Obituary
Italian fashion designer Valentino dead at 93
Valentino ranked alongside Giorgio Armani and Karl Lagerfeld as the last of a leading generation of designers, from an era before fashion became a highly commercial industry.
Eitan Na'eh, Israel's first ambassador to Bahrain, dies at 62
Jewish woman once held up by Nazis as ideal Aryan baby dead at 91
Rock musician Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder, passes away 78
Andrea Pancur, singer who bridged German and Yiddish song traditions, dies at 54
Although raised Catholic, Pancur felt an affinity with the Yiddish musical culture that thrived for centuries across Europe before its devastation by the Holocaust.
Huwara terror victim's widow: 'He raised my children as his own'
Silas Nigerker's partner told Maariv that he had been going to Huwara for errands all the time.
Nechama Tec, survivor whose book about the Bielski partisans inspired film ‘Defiance,’ dies at 92
When Tec set out to write a book about the Bielski brothers, she sought to fill in omissions and correct distortions created by their almost-total excision from historical accounts of the Holocaust.
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.
