Obituaries

Hal Prince

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

Prince, whose credits also include “West Side Story,” “Damn Yankees,” “The Phantom of the Opera,”” Cabaret,”” Company” and “Sweeney Todd,” received a record 21 Tony Awards.

By Marcy Oster August 1, 2019 1:04 pm

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German historian who faked family Holocaust story dies at 31

No foul play is suspected in the death of historian and blogger Marie Sophie Hingst.

July 30, 2019 8:06 am

Richard Stone, Florida’s first Jewish senator since Civil War, dies at 90

A Democrat and member of the Foreign Relations Committee, Stone led efforts to secure aid for Israel and was an advisor on the 1967 Camp David Accords.

July 29, 2019 6:27 pm

Mark Talisman, champion of key law in fight for Soviet Jewry, is dead at 78

By JTA Staff July 12, 2019 2:52 pm

Lucette Lagnado

Lucette Lagnado, whose prize-winning memoir recalled her family’s Egyptian-Jewish past, dies at 63

By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 11, 2019 3:05 pm

Artur Brauner, German-Jewish producer of ‘Europa Europa’ and other major films, dies at 100

By Toby Axelrod July 9, 2019 2:41 pm

Brazilian veteran Jewish journalist Salomao Schvartzman dies at 85

By Marcus M. Gilban July 8, 2019 5:07 pm

Death of a matriarch means there may be as few as 5 Jews left in Cairo

By Marcy Oster July 8, 2019 1:33 pm

Eva Mozes Kor, survivor of Mengele twin experiments who preached forgiveness, dies at 85

By Marcy Oster July 4, 2019 3:10 pm

George Rosenkranz

George Rosenkranz, an inventor of the birth control pill, dies at 102

By Marcy Oster June 24, 2019 2:31 pm

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