Obituaries

David Stoliar, sole survivor of bombed ship fleeing Holocaust, is remembered

Stoliar, who was aboard the Struma, which was carrying 800 Jews but was barred from entering then-Palestine, died in 2014, but his death was not widely or nationally reported.

January 24, 2016 5:58 pm

Walter W. Reed, whose memoir about hiding from the Nazis was published last year, dies at 91

(JTA) — Walter W. Reed, who last year published a book about his experience hiding from the Nazis with about 100 other Jewish children, has died at 91. Reed, a regular speaker at the Illinois Holocaust Museum, died Jan. 13 in his Chicago-area home, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Friday. Reed’s “The Children of La Hille: Eluding […]

January 22, 2016 4:19 pm

Pittsburgh chiropractor’s obituary wish: Dump Trump

(JTA) — An obituary for a Jewish chiropractor asked those who mourn his death not to vote for Donald Trump in lieu of flowers. Jeffrey Cohen’s death notice, posted Wednesday on the Legacy.com website by the McCabe Bros. Funeral Homes, said the 70-year-old Pittsburgh man died unexpectedly on Sunday at the home in suburban Squirrel […]

January 21, 2016 2:21 pm

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David Stoliar, sole survivor of bombed ship fleeing Holocaust, is remembered

Walter W. Reed, whose memoir about hiding from the Nazis was published last year, dies at 91

Pittsburgh chiropractor’s obituary wish: Dump Trump

Rabbi Ronald Greenwald, former Nixon liaison to Jewish community, dies

‘JFR’ Jacob, India’s highest-ranking Jewish military officer, dies at 92

Judith Kaye, groundbreaking New York judge, dies at 77

Dr. Robert Berger, who discredited Nazi medical experiments, dies at 86

Howard Leibowitz, key aide to 2 Boston mayors and a Jewish leader, dies

Pauline Dubkin-Yearwood, longtime Jewish journalist, dies at 73

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