Obituary
Israeli lyricist Tzruya Lahav dies at 74 after cancer battle
Lahav played a major role in shaping popular Israeli music across generations and wrote the lyrics for many songs that have become embedded in the country’s canon.
Yaakov Erez, former Maariv editor and Sokolov Prize winner, dies at 87
Robert Mueller, special counsel who probed but did not charge Trump, dies at 81
Who was Ali Khamenei, Iran’s brutal dictator killed in Tehran bunker strike?
Robbie Robertson, songwriting force in rock group The Band, dies at 80
Robertson is of Jewish descent, coming from his father's side of the family.
Florence Berger, 83, Cornell professor, practitioner of the art of Jewish matchmaking
As an amateur matchmaker, she reportedly arranged more than two dozen matches that resulted in successful marriages.
Beloved Jewish children's writer Mary Ann Hoberman dies at age 92
She co-founded and performed with “The Pocket People,” a children’s theater group, and “Women’s Voices,” a group giving dramatized poetry readings.
Legendary American singer Tony Bennett dies at age 96
Legendary American singer Tony Bennett has died at the age of 96, the Associated Press reported Friday.
Professor Amnon Shapiro: A holy rebel - obituary
All who knew Shapiro knew that to him, the values of tolerance, equality, and justice were crucial religious values not only personally, but also underpinning our national identity.
James Crown, one of Chicago’s leading Jewish philanthropists, dies in racetrack crash
His sudden death at the Aspen Motorsports Park drew immediate eulogies and condolences from Chicago’s Jewish leaders as well as President Joe Biden.
Betty Woolf, last surviving sibling of world’s oldest mixed triplets, dies at age 96
In 2020, the Jewish siblings were still making news, when they were named by Guinness World Records as the oldest living (mixed-sex) triplets.
Robert Gottlieb, legendary editor who championed Joseph Heller, Robert Caro dies at 92
A famous workaholic, he reportedly was reviewing proofs of a book by the Jewish author Cynthia Ozick while helping his pregnant wife through labor.
Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi dies at 86
Voters repeatedly bought into his can-do exuberance and Berlusconi survived a string of diplomatic gaffes and scandals.
Holocaust survivor Judge Thomas Buergenthal passes away at 89
The government of Goettingen, the German city where Buergenthal resided after the war said that he had “tirelessly dedicated himself to reconciliation and for human rights his entire life.”
