Obituaries

Jewish cake-designer-to-the-stars Sylvia Weinstock dead at 91

Born in Brooklyn, Weinstock became known across the globe as the “Queen of Cakes.”

By Lisa Keys November 24, 2021 1:32 pm

Justus Rosenberg, professor and last surviving member of group that smuggled intellectuals out of Nazi-held Europe, has died at 100

It wasn’t until he was in his mid-70s that he began to speak about his experiences working as a courier for Varian Fry’s rescue efforts during the Holocaust.

November 22, 2021 7:16 am

Pauline Bart, sociologist whose Jewish identity infused her research, is dead at 91

Bart wrote her graduate graduate thesis about depression in Jewish mothers whose children had grown up and moved away from home.

November 15, 2021 4:41 pm

Helene Fortunoff, Jewish businesswoman who pioneered a jewelry empire, is dead at 88

By Shira Hanau November 15, 2021 1:14 pm

Aaron Beck, the Jewish ‘father of cognitive therapy,’ is remembered as a trailblazing psychiatrist

By Jarrad Saffren November 8, 2021 4:15 pm

Aaron Feuerstein, ‘Mensch of Malden Mills’ who paid his workers even after his factory burned down, dies at 95

By Asaf Elia-Shalev November 7, 2021 1:00 am

Israel Arbeiter, a forceful driver of Holocaust memory in Boston, dies at 96

By Penny Schwartz November 4, 2021 12:00 pm

Romanian Jews bid ‘goodbye to an era’ with death of their longtime leader, Aurel Vainer, at 89

By Marcel Gascón Barberá November 2, 2021 9:12 pm

Pitcher Tyler Herron and catcher Ryan Lavarnway

Tyler Herron, former Team Israel pitcher, dies at 35

By Jacob Gurvis October 28, 2021 6:19 pm

Joyce Newmark, a New Jersey rabbi who won on ‘Jeopardy!’, dies at 73

By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 27, 2021 1:56 pm

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Obituaries

Jewish cake-designer-to-the-stars Sylvia Weinstock dead at 91

Justus Rosenberg, professor and last surviving member of group that smuggled intellectuals out of Nazi-held Europe, has died at 100

Pauline Bart, sociologist whose Jewish identity infused her research, is dead at 91

Helene Fortunoff, Jewish businesswoman who pioneered a jewelry empire, is dead at 88

Aaron Beck, the Jewish ‘father of cognitive therapy,’ is remembered as a trailblazing psychiatrist

Aaron Feuerstein, ‘Mensch of Malden Mills’ who paid his workers even after his factory burned down, dies at 95

Israel Arbeiter, a forceful driver of Holocaust memory in Boston, dies at 96

Romanian Jews bid ‘goodbye to an era’ with death of their longtime leader, Aurel Vainer, at 89

Tyler Herron, former Team Israel pitcher, dies at 35

Joyce Newmark, a New Jersey rabbi who won on ‘Jeopardy!’, dies at 73

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