18 notable Jews who died in 2024 These Jewish icons have left outsized legacies on politics, the arts, sports and everything in between. By JTA Staff December 18, 2024 3:15 pm
Jewish Life Stories: Jim Abrahams, the filmmaker who co-piloted ‘Airplane!’ into comedy history, dies at 80 Recent notable deaths include the Israeli guard who hanged Adolf Eichmann, an Israeli soldier wounded on Oct. 7, and the Alice of “Alice’s Restaurant.” December 4, 2024 10:15 am
Family of hostage Keith Siegel buries its matriarch, 424 days into his captivity in Gaza “It’s just unfair for him not to be here,” Aviva Siegel said of her husband at Gladys Siegel’s funeral in North Carolina. December 3, 2024 1:38 pm
Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96 By Andrew Lapin November 22, 2024 4:51 pm
Arthur Frommer, ‘wandering Jew’ who launched a travel guide empire, dies at 95 By Andrew Silow-Carroll November 20, 2024 11:55 am
Jewish Life Stories: Ed Koch’s sister dies on her own terms By Andrew Silow-Carroll November 20, 2024 10:05 am
Former NY Jewish Week staffer Miriam Reinharth, 69, dies after being hit by ambulance on Upper West Side By Andrew Silow-Carroll November 13, 2024 5:52 pm
Jewish Life Stories: The producer who brought us ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ By Andrew Silow-Carroll November 13, 2024 1:22 pm
Felice Gaer, Jewish organization official who championed human rights for all, dies at 78 By Andrew Silow-Carroll November 11, 2024 2:21 pm
Bernie Marcus, Home Depot founder who gave to Republicans and Israel, dies at 95 By Asaf Elia-Shalev November 5, 2024 12:32 pm