Obituaries

Arthur Frommer, ‘wandering Jew’ who launched a travel guide empire, dies at 95

He wrote his first travel book as a U.S. Army intelligence officer in Berlin.

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Other recent deaths in the Jewish world include a leading 20th-century painter, a noted jazz impresario and one of the country’s most vocal atheists.

Former NY Jewish Week staffer Miriam Reinharth, 69, dies after being hit by ambulance on Upper West Side

A communications professional, she organized public events for the paper from 2007-2012.

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Felice Gaer, Jewish organization official who championed human rights for all, dies at 78

Bernie Marcus, Home Depot founder who gave to Republicans and Israel, dies at 95

Paul Mendes-Flohr, Israeli-American authority on Martin Buber, dies at 83

Walter Jacob, Pittsburgh rabbi who helped revive Reform Judaism in Germany, dies at 94

Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead bassist who hosted musical Passover seders, dies at 84

Yehuda Bauer, preeminent historian of the Holocaust, dies at 98

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