Obituaries

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.

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Aerospace pioneer Simon Ramo dies at 103

Ramo, who was Jewish, was a key player in the development of America’s military technology over the past 50 years and in the creation of Southern California’s aerospace industry.

Anton Yelchin, Russian-Jewish ‘Star Trek’ actor, crushed to death by own car at 27

Yelchin, who will appear in a "Star Trek" film to be released next month, was killed by his car as it rolled down his driveway.

Boris Schnaiderman, Brazil’s pioneering Russian literature translator, dies at 99

Morley Safer, award-winning ’60 Minutes’ correspondent, dies at 84

Rabbi Morton Leifman, longtime dean of JTS cantors’ school, dies at 89

Daniel Aaron, pioneer of American studies who taught JFK, dies at 103

Ohio Jewish leader cited by John Kasich for Holocaust memorial role dies at 68

K-tel founder Philip Kives, farm boy who pioneered the infomercial, dies at 87

Walter Kohn, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, dies at 93

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