Obituaries

Rabbis, teachers, survivors: 18 Jews whose deaths diminished our communities in 2022

Among this year’s dead: Holocaust survivors who made a mark in Stockholm, Pittsburgh and Sarajevo.

By Philissa Cramer December 31, 2022 10:00 am

Barbara Walters on the set of "The Today Show"

Barbara Walters, groundbreaking Jewish TV host, dies at 93

Before becoming one of the most enduring and talked about news hosts in the world, Walters was raised by parents descended from Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe.

December 30, 2022 11:48 pm

18 notable Jews who died in 2022

From Madeleine Albright to A.B. Yehoshua, these icons left outsized legacies on politics, the arts, sports and everything in between.

December 30, 2022 3:57 pm

Extraordinary lives: 18 notable New York Jews who died in 2022

By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 30, 2022 2:17 pm

Rabbi Chaim Druckman, giant of Israeli settlement and Religious Zionist movements, dies at 90

By Ron Kampeas December 27, 2022 4:48 pm

Kenneth Kronen, cantor who survived fiery Rikers Island plane crash in 1957, dies at 95

By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 14, 2022 1:40 pm

Lord David Young, British-Jewish politician and favorite fixer for Margaret Thatcher, dies at 90

By David I. Klein December 12, 2022 9:50 am

Holocaust survivor and painter Frederick Terna dies at 99

By Lisa Keys December 9, 2022 3:21 pm

Writer Tom Tugend in his Los Angeles home

Three-time war veteran and longtime JTA correspondent Tom Tugend dies at 97

By Jacob Gurvis and Ron Kampeas December 8, 2022 5:40 pm

Steven Salen, a tailor who survived the Holocaust and dressed presidents, dies at 103

By Ron Kampeas December 5, 2022 10:00 am

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Obituaries

Rabbis, teachers, survivors: 18 Jews whose deaths diminished our communities in 2022

Barbara Walters, groundbreaking Jewish TV host, dies at 93

18 notable Jews who died in 2022

Extraordinary lives: 18 notable New York Jews who died in 2022

Rabbi Chaim Druckman, giant of Israeli settlement and Religious Zionist movements, dies at 90

Kenneth Kronen, cantor who survived fiery Rikers Island plane crash in 1957, dies at 95

Lord David Young, British-Jewish politician and favorite fixer for Margaret Thatcher, dies at 90

Holocaust survivor and painter Frederick Terna dies at 99

Three-time war veteran and longtime JTA correspondent Tom Tugend dies at 97

Steven Salen, a tailor who survived the Holocaust and dressed presidents, dies at 103

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