Obituaries

Bonds of Life: We’re memorializing those we lose to the coronavirus

This project is a partnership among JTA, the Forward and local Jewish newspapers around the world.

By JTA Staff March 26, 2020 5:05 pm

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George Blake, a former MI6 officer, enters a car in Moscow, Russia on June 28, 2001.(Yuri Martianov/Kommersant Photo/AFP via Getty Images)

George Blake, British spy for Soviet Union, dies in Moscow at 98

Blake did not identify as a Jew, but his Jewish background played a major role in his life.

December 29, 2020 10:34 am

Those we lost in 2020: Remembering the rabbis, pioneers, innovators and family members

Even beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jewish world lost some of its most famous and influential pillars.

December 28, 2020 11:46 am

Walter Bernstein

Walter Bernstein, respected blacklisted screenwriter, dies at 101

By Gabe Friedman January 24, 2021 1:38 pm

Larry King

Larry King, legendary Jewish TV interviewer, dies at 87

By Ron Kampeas January 23, 2021 4:17 pm

Jewish Harvard Medical School professor dies while climbing in Pakistan’s mountains

By Philissa Cramer January 21, 2021 10:36 am

Norman Golb

Norman Golb, pioneering Dead Sea Scrolls and Jewish history scholar, dies at 92

By Gabe Friedman January 21, 2021 10:10 am

Phil Spector, rock legend and convicted murderer, dies at 81

By Ron Kampeas January 17, 2021 10:35 pm

Sylvain Sylvain, Jewish guitarist for the influential band New York Dolls, has died at 69

By Gabe Friedman January 16, 2021 2:13 pm

Sheldon Adelson, megadonor to Israel and Republicans, is dead at 87

By JTA Staff January 12, 2021 9:15 am

George Blake, a former MI6 officer, enters a car in Moscow, Russia on June 28, 2001.(Yuri Martianov/Kommersant Photo/AFP via Getty Images)

George Blake, British spy for Soviet Union, dies in Moscow at 98

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 29, 2020 10:34 am

Those we lost in 2020: Remembering the rabbis, pioneers, innovators and family members

By Gabe Friedman December 28, 2020 11:46 am

Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin, pioneer of women’s leadership in Orthodoxy, dies

By Shira Hanau December 24, 2020 5:49 pm

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