Obituaries

Author Imre Kertesz, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, dies at 86

Kertesz portrayed the horrors of Auschwitz in some of his writings and was the first Hungarian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Joseph Sher, Holocaust survivor and tailor to stars, dies at 100

Sher's celebrity clients included Elvis Presley and Fats Domino. During the Holocaust he was imprisoned in several Nazi labor camps and forced to build roads.

Former Intel CEO Andy Grove, a Holocaust survivor, dies at 79

Grove, who escaped from Hungary during the 1956 revolution, is credited with revolutionizing the personal computer industry.

Police probe death of Bob Adelman, civil rights photographer

Leon Charney, Jewish TV show host and property tycoon, dies

Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan dies at 71

Nancy Reagan, former first lady, recalled as ‘great friend’ of Israel by its leaders

Philanthropist Bram Goldsmith, former UJA chair, dies at 93

Last survivor of Treblinka revolt, Samuel Willenberg, dies at 93

Victor Goldbloom, trailblazer in Jewish-Christian relations, dies

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