Obituaries

Philanthropist Newton Becker dies

Newton Becker, a philanthropist who mentored and funded dozens of pro-Israel organizations, has died.

By Marcy Oster January 5, 2012 2:19 pm

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Jerzy Kluger, lifelong friend of Pope John Paul, dies at 90

Jerzy Kluger, a childhood friend of Karol Wojtyla, the Polish priest who improved Vatican relations with Jews when he became Pope John Paul II, died in Rome on Dec. 31, 2011 at 90. “The young Karol Wojtyla learned a lot about Judaism from Kluger,” said author Gianfranco Svidercoschi, an aide to the late pope and […]

January 3, 2012 8:59 pm

Jerzy Kluger, childhood friend of Pope John Paul II, dies

Jerzy Kluger, a Polish-born Jew who was a lifelong friend of the late Pope John Paul II, has died in Rome at 90.

January 2, 2012 6:37 pm

Designer Eva Zeisel, who survived Stalin to create beauty, dies at 105

By Alan D. Abbey January 1, 2012 4:42 pm

Israel’s ‘War Singer’ Yaffa Yarkoni dies

By Marcy Oster January 1, 2012 4:14 pm

Judge who ruled Holocaust a fact dies

By Tom Tugend January 1, 2012 2:20 pm

Billionaire businessman, bluegrass musician Warren Hellman dies at 77

By Alan D. Abbey December 25, 2011 2:54 pm

Media full of commentary, cheeky and loving, about Christopher Hitchens, who died Dec. 15

By Alan D. Abbey December 18, 2011 3:45 pm

Rocket scientist Boris Chertok update: He wanted to go into space

By Alan D. Abbey December 15, 2011 3:30 pm

Larry Rickles, son of comedian Don Rickles, dies at 41

By Alan D. Abbey December 7, 2011 9:24 pm

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