Obituaries

Pee Wee Herman

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

A comedian whose faux innocent character tapped the anarchic tradition of Jewish comedy.

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

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Group photo with Alan Sherman

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

Sherman was a longtime leader of Maccabi USA and helped found the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

July 31, 2023 4:48 pm

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

Leiter survived Auschwitz as a teen, then adopted a ritual of eating falafel every year to mark his survival.

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

Mary Ann Hoberman, a kids’ writer whose poems drew on the warmth of her loud Jewish homes, dies at 92

By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 25, 2023 11:50 am

Journalist and scholar Aharon Ariel, 97, veteran of Israel’s war of independence and ‘walking encyclopedia’

By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 18, 2023 11:00 am

Marlena Spieler, globetrotting writer of Jewish cookbooks, dies at 74

By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 11, 2023 10:22 am

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin, Jewish actor with uncommon versatility, dies at 89

By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 30, 2023 12:49 pm

Jim Crown

James Crown, one of Chicago’s leading Jewish philanthropists, dies in racetrack crash

By Asaf Elia-Shalev June 27, 2023 4:44 pm

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