Lord David Young, British-Jewish politician and favorite fixer for Margaret Thatcher, dies at 90 His work with ORT, the Jewish educational and vocational training organization, caught Thatcher’s attention and led to a career advising multiple Conservative prime ministers. By David I. Klein December 12, 2022 9:50 am
Holocaust survivor and painter Frederick Terna dies at 99 The Brooklyn-based painter began to make art while imprisoned at Terezin as a young man. December 9, 2022 3:21 pm
Three-time war veteran and longtime JTA correspondent Tom Tugend dies at 97 Tugend enjoyed a seven-decade career in Jewish journalism. December 8, 2022 5:40 pm
Steven Salen, a tailor who survived the Holocaust and dressed presidents, dies at 103 By Ron Kampeas December 5, 2022 10:00 am
Aline Kominsky-Crumb, who transformed comics first as a muse and then as a feminist artist, dies at 74 By Ron Kampeas December 1, 2022 5:24 pm
Comedian Freddie Roman, who brought the Borscht Belt to Broadway, dies at 85 By Andrew Silow-Carroll November 29, 2022 6:43 pm
Michael Shafir, who played a key role in Holocaust memory in his native Romania, dies at 78 By Marcel Gascón Barberá November 23, 2022 10:49 am
Bosnian Jews mourn Moris Albahari, one of Sarajevo’s last Ladino speakers By David I. Klein November 21, 2022 4:18 pm
Henry Rosovsky, refugee from the Nazis who shaped Harvard University, dies at 95 By Penny Schwartz November 18, 2022 9:38 am
Ideas Judah Samet was a mensch well before he survived the Tree of Life shooting By Beth Kissileff September 30, 2022 5:44 pm