Obituaries

Austria’s oldest Holocaust survivor dies at 106

Marko Feingold continued to speak, especially to school children, about his experiences in the Holocaust until the end, the AFP reported.

By Marcy Oster September 22, 2019 12:54 pm

Pioneering journalist Cokie Roberts, who with her husband wrote about their interfaith marriage, dies

The couple’s book “From This Day Forward” candidly tells the story of their marriage, and they also wrote an interfaith Haggadah.

September 17, 2019 1:17 pm

Robert Frank, influential photographer best known for his book ‘The Americans,’ dies at 94

The groundbreaking photos for “The Americans,” some purposely out of focus and grainy and in poor lighting, were taken during road trips across the United States in the mid-1950s funded by a Guggenheim Fellowship.

September 10, 2019 3:14 pm

How Valerie Harper’s Rhoda embodied a very Jewish type

By Andrew Silow-Carroll September 3, 2019 4:12 pm

Peter Sheft, financial adviser and 70 Faces Media board member, dies at 63

By JTA Staff August 30, 2019 4:53 pm

Kenneth Bialkin, longtime Jewish leader and philanthropist, dies at 89

By Ron Kampeas August 23, 2019 3:15 pm

New York rabbi drowns after jumping in lake to save his child

By Marcy Oster August 20, 2019 3:17 pm

Rabbi Reuven Hammer, a pioneer of Conservative Judaism in Israel, dies at 86

By Sam Sokol August 12, 2019 2:46 pm

Morton Bahr, who led Communications Workers of America, is dead at 93

By JTA Staff August 2, 2019 1:44 pm

Harold Prince, who brought ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ to the stage, dies at 91

By Marcy Oster August 1, 2019 1:04 pm

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Obituaries

Austria’s oldest Holocaust survivor dies at 106

Pioneering journalist Cokie Roberts, who with her husband wrote about their interfaith marriage, dies

Robert Frank, influential photographer best known for his book ‘The Americans,’ dies at 94

How Valerie Harper’s Rhoda embodied a very Jewish type

Peter Sheft, financial adviser and 70 Faces Media board member, dies at 63

Kenneth Bialkin, longtime Jewish leader and philanthropist, dies at 89

New York rabbi drowns after jumping in lake to save his child

Rabbi Reuven Hammer, a pioneer of Conservative Judaism in Israel, dies at 86

Morton Bahr, who led Communications Workers of America, is dead at 93

Harold Prince, who brought ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ to the stage, dies at 91

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