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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Hershel Shanks, popularizer of biblical archaeology, dies at 90

Shanks was the former publisher and editor of Moment magazine, and his Biblical Archaeology Review reached more than 250,000 subscribers at its peak.

February 10, 2021 12:56 pm

George Shultz, secretary of state who pressed for freedom for refuseniks, dies at 100

Shultz said a highlight of his career was advancing the freedom of Soviet Jews.

February 8, 2021 2:43 pm

Shlomo Hillel, who spearheaded mass aliyah of Iraqi Jews, dies at 97

By Ron Kampeas February 21, 2021 3:13 pm

Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh, conservative radio firebrand who sharply divided American Jews, dies at 70

By Ron Kampeas February 17, 2021 3:45 pm

Ari Gold

Ari Gold, yeshiva student-turned-pop star and LGBTQ icon, dies of cancer at 47

By Gabe Friedman February 16, 2021 3:10 pm

Dustin Diamond

‘Saved By the Bell’ star Dustin Diamond dies at 44

By Gabe Friedman February 1, 2021 3:16 pm

Flory Jagoda

Flory Jagoda, champion of Sephardic music, dies at 97

By Ben Harris February 1, 2021 12:46 pm

Zookeeper's Wife

Daughter of couple who hid Jews at Warsaw Zoo dies

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 1, 2021 12:04 pm

Abraham Twerski, 90, Hasidic rabbi and psychiatrist who specialized in substance abuse

By Shira Hanau and Ben Harris January 31, 2021 3:04 pm

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

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