Obituaries

Gershon Hundert, renowned scholar of Polish Jewry, dies at 77

The McGill University professor was the editor in chief of the YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe.

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A Harry Potter fan’s murder reverberates from Israel to Boston

The death of a grandmother and her granddaughter with special needs shocked family members in the United States.

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My Israel Scouts leader died defending our country. I won’t let him be a statistic.

An Israeli-American high school student remembers a soldier who fell defending his comrades.

Israeli-American reservist killed by Hezbollah rocket just days after being called back to Israel

Samantha Woll

Samantha Woll, Detroit synagogue president, found stabbed to death outside her home

Actress and teacher Joanna Merlin, original Tzeitel in Broadway’s ‘Fiddler,’ dies at 92

Louise Gluck

Jewish poet Louise Glück, who won Nobel literature prize, dies at 80

Faces of Israel’s fallen: Soldiers, peace activists, families and too many more

Alice Shalvi pioneered religious feminism in Israel. Everyone else is still catching up.

Dianne Feinstein, long-serving Jewish senator from California, dies at 90

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