Obituaries

Queenie Hallegua, second-to-last Jewish resident of historic Indian Jewish community, dies at 89

Hallegua and her late husband were the caretakers of Kochi’s 450-year-old synagogue.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 12, 2024 4:30 pm

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Ilana Schatz.

Jewish Life Stories: Ilana Schatz, 71, who founded Fair Trade Judaica

Other notable deaths include a Chabad leader who lit the “World’s Largest Menorah,” and a memoirist who grew up amid Hollywood’s Jewish royalty.

July 31, 2024 11:20 am

David Biale, scholar of Jewish thinkers and ideas on the margins, dies at 75

One of his best-known books was a history of Jewish attitudes about sexuality.

July 29, 2024 2:48 pm

Martin Indyk, pictured in 2015. (Brookings Institution Press)

Martin Indyk, blunt diplomat who longed for Arab-Israeli peace, dies at 73

By Ron Kampeas July 25, 2024 5:08 pm

Alex Dancyg.

Jewish Life Stories: Hostage Alex Dancyg, a Holocaust educator, is confirmed dead in Gaza

By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 24, 2024 11:00 am

Peter Buxtun, whistleblower who compared Tuskegee syphilis study to Nazi atrocities, dies at 86

By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 17, 2024 4:57 pm

Kobe Bryant’s father Joe, who once coached a Jewish girls basketball team, dies at 69

By Rob Charry July 17, 2024 11:19 am

David Liederman.

Jewish Life Stories: David Liederman, the father of ‘David’s Cookies,’ dies at 75

By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 17, 2024 10:15 am

Ruth Westheimer, Holocaust survivor who offered grandmotherly sex advice as ‘Dr. Ruth,’ dies at 96

By Andrew Silow-Carroll and Curt Schleier July 13, 2024 12:26 pm

Mordechai Rosenstein, calligrapher whose art illuminates Jewish homes and synagogues, dies at 90

By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 11, 2024 9:58 am

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