Obituaries

Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People,’ dies at 88

Kushner’s “When Bad Things Happen to Good People” has sold more than 4 million copies in at least 12 languages.

By Ben Harris and Philissa Cramer April 28, 2023 7:28 pm

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Jerry Springer, son of Jewish refugees whose eponymous talk show was known for conflict, dies at 79

Before rising to the heights of tabloid TV, Springer was a politician who served as mayor of Cincinnati.

April 27, 2023 1:09 pm

Harry Belafonte, singer and civil rights activist who popularized ‘Hava Nagila’ in the US, dies at 96

The New York native, who was close friends with Martin Luther King Jr., had many Jewish connections.

April 25, 2023 3:43 pm

The fuzzy, neurotic, unmistakably Jewish legacy of cartoonist Ed Koren

By Andrew Silow-Carroll April 23, 2023 6:45 am

Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, Holocaust survivor and bridal empire builder, dies at 99

By Jackie Hajdenberg April 14, 2023 4:08 pm

Hillel Silverman, longtime rabbi whose congregant killed JFK’s assassin, is dead at 99

By Steve North April 12, 2023 11:00 am

Al Jaffee, iconic Mad Magazine cartoonist who also inked Chabad comic, dies at 102

By Philissa Cramer April 11, 2023 9:20 am

Mimi Sheraton, pioneering food critic and scholar of the bialy, dies at 97

By Andrew Silow-Carroll April 9, 2023 8:00 pm

Ben Ferencz, Nuremberg prosecutor who devoted his life to preventing genocide, dies at 103

By Andrew Silow-Carroll April 9, 2023 9:24 am

Seymour Stein with David Byrne and Madonna

Seymour Stein, Jewish music mogul who discovered Madonna and The Ramones, dies at 80

By Gabe Friedman April 3, 2023 12:50 pm

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