Linda Sher, a leader in promoting political action by Jewish women, dies at 73 The group Sher founded in 1980, JACPAC, became a force on Jewish political advocacy and candidates, mostly Democrats, still solicit its backing. By Ron Kampeas November 18, 2020 1:30 pm
Israel Horovitz, playwright who was accused of sexual assault, dies at 81 Horovitz in a New York Times story claimed to have had “a different memory of some of these events” but apologized in a statement to the paper. November 12, 2020 3:41 pm
Rabbi Dovid Feinstein, renowned Jewish legal authority, dies at 91 Feinstein was the son of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, one of the preeminent Jewish legal authorities of the 20th century. November 11, 2020 11:41 am
David Shneer, beloved professor of Jewish studies, dies at 48 By Ben Harris November 10, 2020 8:00 am
Saeb Erekat, longtime Palestinian peace negotiator, dies of the coronavirus By Ron Kampeas November 10, 2020 8:00 am
Jonathan Sacks, former UK chief rabbi and Jewish ‘intellectual giant,’ dies at 72 By Ben Harris and Cnaan Liphshiz and Gabe Friedman November 7, 2020 2:39 pm
Mayer Rispler, Satmar leader who called for following health rules, dies of COVID-19 at 70 By Philissa Cramer October 16, 2020 3:49 pm
Bernard Cohen, who brought Loving v. Virginia to the Supreme Court, dies at 86 By Ron Kampeas October 14, 2020 9:45 am
Richard Schifter, Holocaust survivor who later served as a US diplomat, dies at 97 By Marcy Oster October 5, 2020 10:04 am
Helen Reddy, who sang the feminist anthem ‘I Am Woman,’ dies at 78 By Marcy Oster September 30, 2020 2:21 pm