Obituaries

Dick Savitt

Legendary Jewish tennis champion Dick Savitt dies at 95

Savitt became the first Jewish champion of the Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships.

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Adolfo Kaminsky, French Resistance forger who saved thousands during the Holocaust, dies at 97

Kaminsky’s improbable and heroic story was detailed in a 2016 New York Times documentary.

Rabbi Abraham Levy, influential leader among Britain’s Sephardic Jews, dies at 83

Levy opened the first Sephardic school in England since the early 20th century and was honored by Queen Elizabeth.

Pope Benedict XVI, who went from Hitler Youth to advancing Catholic-Jewish relations, dies at 95

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Barbara Walters on the set of "The Today Show"

Barbara Walters, groundbreaking Jewish TV host, dies at 93

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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

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