Obituaries

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, first Jewish woman to serve on Supreme Court, dies at 87

A fierce jurist known for her outsized presence and outspokenness, Ginsburg was a tireless advocate for gender equality who often cited her Jewish values.

Massachusetts court chief Ralph Gants remembered as a giant of justice

The first Jewish chief justice of the state’s highest court, Gants had suffered a heart attack earlier this month but anticipated a full recovery.

Jorge Kirszenbaum, human rights activist and former head of of Argentina’s Jewish community, dies at 72

Kirszenbaum, an attorney, was influential in Argentina’s transition from military dictatorship to democracy.

Ronald Harwood, Oscar-winning screenwriter of ‘The Pianist,’ dies at 85

Gabor Hirsch visits the former Auschwitz I concentration camp in Poland on January 26, 2015 (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Gabor Hirsch, prominent Swiss activist for Holocaust education, dies at 90

Arnold Spielberg, who helped son Steven make his first movie, dies at 103

Angela Buxton, Jewish tennis star who won Wimbledon doubles title, dies at 85

Ruth Gavison, influential Israeli legal scholar and civil rights activist, dies at 75

Luiz Filipe Barbosa, leading Brazilian Israeli folk dance choreographer, dies at 52

Rabbi Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz) inspects at his Jerusalem home an English-language translation of the Talmud based on his annotations on June 4, 2018. (Wikimedia Commons/SoInkleined)

Adin Steinsaltz, acclaimed scholar who made the Talmud more accessible, dies at 83

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