Obituaries

Burt Bacharach, sophisticated Jewish hitmaker of the ’60s and ’70s, dies at 94

In songs like “Alfie” and “I Say a Little Prayer,” the Queens-raised composer brought elegance to the pop charts.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll February 9, 2023 1:22 pm

Bob Born, Jewish maker of Peeps marshmallow candies, dies at 98

The family business behind a staple of Easter baskets was founded by a onetime rabbinical student from Berdichev, Ukraine.

January 31, 2023 4:03 pm

Grigory Kanovich, award-winning author who chronicled Lithuanian Jewry, dies at 93

In more than 30 plays and screenplays, a dozen novels and several collections of poems and short stories, Kanovich captured the community’s pre-war shtetl days and their daily realities as part of the Soviet Union.

January 23, 2023 12:19 pm

Legendary Jewish tennis champion Dick Savitt dies at 95

By Jacob Gurvis January 11, 2023 3:56 pm

Adolfo Kaminsky, French Resistance forger who saved thousands during the Holocaust, dies at 97

By David I. Klein January 10, 2023 5:44 pm

Rabbi Abraham Levy, influential leader among Britain’s Sephardic Jews, dies at 83

By James Martin January 4, 2023 4:45 pm

Pope Benedict XVI, who went from Hitler Youth to advancing Catholic-Jewish relations, dies at 95

By David I. Klein January 3, 2023 12:30 am

Rabbis, teachers, survivors: 18 Jews whose deaths diminished our communities in 2022

By Philissa Cramer December 31, 2022 10:00 am

Barbara Walters on the set of "The Today Show"

Barbara Walters, groundbreaking Jewish TV host, dies at 93

By Gabe Friedman December 30, 2022 11:48 pm

18 notable Jews who died in 2022

By Caleb Guedes-Reed and Gabe Friedman December 30, 2022 3:57 pm

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