Kohn, Barry Allan, age 74, passed away on September 21, 2024. Barry was the son […]
Category: Obituaries
Artist and physician Mark Podwal, whose distinctive work adorned museums, synagogues and opinion pages, dies at 79
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: WikipediaThe artist Mark Podwal in his studio in 2007; at […]
Hamas murdered our daughter. This is what she’d tell American Jews right now.
By Orna and Eldad Adar (JTA) — Eleven months ago, Hamas murdered our daughter while […]
Michael Lerner, influential rabbi-activist and founder of Tikkun magazine, dies at 81
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Screenshot from YouTubeRabbi Michael Lerner speaking at Muhammad Ali’s funeral, […]
Bill Pascrell, NJ Democrat who tread a fine line on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, dies at 87
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: S.K. Vemmer/Department of StateU.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (second from […]
Diane Klieger Feibel
Diane Sue Feibel (née Klieger), beloved daughter of Dr. Israel Stanley and Edith Weisman Klieger, […]
Queenie Hallegua, second-to-last Jewish resident of historic Indian Jewish community, dies at 89
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Rabbi Jonathan Goldschmidt via FacebookQueenie Hallegua was the warden and […]
Renate Luca Neeman
NEEMAN, Renate Luca, age 98, passed away August 8, 2024, beloved wife of the late […]
Martin Indyk, blunt diplomat who longed for Arab-Israeli peace, dies at 73
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Brookings Institution Press Martin Indyk, pictured in 2015 (JTA) — […]
Ruth Westheimer, Holocaust survivor who offered grandmotherly sex advice as ‘Dr. Ruth,’ dies at 96
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Austin Hargrave‘ Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became […]