Obituaries

Knitting legend Rose Girone, world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 113

The longtime Queens resident, who ran a knitting shop in Forest Hills, fled Poland and Germany for Shanghai before immigrating to the U.S. in 1947.

Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor and co-founder of Warsaw’s landmark Jewish museum, dies at 98

The journalist and historian proposed an Eleventh Commandment: “Do not be indifferent.”

Israelis hold photographs of Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas at a gathering calling for their release at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, on November 28, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel, redheaded symbols of Israel’s anguish, were killed while held hostage in Gaza, Israel confirms

The family burst into public view on Oct. 7 when Hamas released a video showing the mother holding her sons while they were abducted from their home on Kibbutz Nir Oz.

Jacqueline van Maarsen smiles as she examines the first memorial brick in the Names Monument of Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Sept. 23. (Courtesy of Holocaust Names Monument Netherlands.)

Jacqueline van Maarsen, Anne Frank’s best friend, dies at 96

Remembering Clinton Bailey, an Israeli scholar who preserved Bedouin culture

Isak Haleva, Turkey’s chief rabbi and face of Jewish minority, dies at 84

Jesse Cogan, ad exec who coined the slogan ‘Turn Friday Night into Shabbos,’ dies at 74

Peter Yarrow, Jewish musician and activist of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, dies at 86

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader who was convicted of Holocaust denial, dies at 96

Agnes Keleti performs a split in front of Hungarian young gymnasts Budapest on January 16, 2016. (Peter Kohalmi/AFP/Getty Images)

Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor who won 10 Olympic gymnastics medals, dies at 103

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