Dr. Z. Charles Fixler, 100 years old, passed away on January 8, 2026. He was […]
Category: Obituaries
Eleanor Miriam Shott
SHOTT, Eleanor (née Weiss), age 98, passed away in Cincinnati on January 7, 2026. Eleanor […]
Rob Reiner, iconic Jewish director and actor, found dead with wife Michele in their home
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for Tribeca Film FestivalRob Reiner attends the […]
Tom Stoppard, playwright whose last work explored his family’s buried Holocaust history, dies at 88
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards ProductionsTom Stoppard accepts the […]
Frank Gehry, renowned architect who began life as Frank Goldberg, dies at 96
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Presley Ann/Getty Images for The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)Frank […]
Mark Mellman, pollster who championed Democrats and Israel, dies at 70
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Tom Williams/Roll Call/Getty ImagesPollster and Democratic strategist Mark Mellman in […]
Myra Dee Winterfeldt
Myra Dee Kaminsky Winterfeldt, 82, of Cincinnati, Ohio, passed away peacefully on December 3, 2025. […]
Daniel Naroditsky, Jewish chess grandmaster and influential streamer, dies at 29
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Wikimedia CommonsDaniel Naroditsky playing in a chess tournament in 2016 […]
Rabbi Alvin Kass, longest-serving NYPD chaplain famed for 9/11 response, dies at 89
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesNew York City Police Department […]
Katherine Janus Kahn, illustrator of ‘Sammy Spider’ Jewish children’s books, dies at 83
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: ScreenshotKatherine Janus Kahn, the illustrator of the Sammy Spider Jewish […]