Obituaries

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,

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.

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

Born Stanley Lieber, he drew on themes of his childhood to create a series of memorable pulp heroes whose outsider status in some ways became their superpower.

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

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

Israeli government minister David Azoulay dies of cancer at 64

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

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

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

Robert Faurisson, a father of the Holocaust denial movement, dies at 89

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