Obituaries

Former NY Jewish Week staffer Miriam Reinharth, 69, dies after being hit by ambulance on Upper West Side

A communications professional, she organized public events for the paper from 2007-2012.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll November 13, 2024 5:52 pm

Jewish Life Stories: The producer who brought us ‘Sleepless in Seattle’

Other recent notable Jewish deaths include a beloved garden columnist and a Jewish scholar at a Jesuit university.

November 13, 2024 1:22 pm

Felice Gaer, Jewish organization official who championed human rights for all, dies at 78

The director of the American Jewish Committee’s Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights sought to balance the universal and the particular.

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

Paul Mendes-Flohr, Israeli-American authority on Martin Buber, dies at 83

By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 29, 2024 10:00 am

Walter Jacob, Pittsburgh rabbi who helped revive Reform Judaism in Germany, dies at 94

By Beth Kissileff October 28, 2024 2:08 pm

Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead bassist who hosted musical Passover seders, dies at 84

By Philissa Cramer October 27, 2024 8:36 am

Yehuda Bauer, preeminent historian of the Holocaust, dies at 98

By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 21, 2024 6:19 pm

Adam Abeshouse, Jewish producer of classical recordings, dies at 63

By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 15, 2024 2:19 pm

Lily Ebert, Holocaust survivor who became a TikTok sensation, dies at 100

By Jackie Hajdenberg October 9, 2024 6:44 pm

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Obituaries

Former NY Jewish Week staffer Miriam Reinharth, 69, dies after being hit by ambulance on Upper West Side

Jewish Life Stories: The producer who brought us ‘Sleepless in Seattle’

Felice Gaer, Jewish organization official who championed human rights for all, dies at 78

Bernie Marcus, Home Depot founder who gave to Republicans and Israel, dies at 95

Paul Mendes-Flohr, Israeli-American authority on Martin Buber, dies at 83

Walter Jacob, Pittsburgh rabbi who helped revive Reform Judaism in Germany, dies at 94

Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead bassist who hosted musical Passover seders, dies at 84

Yehuda Bauer, preeminent historian of the Holocaust, dies at 98

Adam Abeshouse, Jewish producer of classical recordings, dies at 63

Lily Ebert, Holocaust survivor who became a TikTok sensation, dies at 100

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