Obituaries

Stephen P. Cohen, Middle East intermediary, dies at 71

A social psychologist by training, Cohen arranged and participated in historic breakthroughs between Israel and its neighbors.

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Ari Rath, celebrated journalist and former Jerusalem Post editor, dies at 92

The late writer, who fled to pre-state Palestine at the age of 13, returned to his native Austria in 2007.

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.

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

Debbie Reynolds

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

George Michael

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

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