Obituaries

Urban sociologist Nathan Glazer, a founder of neo-conservatism, dies at 95

He was the author of “Beyond the Melting Pot,” with Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a study of five racial and ethnic groups in New York.

By Marcy Oster January 20, 2019 3:38 pm

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Carol Channing, the original star of ‘Hello Dolly!,’ dies at 97

The Tony Award winner had a Jewish mother and said she learned fluent Yiddish from her first husband’s grandfather.

January 15, 2019 4:13 pm

Polish mayor, called friend of Jewish community, dies after being stabbed at charity concert

Paweł Adamowicz of Gdansk “was a true friend & ally in countering xenophobia,” the American Jewish Committee said.

January 14, 2019 1:35 pm

Moshe Arens, Israeli defense minister under 3 prime ministers, dies at 93

By Marcy Oster January 7, 2019 8:27 am

Alfred Bader, Milwaukee philanthropist and art collector, dies at 94

By Penny Schwartz January 2, 2019 4:58 pm

Hector Timerman, Jewish Argentine foreign minister investigated for cutting deal with Iran, dies at 65

By JTA Staff January 1, 2019 2:37 pm

President Reuven Rivlin at Amos Oz funeral service

Amos Oz’s fiction is forever, while reality left his politics behind

By Thane Rosenbaum December 31, 2018 9:47 am

Georges Loinger, French Resistance fighter who saved Jewish children from the Nazis, dies at 108

By Marcy Oster December 30, 2018 3:13 pm

Tzvika Levy, ‘Father of Lone Soldiers,’ dies at 70

By Marcy Oster December 30, 2018 2:55 pm

Amos Oz

Amos Oz, a ‘saintly intellectual’ who turned Israel’s national reality into art

By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 28, 2018 11:45 am

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