Obituaries

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

Among his countrymen, Jacob was best known for negotiating the 1971 surrender of more than 90,000 Pakistani soldiers in Bangladesh’s struggle for independence.

Judith Kaye, groundbreaking New York judge, dies at 77

Kaye, the daughter of Polish Jewish immigrants, was the first woman to serve as chief judge for the state’s highest court and was known for innovation.

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

Berger, a Holocaust survivor from Hungary, challenged the continuing use of medical research on hypothermia conducted on hundreds of inmates at Dachau.

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

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

Inspiring Jews who died in 2015

UK Jewish leader and lawmaker accused of molesting boys dies at 87

Andreja Preger, noted concert pianist, anti-Nazi partisan, dies at 104

Michael Wyschogrod, Jewish theologian and philosopher, dies at 87

Tibor Rubin, Holocaust survivor and Korean War hero, dies at 86

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