Obituaries

Ruth Popkin, former national president of Hadassah and JNF, dies

Popkin, also the first woman elected as chair of the presidium and president of the World Zionist Congress, died at the age of 101.

January 4, 2015 4:16 pm

Mario Cuomo married strident liberalism and sensitivity to the Orthodox

A childhood ‘Shabbos goy’ for his Jewish neighbors in Queens, the three-term New York governor rose to become a vanguard of American liberalism in the 1980s.

January 2, 2015 3:47 pm

Los Angeles philanthropist Guilford Glazer dies

Glazer was known for his support of Israeli universities, including Tel Aviv University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and for his friendships with Israeli Prime Ministers David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin and Benjamin Netanyahu.

December 26, 2014 11:23 am