Obituaries

Rabbi Albert Thaler, founding director of Ramah Nyack day camp, dies at 91

Staff at the day camp in New York’s Rockland County went on to prominent roles in synagogues and Jewish education.

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The Upper West Side mourns Tom Weiss, a congressman’s son and ‘master of chesed’

“He had a song in his heart and a smile on his face everywhere he went,” his younger brother, Stephen, said.

Ken Holtzman

Ken Holtzman, winningest Jewish pitcher in MLB history, dies at 78

He would later work at a local JCC and as a manager in Israel’s short-lived professional baseball league.

Liron Petrushka (left), Naomi Petrushka (center)

Jewish Life Stories: A tech couple killed in a private plane crash, a Holocaust survivor who arrested a top Nazi

Amy Ettinger, who inspired readers with her life-affirming essays on dying, succumbs to cancer at 49

Jewish Life Stories: A legendary Washington hostess and peacemaker, and an Israeli champion of civil rights

Bert Pogrebin.

Bert Pogrebin, attorney and partner to leading feminist Letty Cottin Pogrebin, dies at 89

Maurice El Medioni.

Maurice El Medioni, Algerian Jewish pianist revered among Jews and Muslims, dies at 95

Joseph Lieberman, centrist senator and first Jew on a major presidential ticket, dies at 82

Israeli-American Nobelist Daniel Kahneman, who reframed economic decision-making, dies at 90

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