Obituaries

Andrea Pancur, singer who bridged German and Yiddish song traditions, dies at 54

A Catholic with roots in Slovenia, she found connections between klezmer music and the folks songs of her native Bavaria.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 22, 2023 2:59 pm

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Cantor Philip Sherman, the ‘busiest mohel in New York,’ dies at 67

Sherman boasted of being the only motorcycle-riding rabbi in the actors union — and of having once performed 11 circumcisions in a single day.

August 10, 2023 1:03 am

Nechama Tec, survivor whose book about the Bielski partisans inspired the Daniel Craig film ‘Defiance,’ dies at 92

The University of Connecticut historian sought to overturn misconceptions that Jews went passively to their deaths.

August 9, 2023 2:55 pm

Florence Berger, 83, Cornell professor and practitioner of the art of Jewish matchmaking

By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 8, 2023 2:22 pm

Harvey ‘Bud’ Meyerhoff, chair of US Holocaust Memorial Museum at its founding, dies at 96

By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 7, 2023 4:53 pm

Pee Wee Herman

Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman creator and son of a pilot in Israel’s war of independence, is dead at 70

By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 31, 2023 5:25 pm

Group photo with Alan Sherman

Alan Sherman, a champion of Jewish sports and US-Israeli relations, dies at 87

By Jacob Gurvis July 31, 2023 4:48 pm

Dugo Leitner, Holocaust survivor whose falafel ritual made him a social media star, dies at 93

By Philissa Cramer July 28, 2023 5:40 pm

Louise Levy, ‘supercentenarian’ subject of longevity study among Ashkenazi Jews, dies at 112

By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 28, 2023 3:22 pm

Richard Barancik, last of the ‘Monuments Men’ who recovered art and treasure looted by the Nazis, dies at 98

By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 25, 2023 4:00 pm

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