(New York Jewish Week) — Former New York City Comptroller Alan Hevesi, grandson of a […]
Category: Obituaries
James Getz
Getz, James “Jim,” age 80, passed away November 11, 2023. Jim was the loving husband […]
Ady Barkan, healthcare activist who fought Lou Gehrig’s disease, dies at 39
(JTA) — Ady Barkan, an Israeli-American lawyer and one of the country’s most visible progressive […]
Samantha Woll, Detroit synagogue president, found stabbed to death outside her home
(JTA) — Samantha Woll, a Democratic activist and prominent Jewish lay leader in Detroit, was […]
Henrita Rosenthal
ROSENTHAL, Henrita “Hank,” age 86, passed away October 29, 2023. Beloved wife of the late […]
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, […]