Obituaries

Isak Haleva, Turkey’s chief rabbi and face of Jewish minority, dies at 84

During Haleva’s lifetime, Turkey’s Jewish population fell from 100,000 to 15,000.

By David I. Klein January 15, 2025 4:39 pm

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Jesse Cogan, ad exec who coined the slogan ‘Turn Friday Night into Shabbos,’ dies at 74

Cogan also created slogans for the Soviet Jewry movement and a group that championed Modern Orthodoxy.

January 13, 2025 7:49 pm

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Peter Yarrow, Jewish musician and activist of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, dies at 86

A champion of Middle East peace whose career was tarnished by a morals charge involving a minor.

January 7, 2025 3:27 pm

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader who was convicted of Holocaust denial, dies at 96

By Philissa Cramer January 7, 2025 9:01 am

Agnes Keleti performs a split in front of Hungarian young gymnasts Budapest on January 16, 2016. (Peter Kohalmi/AFP/Getty Images)

Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor who won 10 Olympic gymnastics medals, dies at 103

By Philissa Cramer January 2, 2025 8:37 am

Notable New Yorkers who died in 2024.

18 notable Jewish New Yorkers who died in 2024

By New York Jewish Week Staff December 30, 2024 3:21 pm

Yuval Shoham, 22, soldier who searched for his captive friend Hersh Goldberg-Polin, dies in Gaza

By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 30, 2024 1:44 pm

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Jimmy Carter, former president who brokered first Arab-Israeli peace accord, is dead at 100

By Sarah Wildman December 29, 2024 4:29 pm

Arlene Agus, New Yorker who popularized Rosh Chodesh rituals for Jewish women, dies at 75

By Philissa Cramer December 28, 2024 5:30 pm

Jewish Life Stories: One of the last ‘Ritchie Boys’ dies at 101

By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 27, 2024 10:01 am

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