Obituaries

Last survivor of Treblinka revolt, Samuel Willenberg, dies at 93

He was a leader of the August 1943 revolt at the camp, in which 300 prisoners escaped; about 100 of the escaped inmates survived.

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Victor Goldbloom, trailblazer in Jewish-Christian relations, dies

In 2012, Pope Benedict XVI honored Goldbloom for his interfaith work.

Unforgettable Justice Antonin Scalia remembered by Jewish leaders

Warmly or otherwise, the late Supreme Court justice is remembered by Jews who encountered him.

Former UN chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali, key to Camp David peace deal, dies at 93

The Supreme Court’s Jewish gentile: My memories of Justice Scalia

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

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

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

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

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