Obituaries

Yaakov Yosef, influential rabbi and son of Shas spiritual leader, dies

Tens of thousands joined the funeral procession of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, the eldest son of the Shas party’s spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 14, 2013 10:27 am

N.Y. Times reporter who uncovered Klansman’s Jewish background dies

John McCandlish Phillips Jr., a longtime New York Times reporter who wrote about a Jewish man who became a senior Ku Klux Klan official, has died.

April 9, 2013 5:53 pm

Former British PM Margaret Thatcher, ‘staunch friend of Israel,’ dies

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who was considered a good friend of Israel despite a rocky relationship with Prime Minister Menachem Begin, has died.

April 8, 2013 2:21 pm

Former Maariv editor Amnon Dankner dies at 67

By Marcy Oster April 7, 2013 5:25 pm

Princeton’s Rabbi James Diamond dies in traffic accident

By Marcy Oster April 3, 2013 1:37 pm

Helen Kutsher, a Borscht Belt matriarch, dies at 89

By Joe Winkler March 25, 2013 5:23 pm

Zionist leader Jacques Torczyner dies

By Marcy Oster March 13, 2013 12:06 pm

Newborn son of N.Y. car crash victims dies

By Marcy Oster March 4, 2013 2:48 pm

Stephane Hessel, Jewish anti-capitalist activist, dies

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 27, 2013 4:25 pm

Jewish scholar Rabbi David Hartman dies

By Marcy Oster February 10, 2013 12:46 pm

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Obituaries

Yaakov Yosef, influential rabbi and son of Shas spiritual leader, dies

N.Y. Times reporter who uncovered Klansman’s Jewish background dies

Former British PM Margaret Thatcher, ‘staunch friend of Israel,’ dies

Former Maariv editor Amnon Dankner dies at 67

Princeton’s Rabbi James Diamond dies in traffic accident

Helen Kutsher, a Borscht Belt matriarch, dies at 89

Zionist leader Jacques Torczyner dies

Newborn son of N.Y. car crash victims dies

Stephane Hessel, Jewish anti-capitalist activist, dies

Jewish scholar Rabbi David Hartman dies

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