Obituaries

A German Jewish man who escaped the Holocaust returns to German Parliament as a guest speaker

Guy Stern, WWII ‘Ritchie Boy’ who became renowned Holocaust scholar, dies at 101

As a refugee-turned-intelligence operative, Stern grilled Germans in their native tongue.

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Neil Drossman, ad writer famous for his wit and wordplay, dies at 83

In one famous campaign for Teacher’s scotch, the Brooklyn-born copywriter channeled the voices of Groucho Marx, Zero Mostel and Mel Brooks.

Rabbi Martin Rozenberg, scholar who helped found Reform’s Camp Harlam, is dead at 95

A Bible professor who convinced a benefactor to support his plan for a Jewish day camp.

David Ellenson was my rabbi. I can’t believe we won’t learn from him anymore.

Rabbi David Ellenson dies; former president of Reform seminary and widely admired mentor was 76

Norman Lear, Jewish creator of pioneering TV comedies including ‘All in the Family,’ dies at 101

Rabbi Laurie Phillips, founder of a Manhattan ‘synagogue without walls,’ dies at 55

Shlomo Avineri, dovish Israeli political philosopher and public intellectual, dies at 90

Henry Kissinger, influential first Jewish secretary of state, dies at 100

Shelley Akabas, Columbia U social work pioneer who transformed the world of work, dies at 92

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