Obituaries

Leon Lederman, Nobel-winning physicist who sold his prize to pay for medical expenses, dies at 96

Lederman won the 1988 prize with two other Jewish-American scientists for his research on subatomic particles.

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Walter Laqueur

Walter Laqueur, the Holocaust survivor who reinvented terrorism studies, dies at 97

Many of his books, including "A History of Zionism" and "A History of Terrorism," are considered classics.

Marty Balin

Jefferson Airplane co-founder Marty Balin is dead at 76

He was a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Sidney Shachnow

Sidney Shachnow, Holocaust survivor who went on to command US forces in Berlin, dies at 83

Clara Kramer, who survived Holocaust hidden in an underground bunker, dies at 91

Mac Miller

Jewish rapper Mac Miller found dead at 26

Burt Reynolds

Jewish celebrities remember Burt Reynolds

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

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

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

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