Obituaries

A portrait of Stef Wertheimer at the awarding of master craftman's certificates in Nazareth, Israel, 28 June 2013.

Stef Wertheimer, one of Israel’s richest men, dies at 98

The Israeli industrialist sold his metalworking company to Warren Buffett for $8 billion.

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Kitty Dukakis, dead at 88, was the first Jewish spouse of a US presidential candidate

Dukakis took flak for her intermarriage, which she said made her more connected to her Jewish identity.

Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, compassionate voice in the Orthodox world, dies in road accident at 43

The Monsey, New York resident was an early and outspoken voice about LGBTQ inclusion in the Orthodox Jewish community.

Jeffrey Klein, 77, Mother Jones co-founder, saw ‘through line’ between investigative journalism and fighting antisemitism

Max Frankel, Jewish New York Times executive editor who fled the Nazis, dies at 94

Rep. Nita Lowey

Nita Lowey, longtime Jewish congresswoman and Middle East peace advocate, dies at 87

Michael Levine, founding member of NY’s pioneering LGBTQ synagogue and witness to the Stonewall riots, dies at 81

Michelle Trachtenberg, pictured in 2007. (J. Meric/WireImage for Manning, Selvage and Lee)

Michelle Trachtenberg, Jewish ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy’ star, dies at 39

Rose Girone turns 110

Knitting legend Rose Girone, world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 113

Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor and co-founder of Warsaw’s landmark Jewish museum, dies at 98

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