Richard Belzer, eminently recognizable Jewish comedian and character actor, dies at 78 Belzer’s most famous character, John Munch, was like him a hard-boiled Jew who overcame a troubled childhood. By Philissa Cramer February 20, 2023 8:12 am
Moses Elisaf, first Jewish mayor of a city in Greece, dies at 68 He was the longtime leader of the Jewish community in Ioannina, a center of Romaniote Jewish history. February 17, 2023 4:57 pm
Ted Lerner, real estate developer who brought baseball back to Washington, dies at 97 Ted Lerner arrived at the 2015 MLB All Stars Game with the program he annotated when he watched the game in 1937. February 16, 2023 5:54 pm
Burt Bacharach, sophisticated Jewish hitmaker of the ’60s and ’70s, dies at 94 By Andrew Silow-Carroll February 9, 2023 1:22 pm
Bob Born, Jewish maker of Peeps marshmallow candies, dies at 98 By Andrew Silow-Carroll January 31, 2023 4:03 pm
Grigory Kanovich, award-winning author who chronicled Lithuanian Jewry, dies at 93 By David I. Klein January 23, 2023 12:19 pm
Adolfo Kaminsky, French Resistance forger who saved thousands during the Holocaust, dies at 97 By David I. Klein January 10, 2023 5:44 pm
Rabbi Abraham Levy, influential leader among Britain’s Sephardic Jews, dies at 83 By James Martin January 4, 2023 4:45 pm
Pope Benedict XVI, who went from Hitler Youth to advancing Catholic-Jewish relations, dies at 95 By David I. Klein January 3, 2023 12:30 am