Obituaries

Holocaust scholar Randolph Louis Braham, a two-time Jewish National Book Award winner, dies at 95

Braham, whose parents and siblings perished in Auschwitz, was a founding member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

November 27, 2018 3:10 pm

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Sister Cecylia Maria Roszak, who saved Jews during the Holocaust, dies at 110

In a convent in Vilnius, Roszak and a group of fellow nuns hid 17 members of the Jewish resistance who had escaped the local ghetto,

November 22, 2018 12:30 pm

William Goldman

William Goldman, who wrote ‘Princess Bride’ and ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,’ dies at 87

The Jewish author and novelist was one of Hollywood's most respected screenwriters.

November 16, 2018 2:32 pm

Stan Lee

Stan Lee, creator of iconic Marvel comics superheroes, is dead at 95

November 12, 2018 4:12 pm

Holocaust survivor dies after being knocked down by NYC commuter rushing to subway

November 12, 2018 4:05 pm

Pittsburgh remembers Bernice and Sylvan Simon, who built a loving family

By Arielle Kaplan and Ben Sales November 1, 2018 4:59 pm

Israeli government minister David Azoulay dies of cancer at 64

October 30, 2018 2:57 pm

Brazilian Jewish real estate icon and philanthropist dies of apparent suicide at 58

By Marcus M. Gilban October 29, 2018 5:29 pm

Rabbi David Posner, who served 40 years at flagship NYC Reform temple, dies at 70

October 22, 2018 4:16 pm

Ruth Matar, co-founder of Israeli women’s group opposing land concessions after Oslo, dies

October 22, 2018 2:28 pm

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