Obituaries

Rabbi Rachel Cowan, pioneer in the Jewish healing movement, dies at 77

Cowan completed her rabbinic studies at Hebrew Union College after the death of her husband in 1988, eight years after her official conversion to Judaism.

September 2, 2018 10:05 am

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Joe Lieberman lauds John McCain’s accommodation of Jewish observance, love of Jerusalem

All the eulogies included references, some subtle, some not so subtle, to the contrast between John McCain and Donald Trump.

September 1, 2018 1:43 pm

Ideas

Neil Simon got us right. That’s what geniuses do.

The late playwright, like Michael Jordan and Philip Roth, made hard work look effortless, writes the artistic director of the Mosaic Theater Company of DC.

August 27, 2018 5:04 pm

Princeton Lyman, Jewish diplomat who helped plan Operation Moses, dies at 82

By Ron Kampeas August 27, 2018 5:53 am

Neil Simon, Broadway’s giant of bickering, wise-cracking couples, dies at 91

August 26, 2018 1:29 pm

John McCain, senator who made human rights and Israel central to his foreign policy, dies at 81

By Ron Kampeas August 25, 2018 9:36 pm

Moshe Mizrahi, only Israeli director of Oscar-winning film, dies at 86

August 7, 2018 12:30 pm

Charlotte Rae, who starred as Mrs. Garrett on ‘The Facts of Life,’ dies at 92

August 6, 2018 10:47 am

Herman Shine, one of the last survivors to have escaped Auschwitz, dies at 95

July 24, 2018 3:05 pm

Jonathan Gold

Jonathan Gold, restaurant critic who showcased diverse Los Angeles neighborhoods, dies at 57

July 22, 2018 8:43 am

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