Obituaries

Herb Kohl, former Jewish senator from Wisconsin and Milwaukee Bucks owner, dies at 88

The son of immigrants loved his hometown so much he bought its basketball team to keep it there.

By Ron Kampeas December 28, 2023 3:36 pm

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Leader of Lebanon’s tiny Jewish community dies at 80

Isaac Arazi oversaw the restoration of Beirut’s Magen Avraham synagogue.

December 27, 2023 11:55 am

Ruth Seymour

Ruth Seymour, public radio pioneer devoted to Jewish culture, dies at 88

The Bronx-born broadcasting executive grew L.A.’s KCRW into a public radio powerhouse.

December 26, 2023 11:43 am

20 Jewish celebrities who died in 2023

By Gabe Friedman December 19, 2023 10:13 am

The klezmer world will remember the ‘youngest of the old guys’

By Jon Kalish December 18, 2023 11:35 am

A German Jewish man who escaped the Holocaust returns to German Parliament as a guest speaker

Guy Stern, WWII ‘Ritchie Boy’ who became renowned Holocaust scholar, dies at 101

By Andrew Lapin December 13, 2023 5:41 pm

Neil Drossman, ad writer famous for his wit and wordplay, dies at 83

By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 11, 2023 4:35 pm

Rabbi Martin Rozenberg, scholar who helped found Reform’s Camp Harlam, is dead at 95

By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 11, 2023 3:22 pm

Ideas

David Ellenson was my rabbi. I can’t believe we won’t learn from him anymore.

By Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein December 8, 2023 3:48 pm

Rabbi David Ellenson dies; former president of Reform seminary and widely admired mentor was 76

By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 7, 2023 3:27 pm

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