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Harry A. Eisenberg

Paramus, New Jersey

June 6, 1947 - August 2, 2022

Harry A. Eisenberg Obituary

GLEN ROCK, NJ – Harry A. Eisenberg, 75, of Glen Rock, NJ, passed away August 2, 2022, after a year-long illness. He was the son of the late Louis and Frieda Eisenberg of Boca Raton, FL, formerly of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Harry was born June 6, 1947, in Felderfink, Germany, a displaced persons camp for Holocaust survivors. Immigrating to the U.S. in 1949, Harry grew up in Crown Heights and later graduated from Midwood High School, Brooklyn and Ambassador College, Los Angeles. He later earned his MA in history from Pepperdine University. A versatile writer, he worked for the popular TV quiz show Jeopardy! from 1984 – 1991, serving as the head writer and editorial associate producer in his last three and one-half years. He lead the writing team to their first Emmy Award in 1991, his last year with the program. In later years, he founded Resume.com and Career Pathfinders, an aptitude-testing service. He spent seven highly productive years as the history instructor at the Mesivta of North Jersey in Newark, a Jewish high school for boys. The beloved husband of Deborah Eisenberg of Glen Rock, he was a devoted father to sons Daniel Eisenberg of Westfield, NJ, and Alan Eisenberg of Glen Rock, NJ; daughter Rachelle Kebaili, of Port Tobacco, MD, and loving grandfather to Jeremy Eisenberg of Westfield. The funeral service will be Friday, Aug. 5 at 10:30 a.m. at Robert Schoem’s Menorah Chapel, 150 Route 4 East in Paramus. Interment will be at Beth-El Cemetery, 735 Forest Ave., Paramus, NJ. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation in NJ and Temple Israel in Ridgewood, NJ.

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