Obituaries

Remembering Rabbi Steven Sager, a ‘leader, mentor, poet’ in North Carolina and beyond

Sager, who led Congregation Beth El in Durham for 32 years, died Sunday at 71.

By Philissa Cramer May 19, 2022 11:20 am

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Mowers

Dr. Morton Mower, Jewish co-inventor of a revolutionary defibrillator, dies at 89

An implantable device controls the heart rhythms of hundreds of thousands of patients every year.

May 17, 2022 3:41 pm

Jewish cyclist killed in Brooklyn hit-and-run was an architect who studied multifaith spaces

Eric Salitsky, 35, was struck by a sanitation truck whose driver fled the scene.

May 6, 2022 11:48 am

Neal Adams.

Remembering Neal Adams, a comic book legend who championed Holocaust awareness

By Rafael Medoff May 2, 2022 2:39 pm

David Sharif, a ‘bright light’ among advocates for those with disabilities, dies at 24

By Julia Gergely April 25, 2022 4:16 pm

A senator in his office

Orrin Hatch wrote a Hanukkah song and wore a mezuzah around his neck for 4 decades

By Andrew Lapin April 25, 2022 11:08 am

Marvin Chomsky.

Marvin Chomsky, director of the influential TV miniseries ‘Holocaust,’ dies at 92

By Andrew Lapin April 19, 2022 4:11 pm

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Beloved Bay Area Jewish educator Rachel Brodie dies at 55

By Alix Wall April 14, 2022 12:30 pm

Gilbert Gottfried

Gilbert Gottfried, whose foul-mouthed comic persona concealed a content Jewish dad, dies at 67

By Ron Kampeas April 12, 2022 4:35 pm

Andor Stern, recognized as the only Brazilian-born Holocaust survivor, dies at 94

By Marcus M. Gilban April 11, 2022 4:59 pm

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