Obituaries

Rabbi Dovid Winiarz, popular N.Y. outreach rabbi, killed in car accident

The self-proclaimed “Facebuker Rebbe” for his efforts over Facebook was a passenger in a vehicle that lost control on an icy road in Maryland and struck another car.

January 19, 2015 4:54 pm

Jack Polak, survivor who founded Anne Frank Center USA, dies at 102

The Amsterdam native and later New Yorker released a book based on his correspondence in concentration camps with the woman who would become his second wife.

January 15, 2015 5:00 pm

Bess Myerson, only Jewish Miss America, dead at 90

Myerson, who was 90, also was a spokeswoman for the Anti-Defamation League and donated $1.1 million to help found the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York.

January 5, 2015 1:37 pm