Remembering Rabbi Andrew Sacks, 70, a ‘rabble-rouser’ who fought for religious pluralism in Israel The longtime director of the Rabbinical Assembly in Israel sought to level the playing field for non-Orthodox Jewish expression in the Jewish state. By Rob Charry July 2, 2024 11:47 am
Kinky Friedman, singer and novelist who fronted The Texas Jewboys, dies at 79 Friedman claimed to be he first “full-blooded” Jew to take the stage at the Grand Ole Opry. He also ran for governor of Texas. June 27, 2024 3:25 pm
Jewish Life Stories: Houston mourns a ‘PR Fairy’ killed in a fall “None of us can imagine our community without Susan in it,” said a close friend of Susan Farb Morris. June 26, 2024 10:01 am
Jewish Life Stories: A refusenik who found literary freedom in America, and a rabbi’s wife who died after giving birth to twins By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 19, 2024 10:05 am
Sponsored Larry Nussbaum, 77, was a fierce advocate for Israel and the Jews – and an exceptional doctor By Howard Lovy June 17, 2024 8:56 am
Heather Conn Hendel, 48, teacher, caregiver, matchmaker and newlywed, dies days after giving birth By Jackie Hajdenberg June 14, 2024 6:23 pm
Frieda Johles Forman, ‘fiery’ feminist who rediscovered Yiddish women authors, dies at 87 By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 14, 2024 1:35 pm
Morrie Markoff, Jewish supercentenarian and oldest man in US, dies at 110 By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 11, 2024 5:44 pm
Crown Heights mourns Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, a pivotal figure in Chabad’s global outreach By Luke Tress June 5, 2024 5:48 pm
Jewish Life Stories: Princeton’s longest-lived alumnus dies at 109 By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 5, 2024 11:05 am