Obituaries

Pee Wee Herman

Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman creator and son of a pilot in Israel’s war of independence, is dead at 70

A comedian whose faux innocent character tapped the anarchic tradition of Jewish comedy.

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Group photo with Alan Sherman

Alan Sherman, a champion of Jewish sports and US-Israeli relations, dies at 87

Sherman was a longtime leader of Maccabi USA and helped found the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Dugo Leitner, Holocaust survivor whose falafel ritual made him a social media star, dies at 93

Leiter survived Auschwitz as a teen, then adopted a ritual of eating falafel every year to mark his survival.

Louise Levy, ‘supercentenarian’ subject of longevity study among Ashkenazi Jews, dies at 112

Richard Barancik, last of the ‘Monuments Men’ who recovered art and treasure looted by the Nazis, dies at 98

Mary Ann Hoberman, a kids’ writer whose poems drew on the warmth of her loud Jewish homes, dies at 92

Journalist and scholar Aharon Ariel, 97, veteran of Israel’s war of independence and ‘walking encyclopedia’

Marlena Spieler, globetrotting writer of Jewish cookbooks, dies at 74

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin, Jewish actor with uncommon versatility, dies at 89

Jim Crown

James Crown, one of Chicago’s leading Jewish philanthropists, dies in racetrack crash

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