Obituaries

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

Leibowitz, 63, was remembered for bringing a tireless and innovative advocacy to Jewish and universal causes.

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

Pauline Dubkin-Yearwood, the longtime managing editor of the Chicago Jewish News and a leader in the American Jewish Press Association, has died at age 73.

Inspiring Jews who died in 2015

From the founder of a nonprofit that offered support to women with breast cancer to the Jewish actor who played Spock on “Star Trek,” here are some of the Jews who left their mark before passing away this year.

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

Yossi Sarid, former left-wing government minister in Israel, dies at 75

Sandy Berger, national security adviser for President Clinton, dies at 70

Joseph Silverstein, renowned violinist and conductor, dies

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