Obituaries

Yom Kippur War hero Maj.-Gen. Avigdor ‘Yanush’ Ben-Gal dies at 79

Ben-Gal is credited with holding Syria back during the war in 1973

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Manuel Tenenbaum, Latin American Jewish Congress head for 3 decades, dies

(JTA) — Manuel Tenenbaum, who served for three decades as head of the Latin American Jewish Congress, has died. Tenenbaum, who was also an educator and author, died and was buried Tuesday in his native Montevideo, Uruguay. He was 81. In 1978, he was named executive director of the Latin American Jewish Congress, leading the […]

Abe Vigoda, known for ‘Barney Miller’ role, dies at 94

NEW YORK (JTA)— Abe Vigoda, a Jewish actor best known for playing a cranky police detective in the 1970s sitcom “Barney Miller,” has died. Vigoda died Tuesday at his daughter’s home in Woodland Park, New Jersey, The Associated Press reported. He was 94. The cause of death was old age, according to his daughter, Carol […]

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

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