Lillian B. Becker (nee Bluestein), age 97, passed away peacefully on May 30, 2024, beloved […]
Category: Obituaries
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 […]
Rabbi Albert Thaler, founding director of Ramah Nyack day camp, dies at 91
(New York Jewish Week) — When Rabbi Albert Thaler was invited to run Ramah Day […]
Ken Holtzman, winningest Jewish pitcher in MLB history, dies at 78
(JTA) — Ken Holtzman, the winningest Jewish pitcher in baseball history, died Sunday night at […]
Shirley Jean Allen
CINCINNATI — Allen, Shirley Jean, nee Garber, age 99, passed away April 12, 2024. Beloved […]