Extraordinary lives: 18 notable New York Jews who died in 2022 Artists and rabbis, war heroes and survivors: These are just some of the people we lost in the year that was. By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 30, 2022 2:17 pm
Rabbi Chaim Druckman, giant of Israeli settlement and Religious Zionist movements, dies at 90 Druckman, whose mission was to unite the people of Israel, was father to a movement now poised to sow some of its deepest divisions in decades. December 27, 2022 4:48 pm
Kenneth Kronen, cantor who survived fiery Rikers Island plane crash in 1957, dies at 95 Despite his fears of flying, Kronen “figured out a way to have a martini and get on a plane,” his wife Jerilyn said, “because he felt Hashem was with him.” December 14, 2022 1:40 pm
Lord David Young, British-Jewish politician and favorite fixer for Margaret Thatcher, dies at 90 By David I. Klein December 12, 2022 9:50 am
Three-time war veteran and longtime JTA correspondent Tom Tugend dies at 97 By Jacob Gurvis and Ron Kampeas December 8, 2022 5:40 pm
Steven Salen, a tailor who survived the Holocaust and dressed presidents, dies at 103 By Ron Kampeas December 5, 2022 10:00 am
Aline Kominsky-Crumb, who transformed comics first as a muse and then as a feminist artist, dies at 74 By Ron Kampeas December 1, 2022 5:24 pm
Comedian Freddie Roman, who brought the Borscht Belt to Broadway, dies at 85 By Andrew Silow-Carroll November 29, 2022 6:43 pm
Michael Shafir, who played a key role in Holocaust memory in his native Romania, dies at 78 By Marcel Gascón Barberá November 23, 2022 10:49 am