Obituaries

Paul Samuelson, Nobel laureate in economics, dies

Paul Samuelson, the first American Nobel laureate in economics, has died.

Edward Sanders, Jewish leader and Carter peace adviser, dies

Edward Sanders, a national Jewish leader who played a key role in the 1979 Israel-Egypt peace treaty as senior Middle East adviser to President Jimmy Carter, has died.

Painter Mayer Kirshenblatt dies

Mayer Kirshenblatt, who recorded the lost world of Polish Jews in paintings and stories, has died.

Abe Pollin, basketball owner and philanthropist, dies at 85

Abe Pollin, Wizards’ owner and major philanthropist dies at 85

Seymour Fromer, Magnes Museum founder, dies at 87

Claude Levi-Strauss, father of modern anthropology, dies

Richard Sonnenfeldt, Nuremberg interpreter, dies

Jewish Exponent to print gay marriage announcements

Lelover rebbe dies on Yom Kippur

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