Obituaries

Yehuda Meshi Zahav: A life lived in Jerusalem’s bright light ended in darkness

Yehuda Meshi Zahav hid in Jerusalem’s plain light.

By Ron Kampeas July 7, 2022 11:41 am

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Baruch Lebovits, convicted child abuser whose case shed light on Hasidic justice system, dies at 71

Lebovits pled guilty to sex abuse in 2014. The saga of his criminal trial was the subject of a New Yorker article.

July 6, 2022 2:32 pm

Vladimir Zelenko, Orthodox doctor who promoted unproven COVID-19 treatment, dies at 48

Zelenko, who left his Hasidic community in May 2020 amid controversy, remained a hero to the anti-vaxx movement.

July 1, 2022 5:57 am

David Weiss Halivni, pioneering and sometimes controversial Talmudist, dies at 94

By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 29, 2022 2:22 pm

Jozef Walaszczyk, who saved more than 50 Jews during the Holocaust, tells his story at a restaurant in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 28, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Jozef Walaszczyk, Poland’s oldest rescuer of Jews, dies at 102

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 21, 2022 9:41 am

Andrée Geulen, Belgian woman who rescued hundreds of Jewish children, dies at 100

By Ron Kampeas June 17, 2022 9:45 am

Novelist A.B. Yehoshua, dissector and lover of Israel and the Jews, dies at 85

By Ron Kampeas June 14, 2022 5:52 pm

Fred Manasse

Fred Manasse, physicist, sculptor and voice for fellow Holocaust survivors, dies at 86

By Penny Schwartz June 9, 2022 2:49 pm

Isaac Berger on the Olympic podium

Jewish Olympic gold medalist weightlifter Isaac ‘Ike’ Berger dead at 85

By Jacob Gurvis June 7, 2022 5:28 pm

Phil Ritzenberg, former editor and publisher of the New York Jewish Week, dies at 90

By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 7, 2022 12:48 pm

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