Obituaries

Rabbi Max Ticktin, leader in Hillel and havurah movements, dies at 94

Ticktin served for more than 30 years on the faculty of the George Washington University's Program of Judaic Studies, retiring last year as professor of Hebrew Language and Literature.

July 5, 2016 1:03 pm

Elie Wiesel gave the Holocaust a face and the world a conscience

The Nobel Prize winner challenged two presidents, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, to understand the meaning of the Holocaust.

July 2, 2016 5:33 pm

Rabbi Maurice Lamm, author of ‘Jewish Way in Death and Mourning,’ dies

Lamm, who also wrote several other notable Jewish books, held the chair in professional rabbinics at Yeshiva University's seminary, where he was ordained.

June 30, 2016 12:30 pm