Obituaries

Aileen Lampel Novick, of Jericho, N.Y., passes away at 94

She proudly served as the National Executive Director of Hadassah.

Jewish Life Stories: George Berci, 103, the Holocaust survivor who revolutionized surgery

Notable Jews who died this month include a beloved Philadelphia cantor, Poland’s first Progressive rabbi since the Shoah, and the longtime pianist and songwriter for Sha Na Na.

Fania Brantsovsky, last living Vilna ghetto partisan resistance fighter, dies at 102

Remaining in Lithuania after the war, she became a keeper of the flame of the city’s once illustrious Yiddish culture.

Jewish Life Stories: The Holocaust survivor who fell in love with jazz

Artist and physician Mark Podwal, whose distinctive work adorned museums, synagogues and opinion pages, dies at 79

Hamas murdered our daughter. This is what she’d tell American Jews right now.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin speaks at the funeral of her son Hersh Goldberg-Polin.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin at son Hersh’s funeral: ‘Finally, you’re free’

Michael Lerner, influential rabbi-activist and founder of Tikkun magazine, dies at 81

Jewish Life Stories: Hettie Jones, one half of a Beat generation power couple, dies at 90

Bill Pascrell, NJ Democrat who tread a fine line on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, dies at 87

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