Obituaries

Tzipora Jochsberger, Holocaust survivor who founded the Kaufman Music Center in NY, dies at 96

She left Nazi Germany to accept an invitation to study music in Jerusalem, but her parents stayed behind and died in Auschwitz.

November 7, 2017 3:30 pm

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Rabbi Yisrael Rozen, who solved conflicts between Jewish law and technology, dies at 76

Rozen also established and headed the national conversion program of the Chief Rabbinate.

November 6, 2017 11:42 am

Marc Klionsky, master portrait painter, dies at 90

The Soviet-Jewish emigre, 90, painted portraits of Golda Meir and Elie Wiesel among many renowned figures.

October 17, 2017 2:56 pm

Hungarian-born Italian writer, director Giorgio Pressburger dies at 80

October 8, 2017 7:35 am

Russian-Jewish pianist dies on stage

October 6, 2017 8:13 am

Billionaire media mogul S.I. Newhouse Jr. dies at 89

October 1, 2017 4:04 pm

Monty Hall

Monty Hall, original host of ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ game show, dies at 96

October 1, 2017 8:25 am

Joshua Haberman, Washington rabbi and champion of adult Jewish education, dies at 98

September 26, 2017 11:28 am

Mitchell Flint, US fighter pilot who helped create Israeli Air Force, dies at 94

September 17, 2017 4:31 pm

Edith Windsor

Edie Windsor, whose Supreme Court victory paved the way for LGBTQ marriage, dies at 88

September 12, 2017 11:50 pm

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