Barry Edward Lefton, age 83, passed away June 20, 2024, beloved husband of 63 years […]
Category: Obituaries
David Levy, a voice for Mizrahi Israelis as politician and foreign minister, dies at 86
(JTA) — When David Levy resigned as Israel’s foreign minister in 1999, he finally received […]
Marc Klein, Bay Area editor who led Jewish journalism into the digital age, dies at 75
(J. via JTA) — In 1984, when Marc Klein showed up in San Francisco, the […]
Lillian B. Becker
Lillian B. Becker (nee Bluestein), age 97, passed away peacefully on May 30, 2024, beloved […]
Ivan Boesky, financier whose downfall led to a Jewish communal reckoning, dies at 87
(JTA) — Ivan Boesky, a financier whose role in an illegal insider trading scheme in […]
Yael Dayan, Israeli writer, politician, peace activist and general’s daughter, dies at 85
(JTA) — Yael Dayan, the daughter of a famed Israeli military and political leader who […]
Sharon Marla Wurster
Sharon Marla Wurster (née Slavney), age 65, of Clearwater, Florida passed away on May 8, […]
The Upper West Side mourns Tom Weiss, a congressman’s son and ‘master of chesed’
(New York Jewish Week) — On the evening of Monday, April 8, the last hours […]
Jewish novelist Paul Auster, bard of Brooklyn, dies at 77
(New York Jewish Week) — Jewish novelist Paul Auster, whose “New York Trilogy” in the […]
Jerome Rothenberg, Bronx-born poet whose ‘ethnopoetics’ inspired scholars and rock stars, dies at 92
(JTA) — Jerome Rothenberg, an acclaimed, Bronx-born poet who inspired scholars and rock stars with […]