Obituaries

Yitzhak Berman, catalyst for Sabra and Shatila massacre inquiry, dies at 100

Yitzhak Berman, who quit Menachem Begin’s government to protest its resistance to investigating the causes of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre, has died.

German industrialist Berthold Beitz, who saved Jews during WWII, dies

German industrialist Berthold Beitz, who rescued Jewish workers in occupied Poland by employing them during World War II, has died.

Ossie Schechtman, scored first basket in NBA, dies at 94

Ossie Schectman, who scored the first basket in the league that would become the NBA, has died.

Helen Thomas, pioneering journalist who retired following anti-Israel gibes, dies

Leonard Garment, close friend of Nixon and Meir, dies

Alvin Schiff, Jewish education pioneer, dies

Nothing gray about it: Bill Gray was good for the Jews

Marc Rich, businessman controversially pardoned by President Clinton, dies

Gary David Goldberg, in memoriam

Rachel Abrams, writer and artist, dies

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