Gerald Bubis, Jewish communal service pioneer, dies at 91 Bubis established the School of Jewish Communal Service, now the Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management, at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s Los Angeles campus in 1968. August 23, 2015 7:01 am
Goldie Steinberg, reportedly the world’s oldest Jewish person, dies at 114 Steinberg, who survived the 1903 Kishinev pogrom and was one of eight siblings, passed away in a New York nursing facility. August 18, 2015 9:37 am
Orna Porat, grande dame of Israeli theater, dies at 91 A German convert to Judaism who immigrated to pre-state Israel in 1947, Porat was eulogized as ‘cultural giant’ by ex-President Shimon Peres. August 7, 2015 6:48 am