Obituaries

Herman Wouk

Herman Wouk, legendary author who brought Judaism into the mainstream, dies at 103

Perhaps more than any other writer, Wouk’s work embodied the new postwar possibilities for modern American Jews.

By Rachel Gordan May 17, 2019 1:32 pm

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Peggy Lipton

Peggy Lipton, star of TV’s ‘The Mod Squad,’ dies at 72

The actress played network television’s version of the quintessential ’60s flower child.

May 13, 2019 12:23 pm

Nurit Karlin, Israeli-born cartoonist who broke into a men’s club at The New Yorker, dies at 80

In one wordless cartoon, two doves fight over an olive branch.

May 8, 2019 5:13 pm

Menachem Mendel Taub, Hasidic dynasty head devoted to Holocaust memory, dies at 96

By Marcy Oster April 29, 2019 6:16 am

Henry Bloch, founder of H and R Block and philanthropist, dies at 96

By Ron Kampeas April 24, 2019 11:14 am

David Brion Davis, historian who wrote landmark trilogy on slavery, dies at 92

By Marcy Oster April 16, 2019 2:44 pm

Cantor Sherwood Goffin, who served Manhattan’s Lincoln Square Synagogue for 50 years, dies

By Marcy Oster April 4, 2019 2:57 pm

Avi Lyon, former head of Jewish Labor Committee, is dead at 76

By JTA Staff April 1, 2019 5:05 pm

Michel Bacos, pilot who refused to abandon Jewish passengers in Entebee hijacking, dies at 95

By Marcy Oster March 27, 2019 3:31 pm

Fred Malek, GOP official who tallied Jews for Nixon, dies at 82

By Andrew Silow-Carroll March 27, 2019 10:09 am

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