Violet Spevack News Today

(Cleveland Jewish News via JTA) — Violet Spevack, whose popular society column ran in the pages of the Cleveland Jewish News for nearly 50 years, died Sept. 7. She was 107. Spevack, who started writing “Cavalcade” on March 5, 1965 — six months after the creation of the weekly Cleveland newspaper — wrote more than […]

Always at the center of happenings in Cleveland’s Jewish community, Violet Spevack made her way into people’s hearts with her presence at events that made it into her “Cavalcade” column

(Cleveland Jewish News via JTA) — Violet Spevack, whose popular society column ran in the pages of the Cleveland Jewish News for nearly 50 years, died Sept. 7. She was

Although she came from what she called “the Wild West,” she was passionate about Cleveland.

Violet Spevack, whose “Cavalcade” column graced the pages of the Cleveland Jewish News for nearly 50 years, died Sept. 7. She was 107.

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