Obituaries

Ossie Schechtman, scored first basket in NBA, dies at 94

Ossie Schectman, who scored the first basket in the league that would become the NBA, has died.

Helen Thomas, pioneering journalist who retired following anti-Israel gibes, dies

Helen Thomas, who paved the way for female journalists in Washington and beyond and retired after saying Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine,” has died.

Leonard Garment, close friend of Nixon and Meir, dies

Leonard Garment, a close friend of President Richard Nixon and White House counsel during the Watergate scandal, has died.

Alvin Schiff, Jewish education pioneer, dies

Nothing gray about it: Bill Gray was good for the Jews

Marc Rich, businessman controversially pardoned by President Clinton, dies

Gary David Goldberg, in memoriam

Rachel Abrams, writer and artist, dies

Avram Zeleznikow, mainstay of Melbourne Jewry, dies

Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli author and journalist, dies at 83

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