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Category: Obituaries
Jewish sailor Bill Pinkney, first Black person to circle the globe solo, dies at 87
(JTA) — Captain Bill Pinkney, a Jewish sailor who became the first African American to […]
Jewish poet Louise Glück, who won Nobel literature prize, dies at 80
(JTA) — Louise Glück, a Jewish-American poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature […]
Actress and teacher Joanna Merlin, original Tzeitel in Broadway’s ‘Fiddler,’ dies at 92
(JTA) — Joanna Merlin, a famed acting coach and casting director who early in her […]
Remembering Ann Louise Moss Meranus (1931-2023)
Ann Louise Moss was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1931, the first-born daughter of Harold […]
Irene Isaac Block
Irene Isaac Block of Cincinnati passed away at the age of 100 on October 10, […]
Juan Bradman, Cuban-Jewish exile whose life inspired a novel, dies at 90
(JTA) — Juan Bradman was still in his twenties when he became a circuit judge […]
Dianne Feinstein, long-serving Jewish senator from California, dies at 90
(JTA) — Dianne Feinstein, the long-serving Jewish senator from California who rose to national prominence […]
Sylvia Rosenzweig Samis
April 1, 1948 – September 22, 2023It is with heavy hearts that we announce the […]
Leni Reiss, longtime editor of Arizona Jewish weekly, dies at 84
(Jewish News of Greater Phoenix via JTA) — In a June 8 interview with Jewish […]