(JTA) — Cantor Philip Sherman’s biggest audience might have been for his role as a […]
Category: Obituaries
Louise Levy, ‘supercentenarian’ subject of longevity study among Ashkenazi Jews, dies at 112
(JTA) — Louise Levy, who was the oldest living resident of New York State and […]
Dugo Leitner Holocaust survivor whose falafel ritual made him a social media star dies at 93
(JTA) — David Leitner, one of the most famous lovers of falafel in a country […]
Robert Gottlieb, legendary editor who championed Joseph Heller, Robert Caro and Chaim Potok, dies at 92
(JTA) — Robert Gottlieb, the legendary literary editor who shepherded into print and best-sellerdom such […]
Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, revered haredi leader in Israel, dies at 100
(JTA) — Hundreds of thousands of mourners crowded into Bnei Brak Tuesday for the funeral […]
Sam Zell, Jewish billionaire whose media purchase tarnished a legendary career, dies at 81
(JTA) — Sam Zell, a Chicago real estate magnate and son of Holocaust survivors […]
As author Martin Amis died, a movie of his Holocaust novel ‘Zone of Interest’ wowed at Cannes
(JTA) – The death of Martin Amis, the prolific British author, came just as […]
South African Jewish journalist Jeremy Gordin murdered in home burglary at 70
(JTA) — Jeremy Gordin, one of South Africa’s most prominent journalists, wrote repeatedly in […]
Jonathan Omer-Man, leader in Jewish meditation who met with the Dalai Lama, dies at 89
(JTA) — Jonathan Omer-Man, a rabbi and pioneer in Jewish meditation whose meeting with the […]
Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People,’ dies at 88
(JTA) — Rabbi Harold Kushner, one of the most influential congregational rabbis of the twentieth […]