Obituaries

Hundreds gather at Israel memorial service for Ezra Schwartz

Friends and classmates of the slain teen cried and sang arm-in-arm before his coffin was flown to the United States.

Andre Glucksmann, French-Jewish political philosopher, dies at 78

His experience during World War II as a Jewish child in France during the Nazi occupation shaped his view of international intervention in such conflicts.

Jewish man with Nazi-raised identical twin dies at age 82

Born in Trinidad in 1933, Jack Yufe and Oskar Stohr were separated as infants, when their mother took Stohr to Germany.

Former US Olympic fencer dies in fire set by Havdalah candle

Russian mogul Mikhail Lesin, ex-Putin aide, found dead in DC hotel

Earl Raab, longtime San Francisco JCRC director, dies at 96

Michael Kotzin, longtime Jewish federation official in Chicago, dies

Jamie Zimmerman, medical doctor and ABC reporter, drowns in Hawaii

Leon Frankel, U.S. aviator who fought for nascent state of Israel, dies

Chantal Akerman, pioneer of feminist filmmaking, dies at 65

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