Obituaries

Remembering Rabbi Steven Sager, a ‘leader, mentor, poet’ in North Carolina and beyond

Sager, who led Congregation Beth El in Durham for 32 years, died Sunday at 71.

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Mowers

Dr. Morton Mower, Jewish co-inventor of a revolutionary defibrillator, dies at 89

An implantable device controls the heart rhythms of hundreds of thousands of patients every year.

Jewish cyclist killed in Brooklyn hit-and-run was an architect who studied multifaith spaces

Eric Salitsky, 35, was struck by a sanitation truck whose driver fled the scene.

Neal Adams.

Remembering Neal Adams, a comic book legend who championed Holocaust awareness

David Sharif, a ‘bright light’ among advocates for those with disabilities, dies at 24

A senator in his office

Orrin Hatch wrote a Hanukkah song and wore a mezuzah around his neck for 4 decades

Marvin Chomsky.

Marvin Chomsky, director of the influential TV miniseries ‘Holocaust,’ dies at 92

A woman sitting down

Beloved Bay Area Jewish educator Rachel Brodie dies at 55

Gilbert Gottfried

Gilbert Gottfried, whose foul-mouthed comic persona concealed a content Jewish dad, dies at 67

Andor Stern, recognized as the only Brazilian-born Holocaust survivor, dies at 94

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