Obituaries

Former Maariv editor Amnon Dankner dies at 67

Amnon Dankner, the former editor in chief of the daily Hebrew newspaper Maariv, has died.

By Marcy Oster April 7, 2013 5:25 pm

Princeton’s Rabbi James Diamond dies in traffic accident

Rabbi James Diamond, the retired director of Princeton University’s Center for Jewish Life, died in a traffic accident after leaving a breakfast Talmud study group.

April 3, 2013 1:37 pm

Helen Kutsher, a Borscht Belt matriarch, dies at 89

Helen Kutsher, the face of her family-owned resort in the Catskill Mountains for decades, has died.

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

Menachem Elon, former Supreme Court justice and Israel Prize winner, dies

By Marcy Oster February 6, 2013 4:24 pm

Murdered Jewish urologist Ronald Gilbert buried in L.A.

By JTA Staff February 1, 2013 6:09 pm

Ed Koch, pugnacious New Yorker and passionate Jew till his dying day

By Ron Kampeas and Uriel Heilman February 1, 2013 5:15 pm

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Obituaries

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

Menachem Elon, former Supreme Court justice and Israel Prize winner, dies

Murdered Jewish urologist Ronald Gilbert buried in L.A.

Ed Koch, pugnacious New Yorker and passionate Jew till his dying day

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