Obituaries

Miriam Goldberg, editor and publisher of Intermountain Jewish News since ’72, dies at 100

Goldberg, a charter inductee of the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame, brought innovation to the award-winning paper she guided after her husband died.

January 10, 2017 12:46 pm

Ben Cowen, Australian entrepreneur and Jewish community activist, killed in gliding accident

His late father, Zelman, was Australia’s second Jewish governor-general.

January 10, 2017 7:42 am

Zygmunt Bauman, Polish-Jewish sociologist and philosopher, dies at 91

Bauman, the author of more than 50 books, believed that the genocide of the Holocaust and totalitarian systems were unnatural, but the logical consequence of modernity.

January 9, 2017 4:57 pm

Nat Hentoff, journalist, author, music critic and social activist, dies at 91

January 8, 2017 11:17 am

Actress Debbie Reynolds dies a day after daughter Carrie Fisher

December 29, 2016 7:55 am

Chicago filmmaker, activist David Steiner dies in Uganda bus crash

December 28, 2016 2:59 pm

Astronomer Vera Rubin, who helped find evidence of dark matter, dies at 88

December 27, 2016 5:33 pm

British pop star George Michael, who had Jewish roots, dies at 53

December 26, 2016 8:27 am

Rabbi Lionel Blue, the first openly gay British rabbi, dies at 86

December 20, 2016 3:22 pm

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hollywood socialite who was married 9 times, dies at 99

December 19, 2016 2:40 pm

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Obituaries

Miriam Goldberg, editor and publisher of Intermountain Jewish News since ’72, dies at 100

Ben Cowen, Australian entrepreneur and Jewish community activist, killed in gliding accident

Zygmunt Bauman, Polish-Jewish sociologist and philosopher, dies at 91

Nat Hentoff, journalist, author, music critic and social activist, dies at 91

Actress Debbie Reynolds dies a day after daughter Carrie Fisher

Chicago filmmaker, activist David Steiner dies in Uganda bus crash

Astronomer Vera Rubin, who helped find evidence of dark matter, dies at 88

British pop star George Michael, who had Jewish roots, dies at 53

Rabbi Lionel Blue, the first openly gay British rabbi, dies at 86

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hollywood socialite who was married 9 times, dies at 99

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