Obituaries

Shimon Peres, last of Israel’s founders, dies

A member of Israel’s founding generation, Peres took leading roles in government from the state’s founding until his retirement 66 years later.

By Ben Sales September 27, 2016 10:12 pm

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Joseph Harmatz

Joseph Harmatz, leader of Jewish ‘Avengers’ of Nazis, dies at 91

The Holocaust survivor was among the last living members of a group who poisoned more than 2,200 former Nazi SS officers in 1946.

September 27, 2016 2:59 am

Italian Jews mourn passing of country’s ex-President Azeglio Ciampi

Ciampi was a ”generous, just, and visionary man,” the head of a Jewish umbrella group wrote, and was "always close to the Jewish world."

September 16, 2016 11:22 am

Stanley K. Sheinbaum

Stanley Sheinbaum, liberal activist for nearly 70 years who met with Arafat, dies

September 13, 2016 7:00 am

Jewish woman in iconic World War II Times Square kiss photo dies at 92

September 11, 2016 5:39 am

Israeli father dies waiting for return of soldier son’s remains

September 4, 2016 11:22 am

Zero Mostel, left, and Gene Wilder star in the Mel Brooks classic "The Producers."

Gene Wilder, star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and other classic comedies, dies at 83

August 29, 2016 3:49 pm

Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, ex-defense minister and longtime Knesset member, dies at 80

August 28, 2016 2:50 pm

Sonia Rykiel

Sonia Rykiel, ‘Queen of Knitwear’ fashion designer, dies at 86

August 25, 2016 5:46 pm

Esther Jungreis, Orthodox Jewish outreach pioneer, dies

August 23, 2016 5:37 pm

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