Andrea Weiss, trailblazing Reform rabbi who merged scholarship and activism, dies at 60 Weiss was the first-ever woman to ordain rabbis in the Reform movement.
Isaiah Zagar, renowned Jewish mosaic artist who created Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, dies at 86 “When you’re a Jew growing up in Brooklyn, they don’t name you Isaiah,” he said about changing his name from Irwin.
Frederick Wiseman, documentarian whose antisemitism experiences led to a career examining social institutions, dies at 96 The director of “City Hall,” “The Store” and dozens of other films fought antisemitism as a college student.