Bob Jacob
By Bob Jacob
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Fast Forward Violet Spevack, weekly chronicler of Cleveland Jewry for 50 years, dies at 107
Her society column for the Cleveland Jewish News, launched on March 5, 1965, made her one of the of the longest continuously published columnists in the country
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Fast Forward Jim Fleischer, CEO of AEPi, dies at 52
(Cleveland Jewish News via JTA) — Jim Fleischer, a Canton, Ohio native who served as CEO of the historic Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi since June 2018, died from cancer on Saturday. He was 52. In a statement posted on its website, AEPi said, “Jim fought a courageous battle against cancer for the last three…
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