Political Quotes

“my home city of New Orleans lost a great leader and a good man on Sunday when my friend Donald Mintz died in his sleep. Donald was a civic activist who worked unceasingly to improve living conditions in his city and a national Jewish lay leader who strove mightily to help those of different races and faiths understand and work better with each other. In New Orleans, Donald had been chairman of the Dock Board, the Downtown Development District and the United Way, and president of the metropolitan Area Committee, Kingsley House, Touro Synagogue and the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, and had served on the board of numerous other civic organizations as well--always with an energy, a flair, a seriousness and a wisdom which helped each organization reach unprecedented achievements. He loved New Orleans, and he sacrificed greatly to serve her. All of us who knew him, and the all very, very many whose lives were bettered by his efforts, have been enriched by his life and are sorry for his passing.”