Obituaries

Norman Golb

Norman Golb, pioneering Dead Sea Scrolls and Jewish history scholar, dies at 92

In a career full of discoveries about ancient Jewish history, Golb upended and broadened study of the celebrated Jewish texts.

By Gabe Friedman January 21, 2021 10:10 am

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Phil Spector, rock legend and convicted murderer, dies at 81

The man who created the “Wall of Sound” spent his latter years in prison for murder.

January 17, 2021 10:35 pm

Sylvain Sylvain, Jewish guitarist for the influential band New York Dolls, has died at 69

He was born Sylvain Mizrahi to a Syrian Jewish family in Cairo in 1951.

January 16, 2021 2:13 pm

Sheldon Adelson, megadonor to Israel and Republicans, is dead at 87

By JTA Staff January 12, 2021 9:15 am

George Blake, a former MI6 officer, enters a car in Moscow, Russia on June 28, 2001.(Yuri Martianov/Kommersant Photo/AFP via Getty Images)

George Blake, British spy for Soviet Union, dies in Moscow at 98

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 29, 2020 10:34 am

Those we lost in 2020: Remembering the rabbis, pioneers, innovators and family members

By Gabe Friedman December 28, 2020 11:46 am

Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin, pioneer of women’s leadership in Orthodoxy, dies

By Shira Hanau December 24, 2020 5:49 pm

Jack Steinberger, pioneering Jewish physicist and Nobel Prize winner, dies at 99

By Gabe Friedman December 17, 2020 5:30 pm

Catie Lazarus

Catie Lazarus was not only a brilliant comedian — she gave it her all as a friend

By Maia Magder December 16, 2020 4:38 pm

Theodore Mann, 92, former chairman of Presidents Conference and early critic of Israeli occupation

By Ben Harris December 15, 2020 3:52 pm

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