Obituaries

Readers respond to Eulogizer coverage of death of Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

I asked you, the readers, to tell me if the Eulogizer was correct in posting a lengthy obituary of Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, a 71-year-old yogi and guru who was born Joyce Green to Jewish parents in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood, and your overwhelming response was that the article was appreciated. [[READMORE]] “I enjoyed the […]

Benzion Netanyahu, historian, Israeli Prime Minister’s father, dies at 102

Benzion Netanyahu, the father of Israel’s prime minister, a noted historian and a prominent Zionist thinker with direct ties to fabled Revisionist Zionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky, died April 30 at 102. [[READMORE]] Netanyahu was professor emeritus at Cornell University. His academic specialty was the golden age of Jewish history in Spain. His most well-known book […]

Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, yoga teacher and ‘guru’ born Joyce Green, dies at 71

Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, a yoga teacher and spiritual leader who was born Joyce Green in Brooklyn, died April 14 at 71, leaving behind a large and complex legacy including thousands of devoted followers, celebrity acolytes, disgruntled former colleagues, and intentional communities in Florida and elsewhere. (Note: Please click here or read below for a […]

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Readers respond to Eulogizer coverage of death of Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

Benzion Netanyahu, historian, Israeli Prime Minister’s father, dies at 102

Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, yoga teacher and ‘guru’ born Joyce Green, dies at 71

Jewish song pioneer Gladys Gewirtz dies at 84

Reginald Lewis, Canada’s oldest Bnai Brith member, dies at 98

Lee Javitch, ‘Giant’ supermarket chain former chairman, dies at 81

Hedda Boshes, pioneering Israeli TV critic, dies at 79

Dennis Kay, mayor of Hudson Valley Town that fought ultra-Orthodox, dies at 65

Charlie Chaplin: the non-Jewish celebrity Jew

Computer pioneer Jack Tramiel dies at 83

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