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Category: Obituaries
Knitting legend Rose Girone, world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 113
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Dina MorRose Girone celebrates her 110th birthday on Jan. 13,
Jacqueline van Maarsen, Anne Frank’s best friend, dies at 96
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Courtesy of Holocaust Names Monument NetherlandsJacqueline van Maarsen smiles as
Remembering Clinton Bailey, an Israeli scholar who preserved Bedouin culture
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Boris Carmi, from the Meitar Collection, The Pritzker Family National
Marvin Harold Kraus
KRAUS, Marvin Harold, age 96, passed away February 15, 2025, beloved husband of Geraldine “Gerry”
Robert Joseph Meitus
Robert Joseph Meitus, of Cincinnati, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Jan 20, 2025, after 86
Isak Haleva, Turkey’s chief rabbi and face of Jewish minority, dies at 84
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Onur Coban/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesChief Rabbi of the Jewish community in
Jesse Cogan, ad exec who coined the slogan ‘Turn Friday Night into Shabbos,’ dies at 74
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Courtesy of the Cogan familyJesse Cogan coined several slogans that
Peter Yarrow, Jewish musician and activist of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, dies at 86
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: LBJ Presidential Library/WikipediaPeter Yarrow performs at the LBJ Presidential Library
Barry I. Randman
Photo Courtesy of the Weil Kahn Funeral Home website. Randman, Barry I., age 66, passed