STANLEY LUXENBERG

LUXENBERG--Stanley. Beloved father of Daniel and Louis, died October 31, 2014, after battling cancer for six months. His wife, Sara Holiner, died seven years earlier. Stanley was a prominent business journalist for nearly forty years. A graduate of Swarthmore College and the Columbia Journalism School, he had a long career as an editor for magazines and newspapers and as a freelance business writer. He was the author of the book, "Roadside Empires," and contributed frequently to The New York Times, The Street.com and many magazines. He was an expert on mutual funds and investing and published a newsletter, the Critical Investor. The publications where he worked included: the New Leader, Businessweek, Forbes, Newsday, Medical Economics and Individual Investor, where he was executive editor. He wrote a landmark article on socially responsible investing for Harper's Magazine in 1982. He was one of the founders of the New York Media Alliance and the National Writers Union. He was an active member of Temple Rodeph Sholom and participated in its social justice efforts. He also studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Born in Indiana, PA, on April 5, 1951, he is survived by his parents, Irene and David Luxenberg, his sister Deborah and brother Larry and his partner Sue Mittenthal. Funeral services are 11:45am, Monday, November 3 at Riverside Memorial Chapel with burial immediately afterwards at New Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Iselin, NJ.