Obituaries

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Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid leader who identified with Jews and criticized Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, dies at 90

“Your people know what one’s talking about, having suffered because you belonged to a particular racial group,” Tutu told British Jews in 1987.

By Shira Hanau December 26, 2021 9:17 am

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18 noteworthy Jews who died in 2021

From celebrities to giants of government to the author of “The Phantom Tollbooth.”

December 22, 2021 11:53 am

Baruch Levine, Bible scholar who helped grow Judaic Studies at NYU, dies at 91

A colleague called Levine “one of the great Jewish Bible scholars of his generation.”

December 21, 2021 6:47 am

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Shirley Zussman, pioneering sex therapist who studied with Masters and Johnson, has died at 107

By Shira Hanau December 20, 2021 8:07 am

Henry Orenstein, the Transformers toys inventor, Holocaust survivor and poker star, is dead at 98

By Shira Hanau December 16, 2021 9:34 am

Son’s irreverent obituary for his ‘plus-sized Jewish lady redneck’ mother goes viral

By Shira Hanau December 16, 2021 8:24 am

Ed Shames, ‘Band of Brothers’ vet who toasted son’s bar mitzvah with Hitler’s cognac, dies at 99

By Ron Kampeas December 6, 2021 3:46 pm

Moshe Feldman, Crown Heights physician who cared for the Lubavitcher Rebbe, has died at 80

By Shira Hanau December 2, 2021 11:14 am

Stephen Sondheim, Jewish theater legend who reshaped the American musical, is dead at 91

By Ron Kampeas November 26, 2021 8:27 pm

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Abraham Schumer, father of Sen. Chuck Schumer, has died at 98

By Shira Hanau November 25, 2021 2:45 am

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