Rose Klenert; married to Bessie
Woods. |
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Charles K. Krieger (c.1914-1982) —
of Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
about 1914.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Jersey City, N.J., 1971; defeated, 1971.
Jewish.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., June 17,
1982 (age about 68
years).
Interment at United
Hebrew Cemetery, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (1924-2013) —
also known as Frank R. Lautenberg —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.; Secaucus, Hudson
County, N.J.; Cliffside Park, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., January
23, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; executive with
Automatic
Data Processing, a payroll services company; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1982-2001, 2003-13; died in office 2013;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish. Member, American
Jewish Committee.
Died, from viral
pneumonia, while suffering with stomach
cancer, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 3,
2013 (age 89 years, 131
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Joseph Aaron Lazarow (1923-2008) —
also known as Joseph Lazarow —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born December
17, 1923.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; mayor
of Atlantic City, N.J., 1976-82.
Jewish.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., January
3, 2008 (age 84 years, 17
days).
Interment at Beth
Kehillah Cemetery, Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, N.J.
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Leon Leonard (b. 1909) —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born March
11, 1909.
Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1941-47; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1947; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Atlantic
County, 1947.
Jewish. Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Lippman (1864-1934) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., October
30, 1864.
Republican. Banker; insurance
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1920
(alternate), 1928,
1932
(alternate).
Jewish. German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in South Orange, Essex
County, N.J., March
23, 1934 (age 69 years, 144
days).
Interment at Bnai Jeshurun Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Leopold Lippman and Elizabeth (Beumel) Lippman; married to May
Rosenstein. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Allard Kenneth Lowenstein (1929-1980) —
also known as Allard K. Lowenstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Long Beach, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
16, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1960
(alternate), 1968,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1969-71; defeated,
1970, 1972 (primary), 1972 (Liberal), 1974, 1976, 1978 (primary).
Jewish. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dennis Sweeney, in his law
office in Rockefeller Center, and died about seven hours later,
in St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
14, 1980 (age 51 years, 58
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923-2007) —
also known as Norman Mailer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
31, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; novelist,
essayist,
magazine
editor, Hollywood
screenwriter,
director,
and actor;
among the founders of the Village Voice newspaper
newspaper
in New York City; in November, 1960, while drunk
at a party, he stabbed
and wounded his wife, Adele; he was arrested
and held for psychiatric evaluation, and eventually pleaded
guilty to third-degree
assault; arrested
and jailed
in 1967 in connection with an antiwar
protest; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969.
Jewish ancestry.
Won the Pulitzer
Prize for nonfiction in 1969 and for fiction in 1980.
Died, from acute renal
failure, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 2007 (age 84 years, 283
days).
Interment at Provincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, Mass.
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David Naar (1800-1880) —
of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union
County), N.J.; Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in St. Thomas, Danish West Indies (now Virgin
Islands), November
6, 1800.
Democrat. Mayor
of Elizabethtown, N.J., 1842-45; U.S. Consul in St. Thomas, 1848; newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Jersey, 1860;
New
Jersey state treasurer, 1865.
Jewish. Portugese
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., February
24, 1880 (age 79 years, 110
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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Joseph B. Perskie (1885-1957) —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Alliance, Salem
County, N.J., July 20,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1933-47.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith; Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died May 29,
1957 (age 71 years, 313
days).
Interment at Beth
Kehillah Cemetery, Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, N.J.
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Steven P. Perskie (b. 1945) —
of Margate, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
10, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1972-77 (District 2 1972-73, 2nd
District 1974-77); member of New
Jersey state senate 2nd District, 1978-82; resigned 1982;
superior court judge in New Jersey, 1982.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1982.
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Benjamin J. Rabin (1896-1969) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 3,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1945-47; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1948-66.
Jewish.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
22, 1969 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Rochelle Park, N.J.
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Stuart Rabner (b. 1960) —
of Caldwell, Essex
County, N.J.
Born June 30,
1960.
Lawyer;
law clerk for U.S. District Judge Dickinson
R. Debevoise, 1985-86; New
Jersey state attorney general, 2006-07; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 2007-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2016.
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Leo Frederick Rayfiel (1888-1978) —
also known as Leo F. Rayfiel —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1939-44; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1945-47.
Jewish.
Died in Wayne, Passaic
County, N.J., November
18, 1978 (age about 90
years).
