(JTA) — Pearl Berg, thought to be the oldest Jewish person in the world and […]
Category: Obituaries
Norman Jewison, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ director and lifelong friend of the Jews, dies at 97
(JTA) – In a 2022 documentary on the making of the 1971 film “Fiddler on […]
Remembering Senator Stanley Aronoff
“I want to be remembered for the good deeds, for some of the unnoticed constituent […]
Rabbi Zevulun Charlop, dean who led Yeshiva U seminary through period of growth, dies at 94
(JTA) — Rabbi Zevulun Charlop, who as dean of the rabbinical seminary at Yeshiva University […]
The American Israelite remembers Aaron Milgrom
Netanel “Ted” Deutsch and the staff at The American Israelite wish to extend their condolences […]
Bernie Steinberg, a Harvard Hillel director who promoted pluralism, dies at 78
(JTA) — “My goal,” wrote Bernie Steinberg when he won the prestigious Covenant Award for […]
Ellen Marcia Steiner
STEINER, Ellen Marcia, née Kuby, age 74, passed away on January 15th 2024, beloved wife […]
Boston writer Norm Finkelstein, whose YA books championed Jewish heroes, dies at 82
(JTA) — In the early 1980s, when Norman H. Finkelstein was the director of education […]
Herb Kohl, former Jewish senator from Wisconsin and Milwaukee Bucks owner, dies at 88
(JTA) — Herb Kohl, the longtime Jewish senator from Wisconsin who loved his Milwaukee hometown […]
Former Mossad chief Zvi Zamir dead at 98
(JNS) — Former Mossad director Zvi Zamir died in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, aged 98. […]