Obituaries

Larry Rasky, Biden confidant and Boston-area Jewish leader, dies suddenly at 69

“He was a real friend,” Biden told the Boston Globe, adding that Rasky gave him confidence in difficult moments.

By Penny Schwartz March 24, 2020 5:05 pm

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Romi Cohn

Rabbi Romi Cohn, a Holocaust rescuer who delivered prayer in Congress, dies of coronavirus at 92

The New Yorker also was a mohel and performed some 3,000 ritual circumcisions for free. He taught dozens of others provided they didn’t charge.

March 24, 2020 3:06 pm

. (Courtesy of Chabad.org)

Yehuda Yaakov Refson, a senior rabbi in England, dies of coronavirus

The longtime Chabad emissary to the northern city of Leeds was 73.

March 24, 2020 1:56 pm

Giorgio

Giorgio Sinigaglia, 54, volunteered in Milan’s Jewish community

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 24, 2020 1:46 pm

Giorgio Sinigaglia attending the writing of a Torah scroll in Milan, Italy. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Milan)

Giorgio Sinigaglia, 54, was a father of 4 and volunteer in Milan’s Jewish community

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 24, 2020 1:04 pm

Andre Touboul in 2014. (Courtesy of Beth Hanna)

In Paris, a pillar of Jewish education dies from the coronavirus

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 23, 2020 5:26 pm

First Israeli coronavirus fatality, a Holocaust survivor, is buried with social distancing

By Ron Kampeas March 23, 2020 4:47 pm

Last surviving German recognized by Yad Vashem as righteous gentile for Holocaust heroism dies

By Marcy Oster March 23, 2020 2:44 pm

James Lipton, longtime host of ‘Inside the Actor’s Studio,’ dies at 93

By Marcy Oster March 3, 2020 2:27 pm

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who kept the peace with Israel for 30 years, dies

By Marcy Oster February 25, 2020 3:01 pm

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