Interment at Wellwood
Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Stephen B. Richer (b. 1946) —
of Dover, Morris
County, N.J.; Randolph, Morris
County, N.J.; Gulfport, Harrison
County, Miss.
Born in Beth Israel Hospital,
Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
18, 1946.
Democrat. Democratic candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1969 (District 10-A), 1971
(primary, District 10-B); alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1980.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2005.
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Samuel Roman (1910-1998) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born, in a hospital,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
26, 1910.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1947-54;
defeated, 1942 (New York County 23rd District), 1944 (New York County
15th District), 1954 (New York County 15th District).
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Author and sponsor of nation's first
law against racial discrimination in places of public accomodation,
1953.
Died, of a stroke,
in Spring Valley, Rockland
County, N.Y., September
11, 1998 (age 88 years, 16
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Saddle Brook, N.J.
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Steven R. Rothman (b. 1952) —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.; Fair Lawn, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., October
14, 1952.
Democrat. Mayor
of Englewood, N.J., 1983-89; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Murray Sabrin (b. 1946) —
of Leonia, Bergen
County, N.J.; Fort Lee, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Bad Wörishofen, Germany,
December
21, 1946.
College
professor; Libertarian candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1997; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2000, 2008, 2014.
Jewish ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Isadore Schary (1905-1980) —
also known as Dore Schary —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
31, 1905.
Democrat. Actor,
playwright,
screenwriter,
movie
producer; replaced Louis
B. Mayer as head of M-G-M Studios in 1951; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956.
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died July 7,
1980 (age 74 years, 311
days).
Interment at Hebrew
Cemetery, West Long Branch, N.J.
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Ben Shahn (1898-1969) —
of Roosevelt, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania,
September
12, 1898.
Progressive. Artist;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Jewish.
Died, in Mt. Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
14, 1969 (age 70 years, 183
days).
Interment at Roosevelt Cemetery, Roosevelt, N.J.
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Carl Sherman (c.1891-1956) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Olmütz, Austria (now Olomouc, Czechia),
about 1891.
Democrat. New York
state attorney general, 1923-24; defeated, 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1948
(alternate), 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1942; treasurer of
New York Democratic Party, 1945-50.
Jewish. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Congress.
Died in Larchmont, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 17,
1956 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Cedar
Park Cemetery, Paramus, N.J.
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Arthur J. Sills (1917-1982) —
of Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
23, 1917.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1962-70; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1964.
Jewish. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died, following a stroke,
in Perth Amboy General Hospital,
Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., December
26, 1982 (age 65 years, 64
days).
Interment at Beth Israel Memorial Park, Woodbridge, N.J.
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Nelson F. Stamler (b. 1909) —
of Union Township, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., May 4,
1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1960-62; member
of New
Jersey state senate, 1962-67 (Union County 1962-65, District 9
1966-67).
Jewish. Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Burial location unknown.
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David Theodore Wilentz (1894-1988) —
also known as David T. Wilentz —
of Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia),
December
21, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
Middlesex County Democratic Party, 1928; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
member, Platform and Resolutions Committee, 1944;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1964;
delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1934-44.
Jewish. Latvian
ancestry.
Died in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., July 6,
1988 (age 93 years, 198
days).
Interment at Beth Israel Memorial Park, Woodbridge, N.J.
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Robert Nathan Wilentz (1927-1996) —
also known as Robert N. Wilentz —
of Deal, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., February
17, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1966-69 (Middlesex County
1966-67, District 7-C 1968-69); chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1979-96; retired 1996.
Jewish and Latvian
ancestry.
Died July 23,
1996 (age 69 years, 157
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Warren W. Wilentz (1924-2010) —
of New Jersey; Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., March
29, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Middlesex
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1956-60; Middlesex
County Attorney, 1960-67; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1966.
Jewish. Latvian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J., March
18, 2010 (age 85 years, 354
days).
Interment at Beth Israel Memorial Park, Woodbridge, N.J.
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Richard Zimmer (b. 1944) —
also known as Dick Zimmer —
of Flemington, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., August
16, 1944.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1982-87; defeated, 1979; member
of New
Jersey state senate, 1987-91; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1991-97; defeated,
2000; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1996, 2008; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 2008.
Jewish. Member, Common
Cause.
Still living as of 2014.
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