Obituaries

Al Vorspan, social justice leader for the Reform movement, dies at 95

Vorspan helped organize the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and served as the longtime director of the Commission on Social Action.

By Marcy Oster February 17, 2019 3:18 pm

Transgender rights activist Barbra Siperstein dies at 76

She told her wife she was transgender in the late 1980s, but did not become a public advocate for gender equality and transgender rights until after her wife’s death in 2001.

February 11, 2019 7:35 am

Izzy Young, who produced Bob Dylan’s first major concert, dies at 90

His Folklore Center in New York’s Greenwich Village was a center of the era’s folk revival.

February 6, 2019 3:03 pm

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, interfaith activist who raised millions in Christian donations for Israel, dies at 67

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 6, 2019 2:13 pm

Rela Mintz Geffen, former Baltimore Hebrew University president, dies at 75

By Marcy Oster February 4, 2019 3:45 pm

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

By Marcy Oster January 20, 2019 3:38 pm

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

By Marcy Oster January 15, 2019 4:13 pm

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

By Katarzyna Markusz 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

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