Obituaries

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

In one famous campaign for Teacher’s scotch, the Brooklyn-born copywriter channeled the voices of Groucho Marx, Zero Mostel and Mel Brooks.

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

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

A Bible professor who convinced a benefactor to support his plan for a Jewish day camp.

December 11, 2023 3:22 pm

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

A rabbi mourns a giant of American Judaism.

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

Norman Lear, Jewish creator of pioneering TV comedies including ‘All in the Family,’ dies at 101

By Andrew Lapin December 6, 2023 9:32 am

Rabbi Laurie Phillips, founder of a Manhattan ‘synagogue without walls,’ dies at 55

By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 4, 2023 5:18 pm

Shlomo Avineri, dovish Israeli political philosopher and public intellectual, dies at 90

By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 4, 2023 12:39 pm

Henry Kissinger, influential first Jewish secretary of state, dies at 100

By Ben Harris November 29, 2023 9:18 pm

Shelley Akabas, Columbia U social work pioneer who transformed the world of work, dies at 92

By Andrew Silow-Carroll November 27, 2023 5:41 pm

Herbert Gold, novelist who mined his own Jewish upbringing, dies at 99

By Andrew Silow-Carroll November 27, 2023 2:20 pm

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