Urban sociologist Nathan Glazer, a founder of neo-conservatism, dies at 95 He was the author of “Beyond the Melting Pot,” with Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a study of five racial and ethnic groups in New York. By Marcy Oster January 20, 2019 3:38 pm
Carol Channing, the original star of ‘Hello Dolly!,’ dies at 97 The Tony Award winner had a Jewish mother and said she learned fluent Yiddish from her first husband’s grandfather. January 15, 2019 4:13 pm
Polish mayor, called friend of Jewish community, dies after being stabbed at charity concert Paweł Adamowicz of Gdansk “was a true friend & ally in countering xenophobia,” the American Jewish Committee said. January 14, 2019 1:35 pm
Moshe Arens, Israeli defense minister under 3 prime ministers, dies at 93 By Marcy Oster January 7, 2019 8:27 am
Alfred Bader, Milwaukee philanthropist and art collector, dies at 94 By Penny Schwartz January 2, 2019 4:58 pm
Hector Timerman, Jewish Argentine foreign minister investigated for cutting deal with Iran, dies at 65 By JTA Staff January 1, 2019 2:37 pm
Ideas Amos Oz’s fiction is forever, while reality left his politics behind By Thane Rosenbaum December 31, 2018 9:47 am
Georges Loinger, French Resistance fighter who saved Jewish children from the Nazis, dies at 108 By Marcy Oster December 30, 2018 3:13 pm
Amos Oz, a ‘saintly intellectual’ who turned Israel’s national reality into art By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 28, 2018 11:45 am