Obituaries

Jacob Birnbaum, founder of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, dies

Jacob Birnbaum, the founder of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, has died.

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Rivka Haut, Women of the Wall co-founder and agunot advocate, dies

Rivka Haut, a Women of the Wall founder who convened the first women’s prayer service with a Torah scroll at the Kotel, has died.

Chief rabbi of Iran dies

The chief rabbi of Iran, Rabbi Yosef Hamadani Cohen, has died.

James Schlesinger, U.S. defense secretary during ’73 Yom Kippur War, dies

Robert Strauss, Democratic kingmaker and ambassador, dies at 95

Gisela Kohn Dollinger, refugee who rescued husband from Gestapo, dies at 111

David Brenner, observational humor royalty, dies at 78

Samuel Lewis, Camp David-era U.S. ambassador, dies

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

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

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