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Remembering Clinton Bailey, an Israeli scholar who preserved Bedouin culture

The Buffalo, New York native, who also recorded a series of revealing interviews with David Ben-Gurion, died this month at age 88.

By Shira Hecht-Koller January 27, 2025 5:04 pm

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Isak Haleva, Turkey’s chief rabbi and face of Jewish minority, dies at 84

During Haleva’s lifetime, Turkey’s Jewish population fell from 100,000 to 15,000.

January 15, 2025 4:39 pm

Jesse Cogan, ad exec who coined the slogan ‘Turn Friday Night into Shabbos,’ dies at 74

Cogan also created slogans for the Soviet Jewry movement and a group that championed Modern Orthodoxy.

January 13, 2025 7:49 pm

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Peter Yarrow, Jewish musician and activist of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, dies at 86

By Andrew Silow-Carroll January 7, 2025 3:27 pm

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader who was convicted of Holocaust denial, dies at 96

By Philissa Cramer January 7, 2025 9:01 am

Agnes Keleti performs a split in front of Hungarian young gymnasts Budapest on January 16, 2016. (Peter Kohalmi/AFP/Getty Images)

Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor who won 10 Olympic gymnastics medals, dies at 103

By Philissa Cramer January 2, 2025 8:37 am

Notable New Yorkers who died in 2024.

18 notable Jewish New Yorkers who died in 2024

By New York Jewish Week Staff December 30, 2024 3:21 pm

Yuval Shoham, 22, soldier who searched for his captive friend Hersh Goldberg-Polin, dies in Gaza

By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 30, 2024 1:44 pm

Anwar Sadat

Jimmy Carter, former president who brokered first Arab-Israeli peace accord, is dead at 100

By Sarah Wildman December 29, 2024 4:29 pm

Arlene Agus, New Yorker who popularized Rosh Chodesh rituals for Jewish women, dies at 75

By Philissa Cramer December 28, 2024 5:30 pm

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