Obituaries

Rabbi Aaron Panken remembered as joyful leader who embodied the ‘best of the Reform movement’

The head of the movement’s flagship seminary was killed while piloting a small aircraft in New York state's Hudson Valley.

Handbag designer Judith Leiber and her husband, artist Gerson Leiber, die within hours of each other

Gerson Leiber, 96, told his 97-year-old wife the night before they died of heart attacks, “Sweetie, it’s time for both of us to go.”

Barbara Bush was ‘gold standard’ for first ladies, Republican Jewish Coalition says upon her passing

Following her death Tuesday night at 92, the wife of President George H.W. Bush was being remembered for her wit, no-nonsense attitude and championing of family literacy.

Filmmaker Milos Forman, director of ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ dies at 86

Steven Bochco, Emmy-winning creator of ‘Hill Street Blues’ and ‘LA Law,’ dies at 74

Judge Stephen Reinhardt, ‘liberal lion’ of 9th Circuit, is dead at 87

Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician who saved hundreds of Jewish children during Holocaust, dies at 107

Performer known for Bozo the Clown act dies at 89

Stephen Hawking was admired by Israeli physicists for his insights and his humanity

David Wyman, author of ‘The Abandonment of the Jews,’ dies at 89

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