Obituaries

Paul Reichmann, Canadian real estate developer and philantropist, dies

Canadian real estate developer and philanthropist Paul Reichmann, who led the family’s Olympia and York company, has died.

Rabbi Avraham Zuckerman, founder of Bnei Akiva yeshiva network, dies

Rabbi Avraham Zuckerman, founder of the Bnei Akiva yeshiva network and a leader in the national-religious movement in Israel, has died.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, founder of Shas and Sephardic sage, dies at 93

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the Israeli sage who founded the Sephardic Orthodox Shas political party and exercised major influence on Jewish law, died Monday in Jerusalem at the age of 93.

Marcel Reich-Ranicki, German-Jewish author and critic, dies

Philip Berg, Kabbalah teacher for A-list celebs, dies

Muriel Siebert, first woman on N.Y. Stock Exchange, dies

Alvin Kushner, former Jewish leader in Detroit, dies

Hungarian war criminal Laszlo Csatary dies at 98

Eydie Gorme, two-time Grammy winner, dies at 84

Holocaust expert Elisabeth Maxwell dies at 92

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