Obituaries

Jewish Hall-of-Fame jockey Walter Blum, who rode to victory in Belmont Stakes, dies at 89

Blum won more than 4,000 races in a 22-year career, but his most famous ride was the 1971 Belmont Stakes, when he rode 34-1 long shot Pass Catcher to an upset victory.

Jewish Life Stories: The 19-year-old son of a tech legend, and the French Jew who helped abolish the guillotine

“Marco was super caring with his siblings,” said his father.

Kathy Goldman, NYC’s ‘most important food activist,’ dies at 92

“It all started in the Bronx,” said the founder of the Community Food Resource Center.

Singer Steve Lawrence, son of a cantor and half of ‘Steve and Eydie,’ dies at 88

Jewish Life Stories: The eternally fashionable Iris Apfel, and the son of a klezmer great

Ben Stern, Holocaust survivor who stood up to neo-Nazis in Skokie, dies at 102

Remembering Ellen Bernstein, 70, the ‘birthmother’ of Jewish environmentalism

Comedian Richard Lewis, dark prince of Jewish neurosis, dies at 76

Jewish Life Stories: A Rothschild family patriarch, ‘Cookie Rachel’s’ husband and the bard of London’s Jewish East End

Ruth Fein, ‘absolute giant of the Boston Jewish community,’ dies at 96

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