Obituaries

Nadia Haroun, deputy head of Egypt’s dwindling Jewish community, dies

Nadia Haroun, the deputy head of Egypt’s tiny Jewish community, has died.

Leo Bretholz, Holocaust survivor set to testify for Md. rail bill, dies

Leo Bretholz, who had escaped from a train transporting him to a Nazi death camp, died the weekend before he was to testify on behalf of a Maryland bill making railroad firms accountable for their actions during the Holocaust.

Filmmaker Harold Ramis dies at 69

Harold Ramis, an actor, writer and director who had a hand in such iconic comedies as “Groundhog Day,” “Ghostbusters” and “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” has died.

Alice Herz-Sommer, oldest Holocaust survivor and subject of celebrated documentary, dies at 110

Sid Caesar, TV and comedy pioneer, dies at 91

Barry Rubin, Middle East scholar, dies at 64

At Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda, Anne Heyman’s legacy lives on

Gordon Zacks, Republican Jewish Coalition co-founder, dies

Harvey Fields, longtime rabbi at L.A. temple, dies

In Memoriam: Ariel Sharon

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