Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: FlickrArlene Agus, pictured here in 2010, was a pioneer of […]
Category: Obituaries
14 notable Jews who died in 2024
(JTA) — As 2024 comes to a close, we look back and mourn the Jewish […]
Felice Gaer, Jewish organization official who championed human rights for all, dies at 78
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Douglas Graham/Roll Call/Getty ImagesFelice Gaer, at right, then chair of […]
Roberta “Bobbye” Appelbaum (née Lava)
Roberta “Bobbye” Appelbaum (née Lava). Beloved wife for 64 years of Leo Appelbaum; loving mother […]
Paulette Dragul
Paulette Dragul, Greenwood Village; wife of the late Dr. Paul Dragul; mother of Tamara Dragul, […]
Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Paul Zinken/picture alliance via Getty ImagesHolocaust denier Ursula Haverbeck sits […]
Arthur Frommer, ‘wandering Jew’ who launched a travel guide empire, dies at 95
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: frommers.comArthur Frommer on a trip to Berlin in the 1950s […]
Former NY Jewish Week staffer Miriam Reinharth, 69, dies after being hit by ambulance on Upper West Side
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit:Steven Greenhouse via Facebook (JTA) — Miriam Reinharth, who organized community […]
Walter Jacob, Pittsburgh rabbi who helped revive Reform Judaism in Germany, dies at 94
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty ImagesRabbi Walter Jacob, center, ordains three […]
Paul Mendes-Flohr, Israeli-American authority on Martin Buber, dies at 83
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Wikipedia; Yale University PressA New York Times reviewer called Paul […]