Alan Sherman, a champion of Jewish sports and US-Israeli relations, dies at 87 Sherman was a longtime leader of Maccabi USA and helped found the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. By Jacob Gurvis July 31, 2023 4:48 pm
Dugo Leitner, Holocaust survivor whose falafel ritual made him a social media star, dies at 93 Leiter survived Auschwitz as a teen, then adopted a ritual of eating falafel every year to mark his survival. July 28, 2023 5:40 pm
Louise Levy, ‘supercentenarian’ subject of longevity study among Ashkenazi Jews, dies at 112 The former smoker was the oldest living resident of New York State. July 28, 2023 3:22 pm
Richard Barancik, last of the ‘Monuments Men’ who recovered art and treasure looted by the Nazis, dies at 98 By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 25, 2023 4:00 pm
Mary Ann Hoberman, a kids’ writer whose poems drew on the warmth of her loud Jewish homes, dies at 92 By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 25, 2023 11:50 am
Journalist and scholar Aharon Ariel, 97, veteran of Israel’s war of independence and ‘walking encyclopedia’ By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 18, 2023 11:00 am
Marlena Spieler, globetrotting writer of Jewish cookbooks, dies at 74 By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 11, 2023 10:22 am
Alan Arkin, Jewish actor with uncommon versatility, dies at 89 By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 30, 2023 12:49 pm
James Crown, one of Chicago’s leading Jewish philanthropists, dies in racetrack crash By Asaf Elia-Shalev June 27, 2023 4:44 pm
Reuben Baron, Jewish co-author of the most widely cited paper in the history of psychology, dies at 86 By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 27, 2023 12:50 pm