Obituaries

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.

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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.

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.

David Shneer, beloved professor of Jewish studies, dies at 48

Saeb Erekat, longtime Palestinian peace negotiator, dies of the coronavirus

Jonathan Sacks

Jonathan Sacks, former UK chief rabbi and Jewish ‘intellectual giant,’ dies at 72

Mayer Rispler, Satmar leader who called for following health rules, dies of COVID-19 at 70

Bernard Cohen, who brought Loving v. Virginia to the Supreme Court, dies at 86

Richard Schifter, Holocaust survivor who later served as a US diplomat, dies at 97

Helen Reddy, who sang the feminist anthem ‘I Am Woman,’ dies at 78

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