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

These are the Jewish victims of the Surfside building collapse

From a group of young Venezuelan immigrants to New Yorkers looking for a fresh start in a new state, the tragedy struck a diverse nexus of the American Jewish community.

July 1, 2021 6:39 pm

Reuven Bulka, Ottawa rabbi behind a Canadian week dedicated to kindness, dies at 77

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called Bulka “Canada’s rabbi,” saying he “inspired Jewish Canadians and people across the country.”

June 29, 2021 4:28 pm

Anita Novinsky, leading scholar on Jews of Brazil, dies at 98

By Marcus M. Gilban July 21, 2021 2:17 pm

Harry Rosenfeld, key editor in exposing Watergate, dies at 91

By Ron Kampeas July 20, 2021 8:46 pm

Rabbi Yoel Kahn, Hasidic scholar who preserved Lubavitcher rebbe’s words, dies at 91

By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 16, 2021 4:13 pm

Esther Bejarano, member of Auschwitz orchestra, dies at 96

By Ron Kampeas July 12, 2021 10:49 am

David Mermelstein, Holocaust survivor and longtime advocate for restitution, dies at 92

By Ron Kampeas July 11, 2021 11:49 am

Janet Malcolm, famed New Yorker writer whose family fled the Nazis, dies at 86

By Gabe Friedman June 17, 2021 5:12 pm

Herb Sturz, driver of criminal justice reform in New York City and beyond, dies at 90

By Philissa Cramer June 11, 2021 12:05 pm

Jaime Lerner, renowned Brazilian-Jewish urban planner and politician, dies at 83

By Marcus M. Gilban May 27, 2021 4:44 pm

Roman Kent, Holocaust survivor who negotiated billions in restitution, dies at 92

By Andrew Silow-Carroll May 21, 2021 4:56 pm

Charles Grodin, Jewish comic actor known for ‘The Heartbreak Kid’ and ‘Beethoven,’ dies at 86

By Gabe Friedman May 19, 2021 12:33 pm

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